I'm new to ubuntu and I'm using version 13.10.
I tried to install VLC, but every time I click the download icon it tells me that I need an application to open this link, then invites me to choose one from an empty list.
I'm new to ubuntu and I'm using version 13.10.
I tried to install VLC, but every time I click the download icon it tells me that I need an application to open this link, then invites me to choose one from an empty list.
Welcome, user261173
I Think you were trying installing VLC from VLC website it need to be linked with software center
You can install any package using apt [sudo apt-get]
installing package(s)
sudo apt-get install <package-name>
<package-name>
can be replaced with following::
google-chrome-stable, pidgin, cheese, audacity, gstreamer, vlc, clementine, guake, gksu, espeak, gedit-plugins, dosbox, playonlinux
i.e - sudo apt-get install vlc
sduo apt-get install cheese
or You can install more than one packages[softwares] using one statement.
sudo apt-get install vlc cheese pidgin
On Ubuntu, you cannot open a .exe
file. Those are for Windows only.
You have multiple choices for installing a program though :
Open Ubuntu Software Center, search for "VLC" and click install.
Open a Terminal, and type sudo apt-get install vlc
Download a .deb
installation file and open it with the Software Center.
To be able to download and install a program found on Ubuntu-related websites in one click, you need to have the package apturl
installed. Once installed, you can open link apt://something with /usr/bin/apturl-gtk
Try this command:
sudo apt-get install vlc-nox
vlc-nox
is somewhat a terminal based version of vlc. If you need the full VLC GUI, you would need to install the vlc
package