Install VLC Media Player on Ubuntu or Linux Mint

VLC is a free and open source cross-platform multimedia player and framework that plays most multimedia files as well as DVD, Audio CD, VCD, and various streaming protocols.

Features
- Simple, Powerful and Fast
- Plays everything, Files, Discs (DVD, CD, VCD, Blu-Ray), Webcams and Streams
- Plays most codecs with no codec packs needed: MPEG-2, H.264, DivX, MPEG-4, WebM, WMV player
- Completely Free, 0 Spyware, Ads or User Tracking
- Works on most platforms: Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, Unix...
- Media Converter and Streamer

Installation of VLC Media Player, open Terminal and enter commands(Ubuntu 11.04/11.10/12.04):

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:videolan/stable-daily
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install vlc vlc-plugin-pulse mozilla-plugin-vlc

For Ubuntu 10.04 LTS

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:lucid-bleed/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install vlc vlc-plugin-pulse mozilla-plugin-vlc

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