In this guide, we will take a look at How To install VLC on CentOS and Fedora. VLC is one of the popular free Media Players used by most people to play Audio and Video content. It runs on Windows, Linux, and Mac.
VLC is developed and supported by VideoLAN project Team. It comes bundled with a number of free encoding and decoding libraries and plugins.
Install VLC on CentOS / Fedora – Using RPM Fusion repository
RPM Fusion repository is updated regularly hence it contains the latest release of VLC. Add the repository to your CentOS 7 or Fedora system, then proceed to install VLC.
Add RPM Fusion Repository to CentOS:
# EL 9
sudo yum install https://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/el/rpmfusion-free-release-9.noarch.rpm
# EL 8
sudo yum install https://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/el/rpmfusion-free-release-8.noarch.rpm
# EL 7
sudo yum install https://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/el/rpmfusion-free-release-7.noarch.rpmFor Fedora, you have to use dnf package manager in place of yum
sudo dnf install https://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-$(rpm -E %fedora).noarch.rpmAlso add epel release repository for dependency resolution:
sudo dnf install epel-releaseOn Fedora, add with dnf command:
When all has been added, install vlc using yum or dnf command:
sudo dnf install vlcTo launch VLC from command line, run:
$ vlcOr use your Desktop Environment search function
Related Articles:
