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

Last updated: February 17,2025

1. Install "vlc-nox" package

This is a short guide on how to install vlc-nox on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall vlc-nox on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: vlc-nox
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.2.2-5ubuntu0.16.04.4
Priority: optional
Section: universe/net
Source: vlc
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Multimedia Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 9270
Provides: mp3-decoder
Pre-Depends: dpkg (>= 1.17.14)
Depends: liba52-0.7.4, libasound2 (>= 1.0.27), libass5 (>= 0.13.0), libavahi-client3 (>= 0.6.16), libavahi-common3 (>= 0.6.16), libavc1394-0 (>= 0.5.3), libavcodec-ffmpeg56 (>= 7:2.4) | libavcodec-ffmpeg-extra56 (>= 7:2.4), libavformat-ffmpeg56 (>= 7:2.4), libavutil-ffmpeg54 (>= 7:2.4), libbasicusageenvironment1, libbluray1 (>= 1:0.5.0), libc6 (>= 2.16), libcddb2, libcdio13 (>= 0.83), libchromaprint0 (>= 0.2), libcrystalhd3 (>= 1:0.0~git20110715.fdd2f19), libdbus-1-3 (>= 1.9.14), libdc1394-22, libdca0, libdirectfb-1.2-9, libdvbpsi10 (>= 1.3.0), libdvdnav4 (>= 5.0.3), libdvdread4 (>= 4.1.3), libebml4v5, libfaad2 (>= 2.7), libflac8 (>= 1.3.0), libfontconfig1 (>= 2.11.94), libfreetype6 (>= 2.2.1), libfribidi0 (>= 0.19.2), libgcc1 (>= 1:3.4), libgcrypt20 (>= 1.6.1), libgnutls30 (>= 3.4.2), libgpg-error0 (>= 1.14), libgroupsock8, libjpeg8 (>= 8c), libkate1 (>= 0.3.0), liblircclient0, liblivemedia50, liblua5.2-0, libmad0 (>= 0.15.1b-3), libmatroska6v5, libmodplug1 (>= 1:0.8.8.5), libmpcdec6 (>= 1:0.1~r435), libmpeg2-4 (>= 0.5.1), libmtp9 (>= 1.1.0), libncursesw5 (>= 6), libogg0 (>= 1.1.0), libopus0 (>= 1.1), libpng12-0 (>= 1.2.13-4), libpostproc-ffmpeg53 (>= 7:2.4), libraw1394-11, libresid-builder0c2a, libsamplerate0 (>= 0.1.7), libschroedinger-1.0-0 (>= 1.0.10), libshine3 (>= 3.1.0), libshout3, libsidplay2v5, libspeex1 (>= 1.2~beta3-1), libspeexdsp1 (>= 1.2~beta3.2-1), libssh2-1 (>= 1.2), libstdc++6 (>= 5.2), libswscale-ffmpeg3 (>= 7:2.4), libtag1v5 (>= 1.9.1-2.4ubuntu1), libtheora0 (>= 1.0), libtinfo5 (>= 6), libtwolame0, libudev1 (>= 183), libupnp6 (>= 1:1.6.19), libusageenvironment3, libvcdinfo0 (>= 0.7.21), libvlc5 (>= 2.1.0), libvlccore8 (>= 2.2.0), libvorbis0a (>= 1.1.2), libvorbisenc2 (>= 1.1.2), libx264-148, libx265-79 (>= 1.9), libxml2 (>= 2.7.4), libzvbi0 (>= 0.2.35), zlib1g (>= 1:1.2.0.2)
Suggests: libdvdcss2
Filename: pool/universe/v/vlc/vlc-nox_2.2.2-5ubuntu0.16.04.4_amd64.deb
Size: 2324692
MD5sum: a716a8763d23ba31bc5743cbef5f350c
SHA1: be4be991ba83d31dbe4a6f377ec7b908cb6e21fd
SHA256: 07a5003043f5d0e02dde720c505e1bc54aa027e1401d82347059519951dd4cbc
SHA512: 52f73d13006a9b48626764edf06103539340853ff9a57ccc012ba879cf279df68fedd3e17b907f07de7e5f66960229d5e02c4245759fbfe64f36dde93ca9b058
Homepage: http://www.videolan.org/vlc/
Description-en: multimedia player and streamer (without X support)
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.
.
VLC can also be used as a streaming server that duplicates the stream it
reads and multicasts them through the network to other clients, or serves
them through HTTP.
.
VLC has support for on-the-fly transcoding of audio and video formats, either
for broadcasting purposes or for movie format transformations. Support for
most output methods is provided by this package, but features can be added by
installing additional audio plugins (vlc-plugin-sdl, vlc-plugin-jack) or
video plugins (vlc-plugin-sdl).
.
This package contains a version of VLC that does not require X and that is
thus suitable for headless servers.
Description-md5: 1a03d1c0cff9631a96dd7301dbefade6
Task: mythbuntu-frontend, mythbuntu-desktop, mythbuntu-backend-slave, mythbuntu-backend-master, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-mate-cloudtop
Supported: 3y

Package: vlc-nox
Priority: optional
Section: universe/net
Installed-Size: 9262
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Multimedia Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Source: vlc
Version: 2.2.2-5
Provides: mp3-decoder
Depends: liba52-0.7.4, libasound2 (>= 1.0.27), libass5 (>= 0.13.0), libavahi-client3 (>= 0.6.16), libavahi-common3 (>= 0.6.16), libavc1394-0 (>= 0.5.3), libavcodec-ffmpeg56 (>= 7:2.4) | libavcodec-ffmpeg-extra56 (>= 7:2.4), libavformat-ffmpeg56 (>= 7:2.4), libavutil-ffmpeg54 (>= 7:2.4), libbasicusageenvironment1, libbluray1 (>= 1:0.5.0), libc6 (>= 2.16), libcddb2, libcdio13 (>= 0.83), libchromaprint0 (>= 0.2), libcrystalhd3 (>= 1:0.0~git20110715.fdd2f19), libdbus-1-3 (>= 1.9.14), libdc1394-22, libdca0, libdirectfb-1.2-9, libdvbpsi10 (>= 1.3.0), libdvdnav4 (>= 5.0.3), libdvdread4 (>= 4.1.3), libebml4v5, libfaad2 (>= 2.7), libflac8 (>= 1.3.0), libfontconfig1 (>= 2.11.1), libfreetype6 (>= 2.2.1), libfribidi0 (>= 0.19.2), libgcc1 (>= 1:3.4), libgcrypt20 (>= 1.6.1), libgnutls30 (>= 3.4.2), libgpg-error0 (>= 1.14), libgroupsock8, libjpeg8 (>= 8c), libkate1 (>= 0.3.0), liblircclient0, liblivemedia50, liblua5.2-0, libmad0 (>= 0.15.1b-3), libmatroska6v5, libmodplug1 (>= 1:0.8.8.5), libmpcdec6 (>= 1:0.1~r435), libmpeg2-4 (>= 0.5.1), libmtp9 (>= 1.1.0), libncursesw5 (>= 6), libogg0 (>= 1.1.0), libopus0 (>= 1.1), libpng12-0 (>= 1.2.13-4), libpostproc-ffmpeg53 (>= 7:2.4), libraw1394-11, libresid-builder0c2a, libsamplerate0 (>= 0.1.7), libschroedinger-1.0-0 (>= 1.0.10), libshine3 (>= 3.1.0), libshout3, libsidplay2v5, libspeex1 (>= 1.2~beta3-1), libspeexdsp1 (>= 1.2~beta3.2-1), libssh2-1 (>= 1.2), libstdc++6 (>= 5.2), libswscale-ffmpeg3 (>= 7:2.4), libtag1v5 (>= 1.9.1-2.4ubuntu1), libtheora0 (>= 1.0), libtinfo5 (>= 6), libtwolame0, libudev1 (>= 183), libupnp6 (>= 1:1.6.19), libusageenvironment3, libvcdinfo0 (>= 0.7.21), libvlc5 (>= 2.1.0), libvlccore8 (>= 2.2.0), libvorbis0a (>= 1.1.2), libvorbisenc2 (>= 1.1.2), libx264-148, libx265-79 (>= 1.9), libxml2 (>= 2.7.4), libzvbi0 (>= 0.2.35), zlib1g (>= 1:1.2.0.2)
Pre-Depends: dpkg (>= 1.17.14)
Suggests: libdvdcss2
Filename: pool/universe/v/vlc/vlc-nox_2.2.2-5_amd64.deb
Size: 2323926
MD5sum: 1dbb101c9729704c27fdfdf4c5538f76
SHA1: 910455003ea92109351ff1b408c74f8d4419e563
SHA256: e32542b29cd8166f57f3eaafb9172c740902477e36d099645486ff54dc31ce5b
Description-en: multimedia player and streamer (without X support)
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.
.
VLC can also be used as a streaming server that duplicates the stream it
reads and multicasts them through the network to other clients, or serves
them through HTTP.
.
VLC has support for on-the-fly transcoding of audio and video formats, either
for broadcasting purposes or for movie format transformations. Support for
most output methods is provided by this package, but features can be added by
installing additional audio plugins (vlc-plugin-sdl, vlc-plugin-jack) or
video plugins (vlc-plugin-sdl).
.
This package contains a version of VLC that does not require X and that is
thus suitable for headless servers.
Description-md5: 1a03d1c0cff9631a96dd7301dbefade6
Homepage: http://www.videolan.org/vlc/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 3y
Task: mythbuntu-frontend, mythbuntu-desktop, mythbuntu-backend-slave, mythbuntu-backend-master, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-mate-cloudtop