
Arch Linux: A clean and simply coded Linux with a unique package manager known as pacman. View this page for more information on installation. It is kind of complicated to install VLC in Fedora when compared to the above distros. Fedora: This Linux distro is developed by Fedora project which is owned by Red Hat. This one comes with VLC so you just type emerge vlc and the software package is installed. Gentoo Linux: Named after the fastest swimming penguin, this Linux distro is targeted towards making it portable and easy to maintain. This open source project was released by Novell.Ĭommand- sudo zypper ar VLC sudo zypper mr -r VLC sudo zypper in vlc openSUSE: A community driven Linux distro which is openly developed. Install with this complete online site for Linux Mint users. This one is based on Ubuntu, the other popular one. Mint: Another popular Linux distribution with a large user base. This one is based on Debian and around 20 million users use this great OS. Ubuntu: The highly popular Linux Distro developed by canonical. After adding wheezy-backport repository use the command- sudo apt-get -t wheezy-backports install vlc Debian GNU/Linux: A very popular Linux which has seen its use in home computers. The different Linux versions officially supported by VLC are: This is not the case for every Linux distro. Then, one can use the command: sudo apt-get to install VLC in Linux. So, to install VLC for Linux one must already have those repositories added. Different Linux distros have different software repositories which are there to serve particular Linux distributions. In Linux, software are commonly downloaded from repositories using the terminal.
It is not the common way of downloading a setup file and running the setup steps like in Windows or even Mac. In Linux, software installation is quite different.
Considering the widely distributed user-base of Linux across several Linux distribution, the VideoLAN team has compiled compatible VLC for Linux for several distros. These custom builds of Linux have their own user base. Examples are Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Fedora etc. There are different versions better known as distributions of Linux. Linux is the operating system that comes in different shapes and sizes. Natively it supports, Windows, Mac OS X and different distribution of Linux. VLC Media Player is a widely supported software and it runs on different platforms.