How To Install vlc-plugin-base on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
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Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install vlc-plugin-base on Ubuntu.
What is vlc-plugin-base
vlc-plugin-base is:
VLC is the VideoLAN project’s media player. It plays MPEG, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DivX, MOV, WMV, QuickTime, WebM, FLAC, MP3, Ogg/Vorbis files, DVDs, VCDs, podcasts, and multimedia streams from various network sources.
This package contains most plugins which are shipped in more specialied plugin packages.
There are three methods to install vlc-plugin-base on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install vlc-plugin-base Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install vlc-plugin-base using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install vlc-plugin-base
Install vlc-plugin-base Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install vlc-plugin-base using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install vlc-plugin-base
Install vlc-plugin-base Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install vlc-plugin-base using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install vlc-plugin-base
How To Uninstall vlc-plugin-base on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the vlc-plugin-base package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove vlc-plugin-base
Uninstall vlc-plugin-base And Its Dependencies
To uninstall vlc-plugin-base and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove vlc-plugin-base
Remove vlc-plugin-base Configurations and Data
To remove vlc-plugin-base configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge vlc-plugin-base
Remove vlc-plugin-base configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove vlc-plugin-base configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge vlc-plugin-base
Dependencies
vlc-plugin-base have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install vlc-plugin-base package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.