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VLC Installation On Linux

This document provides instructions for installing VLC media player on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6 or CentOS 6 systems that are either 32-bit or 64-bit. The instructions involve downloading an RPM package, executing it based on architecture, downloading a VLC installation script, making it executable, and running the script to install VLC based on the distribution and architecture. The script will prompt the user to select an option to install VLC for their specific OS and architecture.

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VLC Installation On Linux

This document provides instructions for installing VLC media player on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6 or CentOS 6 systems that are either 32-bit or 64-bit. The instructions involve downloading an RPM package, executing it based on architecture, downloading a VLC installation script, making it executable, and running the script to install VLC based on the distribution and architecture. The script will prompt the user to select an option to install VLC for their specific OS and architecture.

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Read more: Howto:Installing VLC Media Player / RHEL 6.x / CentOS 6.

x 32 bit / 64 bit ( x86_64) / Using Script / Linux @ All Linux User's


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Perform Following Steps to Install VLC Player on RHEL 6.x / Cent OS 6.x on 32 or 64Bit :1) You have to be root to execute this script.
2) Download RPM ( Auto VLC Redhat Centos6) which I have specially created for VLC Installation Script , You can use RPMs for
CentOS 6 too.Click on Following link to Download RPM for Your Architecture :32 bit Users click on this link :- http://www.tejasbarot.com/RPMs/avrc6-tejas-barot-linux-0.1.0-1.el6.i686.rpm
64 bit Users click on this link :- http://www.tejasbarot.com/RPMs/avrc6-tejas-barot-linux-0.1.01.el6.x86_64.rpm
3) Execute Following Commands as per your Respective architecture :For 32 Bit Architecture :[root@linux-support-tejas-barot ~]# rpm -ivh avrc6-tejas-barot-linux-0.1.0-1.el6.i686.rpm
For 64(X86_64) bit Architecture :[root@linux-support-tejas-barot ~]# rpm -ivh avrc6-tejas-barot-linux-0.1.0-1.el6.x86_64.rpm
4) Download VLC Installation Script for RHEL6 and CentOS 6 ,
Click this link :- http://www.tejasbarot.com/Scripts/vlc6-installation.sh
5) Execute following Command where you have downloaded the script.
[root@linux-support-tejas-barot ~]# chmod +x vlc6-installation.sh
6). Now Execute your script by two ways mentioned below
[root@linux-support-tejas-barot ~]# sh vlc6-installation.sh
OR
[root@linux-support-tejas-barot ~]# ./vlc6-installation.sh
7) Once you Execute it will ask you 4 Options to Install as per your OS and Architecture and 5th Option for Exit Select Option as per
your OS and Architecture
Press (R32) to Install VLC on RHEL 6.x on 32bit
Press (R64) to Install VLC on RHEL 6.x on 64bit
Press (C32) to Install VLC on CentOS 6.x on 32bit
Press (C64) to Install VLC on CentOS 6.x on 64bit
Press (E) to Exit anytime
Please Enter your Selection: <Put Your Option Here and Press Enter>

8) Remember you have to be normal user to run VLC Player, You cannot Run VLC Player as root.
Hope You like this.

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