This post is for beginners who wish to use VLC on Linux.
Few years back I started using Linux only for internet access (main intention was to avoid virus infection), lateron for all my office related work.
Only problem I faced was to play Divx / Avi files on Linux. I knew VLC is available for Linux but never tried. Following two line commands can install VLC on CentOS / Fedora.
CentOS 6
rpm -ivh http://apt.sw.be/redhat/el6/en/i386/rpmforge/RPMS/rpmforge-release-0.5.2-2.el6.rf.i686.rpm yum install vlc -y
CentOS 5
rpm -ivh http://apt.sw.be/redhat/el5/en/i386/rpmforge/RPMS/rpmforge-release-0.5.2-2.el5.rf.i386.rpm yum install vlc -y
Fedora
rpm -ivh http://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-stable.noarch.rpm yum install vlc -y
Ubuntu
update manager –> settings –> ubuntu software –> community maintained open source software (universe)
OR
You can append universe at the end of source list in /etc/apt/sources.list
#changed from deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ oneiric main restricted deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ oneiric-security main restricted deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ oneiric-updates main restricted #to deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ oneiric main restricted universe deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ oneiric-security main restricted universe deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ oneiric-updates main restricted universe
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