How to Install and Uninstall browser-plugin-vlc Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: April 24,2024

1. Install "browser-plugin-vlc" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install browser-plugin-vlc on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

Learn how to uninstall browser-plugin-vlc on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the browser-plugin-vlc package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: browser-plugin-vlc
Priority: optional
Section: universe/video
Installed-Size: 198
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Multimedia Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Source: npapi-vlc
Version: 2.0.6-4
Replaces: mozilla-plugin-vlc (<< 2.0.0)
Depends: vlc, libc6 (>= 2.14), libcairo2 (>= 1.2.4), libgcc1 (>= 1:4.1.1), libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 (>= 2.22.0), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.12.0), libgtk2.0-0 (>= 2.24.0), libstdc++6 (>= 4.1.1), libvlc5 (>= 2.0.0), libx11-6, libx11-xcb1, libxcb1
Breaks: mozilla-plugin-vlc (<< 2.0.0)
Filename: pool/universe/n/npapi-vlc/browser-plugin-vlc_2.0.6-4_amd64.deb
Size: 44020
MD5sum: c15d9faf050f6acc3f221bbeaef2571e
SHA1: 1fa925d218f43a44cd37278021dbbe8b076aa05f
SHA256: 6d16895779b4d2627d0af1f1b2ebd68577173a194eafe4d2e80b18a37c6a91fe
Description-en: multimedia plugin for web browsers based on VLC
This plugin adds support for MPEG, MPEG2, DVD, DivX, Ogg/Vorbis and many
more formats to any Gecko-based web browser (Firefox, Galeon, etc.). The
decoding process is done by VLC and the output window is embedded in a
webpage or directly in the browser window. There is also support for
fullscreen display and javascript control.
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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.
Description-md5: 1dfbd075b62a574a99794b2eb520c80e
Homepage: http://www.videolan.org/vlc/
Npp-Applications: 92650c4d-4b8e-4d2a-b7eb-24ecf4f6b63a,
ec8030f7-c20a-464f-9b0e-13a3a9e97384
Npp-Description: play video and audio in Firefox using the VLC Multimedia Player
Npp-File: libvlcplugin.so
Npp-Mimetype: application/mpeg4-iod,
application/mpeg4-muxcodetable,
application/ogg,
application/x-google-vlc-plugin,
application/x-mplayer2,
application/x-ogg,
application/x-vlc-plugin,
audio/3gpp,
audio/3gpp2,
audio/mpeg,
audio/mpeg4,
audio/wav,
audio/x-mpeg,
audio/x-wav,
video/3gpp,
video/3gpp2,
video/mpeg,
video/mpeg-system,
video/mpeg4,
video/quicktime,
video/x-mpeg,
video/x-mpeg-system,
video/x-ms-asf,
video/x-ms-asf-plugin,
video/x-ms-wmv,
video/x-msvideo
Npp-Name: VLC Multimedia Plugin
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu