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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.

Evandro Silva
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user261173
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  • we do not usually install by downloading from the Internet. See http://askubuntu.com/questions/224609/should-i-install-programs-from-a-source-tarball-tar-gz-from-the-ubuntu-sof - most software is available from within our distribution's repositories. – Takkat Mar 23 '14 at 14:54
  • http://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-ubuntu.html – Radu Rădeanu Apr 04 '14 at 17:29
  • @Takkat not sure why you are flagging as duplicated. – Braiam Apr 10 '14 at 20:17

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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

SEE > Things to do after installing Ubuntu

Sagar Panchal
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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

MrVaykadji
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Try this command:

sudo apt-get install vlc-nox
Seth
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    Just to note that 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 – Dan Apr 04 '14 at 17:23