There are three ways of Installing VLC Player in Linux. They are
One Click Method (Not present for all linux distributions)
Yast-> Software Management Method
Using Command Line
One Click Method
Visit the VLC Website
Choose the Linux Distribution that you are using.
The sub menu page will pop up on your screen with different versions of the selected distro.(Incase the version you are using is not there, select its immediate predecessor)
Clicking on any of the version, will trigger the Yast Package Handler.
Select OK , This will complete the VLC Player Installation on Linux
Open YaST -> Software -> Installation Sources / Software Repositories
Select Add New Repository
After adding the repository, search for “VLC“and install the application.
Command Line Method
Open the “Terminal” (or Konsole icon biggrin How to: install VLC Player in Linux ) and login as the root user. (use SU or SUDO)
Type the following Commands (the commands are respective to OpenSUSE 11.2, for other version check out the commands which are displayed in the VLC Site)
sudo zypper ar
http://download.videolan.org/pub/vlc/SuSE/11.2 VLC
sudo zypper mr -r VLC
sudo zypper in vlc
This is download VLC and Install it automatically.Suggestions: Incase you need tutorials on any other application in Linux or Windows, please drop in at the comment. We will soon write them for our readers.
