How to Install and Uninstall vlc-plugin-base Package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Last updated: May 17,2024

1. Install "vlc-plugin-base" package

Please follow the instructions below to install vlc-plugin-base on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "vlc-plugin-base" package

Please follow the steps below to uninstall vlc-plugin-base on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):


    
        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the vlc-plugin-base package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Package: vlc-plugin-base
Architecture: amd64
Version: 3.0.8-0ubuntu18.04.1
Multi-Arch: same
Priority: optional
Section: universe/video
Source: vlc
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Multimedia Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 11585
Depends: vlc-data (= 3.0.8-0ubuntu18.04.1), liba52-0.7.4, libarchive13 (>= 3.1.2), libaribb24-0 (>= 1.0.3), libasound2 (>= 1.0.27), libass9 (>= 1:0.13.6), libavahi-client3 (>= 0.6.16), libavahi-common3 (>= 0.6.16), libavc1394-0 (>= 0.5.3), libavcodec57 (>= 7:3.4.6) | libavcodec-extra57 (>= 7:3.4.6), libavformat57 (>= 7:3.4.6), libavutil55 (>= 7:3.4.6), libbasicusageenvironment1 (>= 2018.02.18), libbluray2 (>= 1:1.0.0), libc6 (>= 2.27), libcairo2 (>= 1.13.1), libcddb2, libchromaprint1 (>= 1.3.2), libcrystalhd3 (>= 1:0.0~git20110715.fdd2f19), libdbus-1-3 (>= 1.9.14), libdc1394-22, libdca0 (>= 0.0.5), libdvbpsi10 (>= 1.3.0), libdvdnav4 (>= 5.0.3), libdvdread4 (>= 4.1.3), libebml4v5 (>= 1.3.4-2~), libfaad2 (>= 2.7), libflac8 (>= 1.3.0), libfontconfig1 (>= 2.12), libfreetype6 (>= 2.2.1), libfribidi0 (>= 0.19.2), libgcc1 (>= 1:3.4), libgcrypt20 (>= 1.8.0), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.28.0), libgnutls30 (>= 3.5.6), libgpg-error0 (>= 1.14), libgroupsock8 (>= 2018.02.18), libharfbuzz0b (>= 0.9.4), libjpeg8 (>= 8c), libkate1 (>= 0.3.0), liblirc-client0, liblivemedia62 (>= 2018.02.18), liblua5.2-0, libmad0 (>= 0.15.1b-3), libmatroska6v5 (>= 1.4.5), libmicrodns0 (>= 0.0.3), libmpcdec6 (>= 1:0.1~r435), libmpeg2-4 (>= 0.5.1), libmpg123-0 (>= 1.13.7), libmtp9 (>= 1.1.0), libncursesw5 (>= 6), libnfs11 (>= 1.9.7), libogg0 (>= 1.1.0), libopenmpt-modplug1 (>= 0.2.7386~beta20.3), libopus0 (>= 1.1), libpng16-16 (>= 1.6.2-1), libpostproc54 (>= 7:3.4.6), libprotobuf-lite10, libpulse0 (>= 0.99.4), libraw1394-11, libresid-builder0c2a, librsvg2-2 (>= 2.14.4), libsamplerate0 (>= 0.1.7), libsdl-image1.2 (>= 1.2.10), libsdl1.2debian (>= 1.2.11), libsecret-1-0 (>= 0.7), libshine3 (>= 3.1.0), libshout3 (>= 2.2.2), libsidplay2, libsndio6.1 (>= 1.1.0), libsoxr0 (>= 0.1.0), libspeex1 (>= 1.2~beta3-1), libspeexdsp1 (>= 1.2~beta3.2-1), libssh2-1 (>= 1.2.3), libstdc++6 (>= 5.2), libswscale4 (>= 7:3.4.6), libsystemd0, libtag1v5 (>= 1.9.1-2.2~), libtheora0 (>= 1.0), libtinfo5 (>= 6), libtwolame0 (>= 0.3.6), libudev1 (>= 183), libupnp6 (>= 1:1.6.19), libusageenvironment3 (>= 2018.02.18), libva-drm2 (>= 1.1.0), libva2 (>= 2.1.0), libvlccore9 (>= 3.0.8), libvorbis0a (>= 1.1.2), libvorbisenc2 (>= 1.1.2), libx264-152, libx265-146 (>= 2.6), libxcb-keysyms1 (>= 0.4.0), libxcb1, libxml2 (>= 2.7.4), libzvbi0 (>= 0.2.35), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4), vlc-plugin-abi-3-0-0f
Recommends: xdg-utils
Suggests: libdvdcss2
Breaks: vlc-plugin-zvbi (<< 3.0.0-1~)
Replaces: vlc-plugin-zvbi (<< 3.0.0-1~)
Filename: pool/universe/v/vlc/vlc-plugin-base_3.0.8-0ubuntu18.04.1_amd64.deb
Size: 2900408
MD5sum: a6f245c581b8582378829015cce40385
SHA1: 387bb44137ece0647119f4f70d3386bb8c4cd694
SHA256: b4bd7addf19214361648f2c4d8ddf636f78a8b22cf6a92712ed553cd49485948
SHA512: 84c7b6c86c45a19bc71eed648019f67b602e622d16f512b397a88b50f4050867dfce7463ae7062bf91302ea79ce0aac2e2ea52b564da177db8de1bb781f5ef5a
Homepage: https://www.videolan.org/vlc/
Description: multimedia player and streamer (base plugins)
Description-md5: 103cb021db8e172eaddc03ab0f07e203
Task: kubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-full, lubuntu-qt-core, lubuntu-qt-desktop, ubuntustudio-video, ubuntustudio-graphics, ubuntu-mate-desktop
Supported: 3y

Package: vlc-plugin-base
Architecture: amd64
Version: 3.0.1-3build1
Multi-Arch: same
Priority: optional
Section: universe/video
Source: vlc
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Multimedia Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 11214
Depends: vlc-data (= 3.0.1-3build1), liba52-0.7.4, libarchive13 (>= 3.1.2), libaribb24-0 (>= 1.0.3), libasound2 (>= 1.0.27), libass9 (>= 1:0.13.6), libavahi-client3 (>= 0.6.16), libavahi-common3 (>= 0.6.16), libavc1394-0 (>= 0.5.3), libavcodec57 (>= 7:3.4.2) | libavcodec-extra57 (>= 7:3.4.2), libavformat57 (>= 7:3.4.2), libavutil55 (>= 7:3.4.2), libbasicusageenvironment1 (>= 2018.02.18), libbluray2 (>= 1:1.0.0), libc6 (>= 2.27), libcairo2 (>= 1.13.1), libcddb2, libchromaprint1 (>= 1.3.2), libcrystalhd3 (>= 1:0.0~git20110715.fdd2f19), libdbus-1-3 (>= 1.9.14), libdc1394-22, libdca0 (>= 0.0.5), libdvbpsi10 (>= 1.3.0), libdvdnav4 (>= 5.0.3), libdvdread4 (>= 4.1.3), libebml4v5 (>= 1.3.4-2~), libfaad2 (>= 2.7), libflac8 (>= 1.3.0), libfontconfig1 (>= 2.12), libfreetype6 (>= 2.2.1), libfribidi0 (>= 0.19.2), libgcc1 (>= 1:3.4), libgcrypt20 (>= 1.8.0), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.28.0), libgnutls30 (>= 3.5.6), libgpg-error0 (>= 1.14), libgroupsock8 (>= 2018.02.18), libharfbuzz0b (>= 0.9.4), libjpeg8 (>= 8c), libkate1 (>= 0.3.0), liblirc-client0, liblivemedia62 (>= 2018.02.18), liblua5.2-0, libmad0 (>= 0.15.1b-3), libmatroska6v5 (>= 1.4.5), libmicrodns0 (>= 0.0.3), libmpcdec6 (>= 1:0.1~r435), libmpeg2-4 (>= 0.5.1), libmpg123-0 (>= 1.13.7), libmtp9 (>= 1.1.0), libncursesw5 (>= 6), libnfs11 (>= 1.9.7), libogg0 (>= 1.1.0), libopenmpt-modplug1 (>= 0.2.7386~beta20.3), libopus0 (>= 1.1), libpng16-16 (>= 1.6.2-1), libpostproc54 (>= 7:3.4.2), libprotobuf-lite10, libpulse0 (>= 0.99.4), libraw1394-11, libresid-builder0c2a, librsvg2-2 (>= 2.14.4), libsamplerate0 (>= 0.1.7), libsdl-image1.2 (>= 1.2.10), libsdl1.2debian (>= 1.2.11), libsecret-1-0 (>= 0.7), libshine3 (>= 3.1.0), libshout3 (>= 2.2.2), libsidplay2, libsndio6.1 (>= 1.1.0), libsoxr0 (>= 0.1.0), libspeex1 (>= 1.2~beta3-1), libspeexdsp1 (>= 1.2~beta3.2-1), libssh2-1 (>= 1.2.3), libstdc++6 (>= 5.2), libswscale4 (>= 7:3.4.2), libsystemd0, libtag1v5 (>= 1.9.1-2.2~), libtheora0 (>= 1.0), libtinfo5 (>= 6), libtwolame0 (>= 0.3.6), libudev1 (>= 183), libupnp6 (>= 1:1.6.19), libusageenvironment3 (>= 2018.02.18), libva-drm2 (>= 1.1.0), libva2 (>= 2.1.0), libvlccore9 (>= 3.0.1), libvorbis0a (>= 1.1.2), libvorbisenc2 (>= 1.1.2), libx264-152, libx265-146 (>= 2.6), libxcb-keysyms1 (>= 0.4.0), libxcb1, libxml2 (>= 2.7.4), libzvbi0 (>= 0.2.35), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4), vlc-plugin-abi-3-0-0f
Recommends: xdg-utils
Suggests: libdvdcss2
Breaks: vlc-plugin-zvbi (<< 3.0.0-1~)
Replaces: vlc-plugin-zvbi (<< 3.0.0-1~)
Filename: pool/universe/v/vlc/vlc-plugin-base_3.0.1-3build1_amd64.deb
Size: 2842304
MD5sum: e0fb5bac439d4d9e76d4d7125b99e29d
SHA1: f8fb839bde7c8275fcfc67d73fd7e249da4e69d5
SHA256: 6092ca850230b7b66c53c4f0140ee8c332343ab906d8fcc31903b55f3486248a
Homepage: https://www.videolan.org/vlc/
Description: multimedia player and streamer (base plugins)
Description-md5: 103cb021db8e172eaddc03ab0f07e203
Task: kubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-full, lubuntu-qt-core, lubuntu-qt-desktop, ubuntustudio-video, ubuntustudio-graphics, ubuntu-mate-desktop
Supported: 3y