

If you no longer need to have VLC Media Player installed, remove it using the Snap remove command.

However, the trade-off is more straightforward maintained packages that are often updated to the latest version.įor the future, to update along with and any other packages installed by Snap, run the following command: sudo snap refresh Snap packages are more significant in size than traditional repositories through the APT package manager. This bug can occur when installing new packages. Ignore the above if the VLC Media Player icon is present. To view the VLC Media Player Icon, you can log in and out of your session or use the following terminal command. YOU MUST RESTART YOUR DESKTOP SESSION IF THE ICON IS MISSING! This informs you that the VLC Media Player was successfully installed and the version number. Next, install the VLC Media Player package using snap: sudo snap install vlcĮxample output: vlc 3.0.16 from VideoLAN✓ installed Once Snap is installed, it is highly recommended to log out and back in again or restart your service to ensure snap’s paths are updated correctly. sudo snap install coreĮxample output: core 16-2.52.1 from Canonical✓ installed Failure to do this may result in issues down the track.

Next, you need to install the “snap core files” for everything to work correctly. Next, some packages come in classic, so you need to create a symlink to enable classic snap support. Type “Y,” then press the “ENTER KEY” to proceed with the installation. The tutorial will utilize the terminal for the installation found in Activities > Show Applications > Terminal. To use the root account, use the following command with the root password to log in. To set up an existing or new sudo account, visit our tutorial on Adding a User to Sudoers on Debian. To verify sudo status on your account: sudo whoamiĮxample output showing sudo status: ~]$ sudo whoami The tutorial will be using the sudo command and assuming you have sudo status. Update your Debian operating system to make sure all existing packages are up to date: sudo apt update & sudo apt upgrade -y User account: A user account with sudo or root access.In the following tutorial, you will learn how to install VLC Media Player on your Debian 11 Bullseye distribution. VLC can play nearly all known multimedia files and DVDs, Audio CDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols and can be extended and customized with multiple plugins. The VLC media player is an open-source, free portable, cross-platform media player software and streaming media server developed by the VideoLAN project.
