How To Install vlc-l10n on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install vlc-l10n on Debian 9. vlc-l10n is Translations for VLC

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install vlc-l10n on Debian 9.

What is vlc-l10n

vlc-l10n is:

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 localisations for VLC media player.

There are three methods to install vlc-l10n on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install vlc-l10n Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install vlc-l10n using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install vlc-l10n

Install vlc-l10n Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install vlc-l10n using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install vlc-l10n

Install vlc-l10n Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install vlc-l10n using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install vlc-l10n

How To Uninstall vlc-l10n on Debian 9

To uninstall only the vlc-l10n package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove vlc-l10n

Uninstall vlc-l10n And Its Dependencies

To uninstall vlc-l10n and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove vlc-l10n

Remove vlc-l10n Configurations and Data

To remove vlc-l10n configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge vlc-l10n

Remove vlc-l10n configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove vlc-l10n configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge vlc-l10n

Dependencies

vlc-l10n have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install vlc-l10n package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.