How To Install vlc-plugin-video-splitter on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install vlc-plugin-video-splitter on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is vlc-plugin-video-splitter
vlc-plugin-video-splitter 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 the video splitter plugins.
There are three methods to install vlc-plugin-video-splitter on Ubuntu 18.04. 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-plugin-video-splitter 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-plugin-video-splitter using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install vlc-plugin-video-splitter
Install vlc-plugin-video-splitter Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install vlc-plugin-video-splitter using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install vlc-plugin-video-splitter
Install vlc-plugin-video-splitter 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install vlc-plugin-video-splitter using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install vlc-plugin-video-splitter
How To Uninstall vlc-plugin-video-splitter on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the vlc-plugin-video-splitter package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove vlc-plugin-video-splitter
Uninstall vlc-plugin-video-splitter And Its Dependencies
To uninstall vlc-plugin-video-splitter and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove vlc-plugin-video-splitter
Remove vlc-plugin-video-splitter Configurations and Data
To remove vlc-plugin-video-splitter configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge vlc-plugin-video-splitter
Remove vlc-plugin-video-splitter configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove vlc-plugin-video-splitter configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge vlc-plugin-video-splitter
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install vlc-plugin-video-splitter package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
