How to Install and Uninstall vlc-plugin-samba Package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Last updated: May 16,2024

1. Install "vlc-plugin-samba" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install vlc-plugin-samba on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


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

This tutorial shows how to uninstall vlc-plugin-samba on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


    
        
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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-plugin-samba package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Package: vlc-plugin-samba
Architecture: amd64
Version: 3.0.11.1-2
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: 198
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.8), libsmbclient (>= 2:4.0.3+dfsg1), libvlccore9 (>= 3.0.11.1), vlc-plugin-abi-3-0-0f
Enhances: vlc
Filename: pool/universe/v/vlc/vlc-plugin-samba_3.0.11.1-2_amd64.deb
Size: 18756
MD5sum: 1263a39d57d53123629db25aee7a09e6
SHA1: b69d4f996f66a1122b98fa8f8677ec0d7a5c2f16
SHA256: 56cecca7d0aed101a7701d5bf211eea3e6007ec7fc0611bc03752c1c91bea762
SHA512: a84037db6588b11645e122563e296cc96dc52034c09ec24a089728c953692f050c6c060b7d97fb479a2a19e2fcaab7d6c9af539ef9df851fbd702a86ab11fe47
Homepage: https://www.videolan.org/vlc/
Description-en: Samba plugin for VLC
VLC is the VideoLAN project's media player. It plays MPEG, MPEG-2, MPEG-4,
DivX, MOV, WMV, QuickTime, WebM, FLAC, MP3, Ogg/Vorbis files, DVDs, VCDs,
podcasts, and multimedia streams from various network sources.
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This plugin adds support to access Samba shares from the VLC media player.
Description-md5: 23d77f3b1665060dfae5f3cef669e2b3
Task: kubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-full, lubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop