How To Install vlc-plugin-samba 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-samba on Ubuntu.
What is vlc-plugin-samba
vlc-plugin-samba 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 plugin adds support to access Samba shares from the VLC media player.
There are three methods to install vlc-plugin-samba 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-samba 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-samba using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install vlc-plugin-samba
Install vlc-plugin-samba Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install vlc-plugin-samba using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install vlc-plugin-samba
Install vlc-plugin-samba 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-samba using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install vlc-plugin-samba
How To Uninstall vlc-plugin-samba on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the vlc-plugin-samba package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove vlc-plugin-samba
Uninstall vlc-plugin-samba And Its Dependencies
To uninstall vlc-plugin-samba and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove vlc-plugin-samba
Remove vlc-plugin-samba Configurations and Data
To remove vlc-plugin-samba configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge vlc-plugin-samba
Remove vlc-plugin-samba configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove vlc-plugin-samba configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge vlc-plugin-samba
Dependencies
vlc-plugin-samba have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install vlc-plugin-samba package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.