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VLC media player for Debian GNU/Linux

Debian stable (squeeze)

VLC is available in squeeze, with a quite old version.
Install vlc, mozilla-plugin-vlc, the usual way you do it.

Debian testing (wheezy)

VLC is in testing.
But due to the way testing works, we can't guarantee if the latest version is available.
Install vlc, mozilla-plugin-vlc, the usual way you do it.

Debian unstable (sid)

VLC's latest packaged version is always in the official Debian unstable branch.

Playing DVD

Development snapshots are available on nightlies.videolan.org.

However you should still use our apt-get line if you need libdvdcss: 

     deb http://download.videolan.org/pub/videolan/debian sid main
     deb-src http://download.videolan.org/pub/videolan/debian sid main

For a normal install, do:

   # apt-get update
   # apt-get install vlc libdvdcss2

Debian oldstable (lenny)

A very old version (0.8.6) is packaged in lenny. However, if you want libdvdcss (DVD decryption) support, you will need to add the following lines to your /etc/apt/sources.list:

     deb http://download.videolan.org/pub/videolan/debian etch main
     deb-src http://download.videolan.org/pub/videolan/debian etch main

For a normal install, do:

   # apt-get update
   # apt-get install vlc libdvdcss2