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Download VLC Player for Debian GNU/Linux!!

VLC is a free ** and **open-source cross-platform multimedia player and framework that supports all kinds of audio and video formats. This software is widely used across the world. The VideoLAN organization developed it. In this article, we will learn how to download VLC Player for Debian GNU/Linux.

Features of VLC Media Player

  • This software almost supports every video and audio file format and plays every media.
  • It is used to convert any medial file formats without using additional plugins.
  • VLC can stream media over the local network as well as on the internet.
  • It supports many platforms like Windows , Mac, ** and **Linux.

Download VLC for Linux

Here, we come up with the steps to download VLC Player for Linux.

  • You can use this link to move to the official site of VLC.
  • Now, you will see the VLC installation commands.
  • You can run the installation command via either apt package or snap package.

Command Line
Command Line

  • Use the following command to run at apt package.
$ sudo apt install vlc
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  • If you want to run the command using snap craft, then utilize the below-mentioned command.
$ sudo snap install vlc
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Run the Command

  • You need to navigate to the snapcraft site.
  • Now, you can find the VLC Player under the Featured section.

Find VLC Player
Find VLC Player

  • After that, you can see a drop-down list , as shown in the below image. Here, you will find more versions of VLC provided for download.
  • Here, we choose ** the **stable version of the VLC Player.

Choose the version
Choose the version

  • By default, it shows the architecture type as “amd64”.

Show Architecture option
Show Architecture option

  • When you click the Install button, you will see a pop-up , as shown below.

  • Here also you can get the installation command.

Hit the Install button
Hit the Install button

  • To execute the command, you need to press ** the **CTRL + ALT + T shortcut keys.
  • Then, it will open the terminal, where you need to run the command as mentioned above.
  • After that, it will install and launch the VLC Player program on your PC.
  • Finally, you can find the VLC Media Player program on your apps list.

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This article provided the simple steps to know how to download VLC Player for Debian GNU/Linux. You can check out more VLC related posts on our site vlc.guru.

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