In this tutorial you will learn:
- How to add EPEL repository
- How to enable RPM fusion
- How to install VLC
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
dnf
command:# dnf install vlc
- Start VLC media player from your menu or by executing the following command:
$ vlc
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