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    How To Install VLC Media Player on Debian

    By RahulDecember 20, 20222 Mins Read

    VLC is a powerful media player available for Linux-based systems as well as for windows. It is a free and open-source cross-platform multimedia player and framework that plays most types of multimedia files as well as DVD, Audio CD, VCD, and various streaming protocols.

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    To install VLC Media Player on Debian, you can follow these steps:

    1. Open a terminal and update the package manager’s package list:
      sudo apt update 
      
    2. Install VLC Media Player by running the following command:
      sudo apt install vlc 
      

    This will install VLC Media Player and all of its dependencies.

    Alternatively, you can also install VLC Media Player using the graphical package manager. To do this, follow these steps:

    • Open the package manager by clicking on the “Software” icon in the main menu or by searching for “Software” in the dash.
    • In the package manager, search for “vlc” and select the VLC Media Player package.
    • Click the “Install” button to begin the installation process.
    • Once the installation is complete, you should be able to launch VLC Media Player from the main menu or by typing “vlc” in the terminal.

    Start VLC Player

    To start the VLC player use the GUI icon or use the following command to start it and enjoy audio/videos.

    vlc 
    

    You can find the VLC version in the About section under the help menu.

    Congratulations! you have successfully installed the VLC media player on Ubuntu.

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    6 Comments

    1. Victor Peter on July 23, 2021 12:16 pm

      what if you guys just do “sudo apt update && sudo apt install vlc”? It works for me.

      Reply
    2. RaggedRat on February 9, 2020 1:07 pm

      Debian stretch. Installed snap, ran snap command (as root), snap ran through OK but running vlc at command line gives “command not found”. So where is it?

      Reply
    3. arjun on May 13, 2019 2:55 pm

      snap not found

      Reply
    4. sid on March 27, 2019 11:43 am

      error snap-core-6531.mount failed

      Reply
    5. Roger on February 27, 2019 6:18 pm

      [email protected]:~/Downloads $ sudo snap install vlc
      error: cannot install “vlc”: snap not found
      [email protected]:~/Downloads $

      ??

      Reply
    6. nytech on November 14, 2018 9:07 pm

      4. uninstall

      sudo snap remove vlc

      Reply

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