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