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

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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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)
- 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:
$ 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
- Use the top left
Activities
menu to open theUbuntu Software
application.Open Ubuntu Software Application - Click the magnifying glass icon and search for the
vlc
keyword.Searching for VLC application in Ubuntu Software Catalog - To begin the VLC installation hit the
Install
button.Begin installation of VLC - Enter your password. Your user must have root permissions in order to proceed with the installation.
Enter sudo password to proceed with VLC installation
- Once the VLC installation is completed simply use
Activities
menu to start the VLC application.Open VLC media player from the Activities menu
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.