VLC media player for Ubuntu

Ubuntu Hardy Heron 8.04

Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon 7.10

Ubuntu Feisty Fawn 7.04

Ubuntu Edgy Eft 6.10

Graphical way

Open Synaptic (System -> Administration -> Synaptic Package Manager). In Settings -> Repositories, make sure you have a "universe" repository activated.

Search for vlc and install it. You should also install vlc-plugin-esd, mozilla-plugin-vlc (and libdvdcss2).

Command line way

You need to check that a "universe" mirror is listed in your /etc/apt/sources.list.

   % sudo apt-get update
   % sudo apt-get install vlc vlc-plugin-esd mozilla-plugin-vlc

Ubuntu Dapper Drake LTS 6.06

Dapper will be supported until June 2009 by Canonical. However, its VLC version is very old, so use our packages to get the latest version.

You can add our repository this way:

  • Be sure to have a universe repository enabled. Type these commands in a terminal: 
    echo "deb ftp://ftp.videolan.org/pub/videolan/ubuntu dapper universe" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/vlc.list
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install vlc vlc-plugin-esd mozilla-plugin-vlc libdvdcss2

Ubuntu Breezy Badger 5.10

You really should upgrade! We don't provide up-to-date binaries for this release.

Moreover, you should know that this version is subject to several unpatched vulnerabilities!

If you're really desperate, you can find a not entirely outdated version for Breezy

on nightlies.videolan.org.

Ubuntu Hoary Hedgehog 5.04

You really should upgrade! We don't provide up-to-date binaries for this release.

Moreover, you should know that this version is subject to several unpatched vulnerabilities!