How To Install libvlccore9 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libvlccore9 on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libvlccore9
libvlccore9 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 shared library required by VLC modules and libvlc.
There are three methods to install libvlccore9 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 libvlccore9 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libvlccore9 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libvlccore9
Install libvlccore9 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libvlccore9 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libvlccore9
Install libvlccore9 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 libvlccore9 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libvlccore9
How To Uninstall libvlccore9 on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libvlccore9 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libvlccore9
Uninstall libvlccore9 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libvlccore9 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libvlccore9
Remove libvlccore9 Configurations and Data
To remove libvlccore9 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libvlccore9
Remove libvlccore9 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libvlccore9 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libvlccore9
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libvlccore9 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
