How To Install VLC Media Player in CentOS 7

Quick and Simple Way Install VLC Media Player on CentOS 7 (Linux OS) by just running 4 given commands.

Make sure your net is working on the command line. You can check by typing: ping bitactro.com on the terminal. If you start receiving packets it means net is working fine on terminal otherwise not. If you are using college proxy then the net will not work in the terminal. Recommended is you use your mobile hotspot.

You have to run these commands one by one after the successful run of each command. So let’s not wait more and type these commands on your terminal.

Steps To Install VLC Media Player in CentOS 7

1. First, become root. Type: su root & Enter the password.

2. Now Run This command:

 # yum install https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-7.noarch.rpm

3. Then run this command:

# yum install https://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/el/rpmfusion-free-release-7.noarch.rpm

4. After this run this command:

 # yum info vlc

5. Then run :

# yum install vlc

6. Now Open Terminal as user $ and Run this command to launch VLC player $ vlc

You just did it. Now enjoy videos on your CentOS 7.

If You Have CentOS 6 Try This Command

Run this command in Step 2 and 3 instead of above.

# yum install https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-6.noarch.rpm

# yum install https://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/el/rpmfusion-free-release-6.noarch.rpm

Approximate Time to do this is 1 hour. Because there will be downloading and installing kinds of stuff.