How To Install vlc-plugin-access-extra on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install vlc-plugin-access-extra
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is vlc-plugin-access-extra
vlc-plugin-access-extra 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 additional access plugins. Task: lubuntu-desktop
There are three methods to install vlc-plugin-access-extra
on Ubuntu 20.04. 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-access-extra 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-access-extra
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install vlc-plugin-access-extra
Install vlc-plugin-access-extra Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install vlc-plugin-access-extra
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install vlc-plugin-access-extra
Install vlc-plugin-access-extra 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-access-extra
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install vlc-plugin-access-extra
How To Uninstall vlc-plugin-access-extra on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the vlc-plugin-access-extra
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove vlc-plugin-access-extra
Uninstall vlc-plugin-access-extra And Its Dependencies
To uninstall vlc-plugin-access-extra
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove vlc-plugin-access-extra
Remove vlc-plugin-access-extra Configurations and Data
To remove vlc-plugin-access-extra
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge vlc-plugin-access-extra
Remove vlc-plugin-access-extra configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove vlc-plugin-access-extra
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge vlc-plugin-access-extra
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install vlc-plugin-access-extra
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.