Ubuntu 22.04 VLC installation

In this tutorial, you will learn how to install VLC on Ubuntu 22.04 Jammy Jellyfish Linux Desktop.

VLC is a free and open-source multimedia player available for Ubuntu 22.04. It supports a wide range of multimedia formats such as MKV, MP4, MPEG, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DivX, MOV, WMV, QuickTime, WebM, FLAC, MP3, Ogg/Vorbis files, BluRays, DVDs, VCDs, podcasts, and multimedia streams from various network sources.

In this tutorial you will learn:

• How to install VLC
• How to install the latest VLC from PPA repository
• How to install VLC via GNOME graphical user interface
• How to install extra plugins

Software Requirements and Linux Command Line Conventions

Category	Requirements, Conventions or Software Version Used
System	Ubuntu 22.04 Jammy Jellyfish
Software	VLC
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

Ubuntu 22.04 VLC installation step by step instructions

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1. Install VLC from command line

   To install VLC from the command line, open a command line terminal and enter the following apt commands:

   $ sudo apt update
   $ sudo apt install vlc 
   

   In addition you might want to install some extra plugins for an additional support of multimedia formats:

   $ sudo apt install vlc-plugin-access-extra libbluray-bdj libdvd-pkg
   

   All done. To start the VLC media player execute the following command from your terminal:

   $ vlc
   

   Optional VLC Packages

   vlc-plugin-bittorrent

   Bittorrent plugin for VLC

   vlc-plugin-fluidsynth

   FluidSynth plugin for VLC

   vlc-plugin-jack

   JACK audio plugins for VLC

   vlc-plugin-notify

   LibNotify plugin for VLC

   vlc-plugin-qt

   multimedia player and streamer (Qt plugin)

   vlc-plugin-samba

   Samba plugin for VLC

   vlc-plugin-skins2

   multimedia player and streamer (Skins2 plugin)

   vlc-plugin-svg

   SVG plugin for VLC

   vlc-plugin-video-output

   multimedia player and streamer (video output plugins)

   vlc-plugin-video-splitter

   multimedia player and streamer (video splitter plugins)

   vlc-plugin-visualization

   multimedia player and streamer (visualization plugins)

2. To install the latest VLC media player you might want to consider the VLC installation from a 3rd-party PPA repository. To do so first step is to include VLC PPA repository:
   

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   $ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:videolan/master-daily
   

   Next, install the actual VLC player:

   $ sudo apt update
   $ sudo apt install vlc
   

Install VLC from GNOME Desktop

1. Use the top left Activities menu to open the Ubuntu Software application.

   

2. Click the magnifying glass icon and search for the vlc keyword.

   

3. To begin the VLC installation hit the Install button.

   

4. Enter your password. Your user must have root permissions in order to proceed with the installation.

   

   
   

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5. Once the VLC installation is completed simply use Activities menu to start the VLC application.

   

Closing Thoughts

In this tutorial, we saw how to install the VLC media player application on Ubuntu 22.04 Jammy Jellyfish Linux. VLC is a great all in one tool that can play virtually any type of audio or video multimedia. It is also open source and free, so it fits right in with the rest of the software catalog of Ubuntu 22.04.