How to install VLC on Raspberry Pi?

Question

Every time I try to install VLC on my Raspberry Pi I get this error

$sudo apt-get install vlc
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package vlc

Please help me out!

David E · Accepted Answer · 2017-01-30T15:59:16.687

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There could be a couple reasons why this is happening. First of all, update your repositories with the command sudo apt-get update. Then run sudo apt-get install vlc.

edited Jan 30 '17 at 15:59

answered Jan 30 '17 at 05:54

David E

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apropos searches the man page database; are you sure you don't mean apt-cache search vlc? – Dave Jones Jan 30 '17 at 11:04
@DaveJones you are correct. I edited my answer. – David E Jan 30 '17 at 15:59

How to install VLC on Raspberry Pi?

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