How to Install and Uninstall libvlc5 Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: May 16,2024

You can also install and uninstall the libvlc5 on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "libvlc5" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install libvlc5 on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall libvlc5 on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libvlc5 package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: libvlc5
Source: vlc
Version: 3.0.20-0+deb12u1
Installed-Size: 301
Maintainer: Debian Multimedia Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libvlccore9 (>= 3.0.20)
Recommends: libvlc-bin (= 3.0.20-0+deb12u1)
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_3.0.20-0+deb12u1_amd64.deb
Size: 138768
MD5sum: 3055753d51e8deb98061f63f6125e602
SHA256: 29f4fdd9a5f9da1bc9861bbdac825789e0d0a5df4fedfa11ec0bd3826abd3be9