The objective is to install the VLC media player by using both, EPEL and RPM fusion repositories on CentOS 8 / RHEL 8 Linux. VLC media player is a portable cross-platform media player software and streaming media server developed by the VideoLAN project.
In this tutorial you will learn:
- How to add EPEL repository
- How to enable RPM fusion
- How to install VLC
VLC Player messenger on CentOS 8 / RHEL 8 Linux
Software Requirements and Conventions Used
| Category | Requirements, Conventions or Software Version Used |
|---|---|
| System | CentOS 8 / RHEL 8 |
| Software | N/A |
| Other | Privileged access to your Linux system as root or via the sudo command. |
| Conventions |
# – requires given linux commands to be executed with root privileges either directly as a root user or by use of sudo command$ – requires given linux commands to be executed as a regular non-privileged user |
How to install VLC Player messenger on CentOS 8 / RHEL 8 Linux step by step instructions
- First step is to enable EPEL and RPM fusion repository:
# dnf install https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-8.noarch.rpm # dnf install https://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/el/rpmfusion-free-release-8.noarch.rpm
- Now, we are ready to install the VLC package simply by using the
dnfcommand:# dnf install vlc
- Start VLC media player from your menu or by executing the following command:
$ vlc