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

Last updated: May 19,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "vlc" package

This tutorial shows how to install vlc on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "vlc" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall vlc 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 vlc package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: vlc
Version: 3.0.20-0+deb12u1
Installed-Size: 195
Maintainer: Debian Multimedia Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Provides: mp3-decoder
Depends: vlc-bin (= 3.0.20-0+deb12u1), vlc-plugin-base (= 3.0.20-0+deb12u1), vlc-plugin-qt (= 3.0.20-0+deb12u1), vlc-plugin-video-output (= 3.0.20-0+deb12u1)
Recommends: vlc-l10n (= 3.0.20-0+deb12u1), vlc-plugin-access-extra (= 3.0.20-0+deb12u1), vlc-plugin-notify (= 3.0.20-0+deb12u1), vlc-plugin-samba (= 3.0.20-0+deb12u1), vlc-plugin-skins2 (= 3.0.20-0+deb12u1), vlc-plugin-video-splitter (= 3.0.20-0+deb12u1), vlc-plugin-visualization (= 3.0.20-0+deb12u1)
Suggests: vlc-plugin-fluidsynth (= 3.0.20-0+deb12u1), vlc-plugin-jack (= 3.0.20-0+deb12u1), vlc-plugin-pipewire, vlc-plugin-svg (= 3.0.20-0+deb12u1)
Description: multimedia player and streamer
Description-md5: d96da6b991aa50928533b16fb11b3136
Homepage: https://www.videolan.org/vlc/
Tag: hardware::storage, hardware::storage:cd, hardware::storage:dvd,
hardware::video, implemented-in::c, implemented-in::c++,
interface::commandline, interface::graphical, interface::x11,
protocol::ipv6, protocol::ssl, role::program, scope::application,
scope::utility, sound::compression, sound::player, uitoolkit::ncurses,
uitoolkit::qt, use::converting, use::playing, works-with-format::TODO,
works-with-format::mp3, works-with-format::oggtheora,
works-with-format::oggvorbis, works-with-format::wav, works-with::TODO,
works-with::audio, works-with::video, x11::application
Section: video
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/v/vlc/vlc_3.0.20-0+deb12u1_amd64.deb
Size: 109384
MD5sum: 9c7833fafcdb419d32c21a0faba9cd18
SHA256: 4a371cf8217ea87950fde398c29ed4f7c317696894f286b61b5c65d6e33432fe