How To Install vlc-plugin-skins2 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install vlc-plugin-skins2 on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is vlc-plugin-skins2
vlc-plugin-skins2 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 VLC’s Skins2 interface.
There are three methods to install vlc-plugin-skins2 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-skins2 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-skins2 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install vlc-plugin-skins2
Install vlc-plugin-skins2 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install vlc-plugin-skins2 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install vlc-plugin-skins2
Install vlc-plugin-skins2 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-skins2 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install vlc-plugin-skins2
How To Uninstall vlc-plugin-skins2 on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the vlc-plugin-skins2 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove vlc-plugin-skins2
Uninstall vlc-plugin-skins2 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall vlc-plugin-skins2 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-skins2
Remove vlc-plugin-skins2 Configurations and Data
To remove vlc-plugin-skins2 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge vlc-plugin-skins2
Remove vlc-plugin-skins2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove vlc-plugin-skins2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge vlc-plugin-skins2
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install vlc-plugin-skins2 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
