How to Install and Uninstall libvlc5 Package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Last updated: November 26,2024

1. Install "libvlc5" package

This guide let you learn how to install libvlc5 on Debian 10 (Buster)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libvlc5
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libvlc5" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall libvlc5 on Debian 10 (Buster):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libvlc5
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libvlc5 package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Package: libvlc5
Source: vlc
Version: 3.0.17.4-0+deb10u1
Installed-Size: 344
Maintainer: Debian Multimedia Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libvlccore9 (>= 3.0.17.4)
Breaks: phonon-backend-vlc (<< 0.9.1-2~), phonon4qt5-backend-vlc (<< 0.9.1-2~)
Description: multimedia player and streamer library
Description-md5: aa50eb20ebe126a4c5f468a6be6f8f8d
Homepage: https://www.videolan.org/vlc/
Multi-Arch: same
Recommends: libvlc-bin (= 3.0.17.4-0+deb10u1)
Section: libs
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/updates/main/v/vlc/libvlc5_3.0.17.4-0+deb10u1_amd64.deb
Size: 175748
MD5sum: 95b4f37f3dee01c8a6aefb5558f5f9c2
SHA256: b9d260f7bb44e32dc453c7b3218e70540e4b520efc5360b51b728b9bad64d03a

Package: libvlc5
Source: vlc
Version: 3.0.12-0+deb10u1
Installed-Size: 342
Maintainer: Debian Multimedia Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libvlccore9 (>= 3.0.12)
Recommends: libvlc-bin (= 3.0.12-0+deb10u1)
Breaks: phonon-backend-vlc (<< 0.9.1-2~), phonon4qt5-backend-vlc (<< 0.9.1-2~)
Description: multimedia player and streamer library
Description-md5: aa50eb20ebe126a4c5f468a6be6f8f8d
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: https://www.videolan.org/vlc/
Tag: role::shared-lib
Section: libs
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/v/vlc/libvlc5_3.0.12-0+deb10u1_amd64.deb
Size: 174108
MD5sum: 6cb43d40c51d67bc5188bfe886efd227
SHA256: ed3907f7cc7b47cc4d7af4448dbf9452543e619777193cfeaf940166fffe20d3