How to Install VLC Media Player on Ubuntu

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How to Install VLC Media Player on Ubuntu

VLC is one of the best popular multimedia open-source players. It's can play difference type of multimedia files. This is a article for how to install VLC media player on Ubuntu.
To install VLC Open your Terminal CTRL+ALT+T and run the following commands. 

sudo snap install vlc

VLC has been installed on your Ubuntu Desktop, whenever a new version of VLC is released, the VLC snap package will be automatically updated as well.

Installing VLC with apt

Open your terminal and run the following commands as a user with sudo privileges:

sudo apt update
sudo apt install vlc

If new version is released, you can update VLC through the Command line on your desktop software update tool.

Starting VLC Media Player

In the article search bar, type VLC and click on icon to launch application.