How to install VLC on Linux Distros via Terminal

VLC is a free and open-source multimedia player app/software that is not only portable but also available across different platforms. Over time, VLC became capable of streaming online videos.

To install VLC software in Linux Distros from the terminal you need to enter CMD Given below:

Ubuntu/ Linux Mint/ Kali Linux/ Zorin OS/ Tails OS/ Parrot OS/MX Linux/ PureOS,

sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y

sudo apt install vlc 

Debian

echo 'deb http://http.debian.net/debian wheezy-backports main' > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/wheezy-backports.list

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get -t wheezy-backports install vlc

Fedora

su -

dnf install https://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-$(rpm -E %fedora).noarch.rpm

dnf install https://download1.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/fedora/rpmfusion-nonfree-release-$(rpm -E %fedora).noarch.rpm

dnf install vlc

Arch Linux

pacman -S vlc

RHEL/CentOS 8

su -

sudo yum install https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-8.noarch.rpm

sudo yum install https://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/el/rpmfusion-free-release-8.noarch.rpm

sudo yum install vlc