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

Last updated: September 19,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "vlc-bin" package

Please follow the guidance below to install vlc-bin on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "vlc-bin" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall vlc-bin 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-bin package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: vlc-bin
Source: vlc
Version: 3.0.20-0+deb12u1
Installed-Size: 355
Maintainer: Debian Multimedia Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libvlc-bin (= 3.0.20-0+deb12u1), libc6 (>= 2.34), libvlc5 (>= 3.0.20)
Description: binaries from VLC
Description-md5: 95daedaad0e0f925e24501938e2ec38b
Homepage: https://www.videolan.org/vlc/
Section: video
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/v/vlc/vlc-bin_3.0.20-0+deb12u1_amd64.deb
Size: 127652
MD5sum: 5fc24a9fcc26fad84565a2f924e6953a
SHA256: cf463999bbc2f72554438fcf2f2ffa7d4c908694f754903cab42a85ddbded7e1