How To Install vlc-plugin-jack on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install vlc-plugin-jack
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is vlc-plugin-jack
vlc-plugin-jack 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.
These plugins add support for JACK to the VLC media player. To
activate the audio output module, use the --aout jack' flag or select the
jack’ audio output plugin from the preferences menu.
For the jack input, use `vlc jack://channels=…:ports=…'
There are three methods to install vlc-plugin-jack
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-jack 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-jack
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install vlc-plugin-jack
Install vlc-plugin-jack Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install vlc-plugin-jack
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install vlc-plugin-jack
Install vlc-plugin-jack 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-jack
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install vlc-plugin-jack
How To Uninstall vlc-plugin-jack on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the vlc-plugin-jack
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove vlc-plugin-jack
Uninstall vlc-plugin-jack And Its Dependencies
To uninstall vlc-plugin-jack
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-jack
Remove vlc-plugin-jack Configurations and Data
To remove vlc-plugin-jack
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge vlc-plugin-jack
Remove vlc-plugin-jack configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove vlc-plugin-jack
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge vlc-plugin-jack
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install vlc-plugin-jack
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.