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