how to install Vlc player

[crazy4muziq]

i hav installed ubuntu 8.04... im completely new to linux.. so u guys pl help me out in installing and running vlc media player in linux environment..

[arochester]

Connect to the Internet, open a Terminal and input:

sudo apt-get install vlc

The best method of installing is with Synaptic Package Manager:

sudo apt-get install synaptic

[coopstah13]

synaptic is installed by default on Ubuntu, all you need to do is navigate to system->administration->synaptic package manager
from there you can easily install vlc or you can use the command line to install it as arochester mentioned

[jmadero]

I'm not sure why "the best method" would be synaptic. Terminal works just fine (I rarely use synaptic unless I forget the name of a package). Just terminal it like the first command said;

"sudo apt-get install vlc"

[devils casper]

I'm not sure why "the best method" would be synaptic. Terminal works just fine (I rarely use synaptic unless I forget the name of a package). Just terminal it like the first command said;

"sudo apt-get install vlc"

Synpatic is more user friendly that its command line backend, apt-get. I agree that apt-get is much faster and easy to use but new users can check installed/available packages through Synaptic easily.

There are a lot of methods to manage packages. One should use whatever the method which he/she likes the most.