How to Install and Uninstall vlc-plugin-base Package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Last updated: December 24,2024

1. Install "vlc-plugin-base" package

This is a short guide on how to install vlc-plugin-base on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

$ sudo apt update $ sudo apt install vlc-plugin-base

2. Uninstall "vlc-plugin-base" package

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall vlc-plugin-base on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):

$ sudo apt remove vlc-plugin-base $ sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove

3. Information about the vlc-plugin-base package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Package: vlc-plugin-base
Architecture: amd64
Version: 3.0.16-1
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: 12219
Depends: vlc-data (= 3.0.16-1), liba52-0.7.4 (>= 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), libavcodec58 (>= 7:4.2), libavformat58 (>= 7:4.2), libavutil56 (>= 7:4.0), libbluray2 (>= 1:1.0.0), libc6 (>= 2.33), libcairo2 (>= 1.13.1), libcddb2, libchromaprint1 (>= 1.3.2), libdav1d4 (>= 0.1.0), libdbus-1-3 (>= 1.9.14), libdc1394-25 (>= 2.2.6), libdca0 (>= 0.0.5), libdvbpsi10 (>= 1.3.0), libdvdnav4 (>= 6.1.0), libdvdread8 (>= 6.1.0), libebml5 (>= 1.3.4-2~), libfaad2 (>= 2.7), libflac8 (>= 1.3.0), libfontconfig1 (>= 2.12.6), libfreetype6 (>= 2.2.1), libfribidi0 (>= 1.0.0), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.4), libgcrypt20 (>= 1.8.0), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.28.0), libgnutls30 (>= 3.7.0), libgpg-error0 (>= 1.14), libharfbuzz0b (>= 0.9.4), libixml10 (>= 1:1.8.0), libjpeg8 (>= 8c), libkate1 (>= 0.3.0), liblirc-client0, liblua5.2-0, libmad0 (>= 0.15.1b-3), libmatroska7 (>= 1.6.2), libmpcdec6 (>= 1:0.1~r435), libmpeg2-4 (>= 0.5.1), libmpg123-0 (>= 1.28.0), libmtp9 (>= 1.1.0), libncursesw6 (>= 6), libnfs13 (>= 1.9.7), libogg0 (>= 1.1.0), libopenmpt-modplug1 (>= 0.2.7386~beta20.3), libopus0 (>= 1.1), libpng16-16 (>= 1.6.2-1), libpostproc55 (>= 7:4.0), libprotobuf-lite23 (>= 3.12.4), libpulse0 (>= 1.0), libraw1394-11 (>= 2.1.2), 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, libsndio7.0 (>= 1.1.0), libsoxr0 (>= 0.1.2), libspatialaudio0 (>= 0.3.0+git20180730+dfsg1), libspeex1 (>= 1.2~beta3-1), libspeexdsp1 (>= 1.2~beta3.2-1), libssh2-1 (>= 1.2.3), libstdc++6 (>= 9), libswscale5 (>= 7:4.0), libsystemd0, libtag1v5 (>= 1.9.1-2.2~), libtheora0 (>= 1.0), libtinfo6 (>= 6), libtwolame0 (>= 0.3.6), libudev1 (>= 183), libupnp13 (>= 1:1.8.3), libva-drm2 (>= 1.1.0), libva2 (>= 2.2.0), libvlccore9 (>= 3.0.16), libvorbis0a (>= 1.1.2), libvorbisenc2 (>= 1.1.2), libx264-160 (>= 2:0.160.3011+gitcde9a93), libx265-192 (>= 3.2), 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
Filename: pool/universe/v/vlc/vlc-plugin-base_3.0.16-1_amd64.deb
Size: 2785452
MD5sum: db960c1f6da7e3b1fd0a33cc0bf0b68d
SHA1: e8e93c6788235eda1d91c08c14c6a8fd5cd40a16
SHA256: f2a76742461d4561ccb7fd8e4ff3d53298b5ddf30033b3532030de2fbe346d6e
SHA512: a24b63a93fbc6d7a593cf1715f21fe8f54852dccbf0041d21eb9f94bb9ea93dab88397090ad0c6712db126027c1dcad2ed68daf84d7f4c1c50b4cfc4cc9618bd
Homepage: https://www.videolan.org/vlc/
Description-en: multimedia player and streamer (base plugins)
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.
.
This package contains most plugins which are shipped in more specialied plugin
packages.
Description-md5: 103cb021db8e172eaddc03ab0f07e203
Task: kubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-full, lubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop