How to Install VLC on Fedora Linux

Here's a simple and quick tutorial showing the necessary steps for installing VLC on Fedora Linux.
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If you have just installed Fedora and now want to install your favorite video player VLC on it, you probably wonโ€™t find it in the software center. Not immediately, at least.

For reasons best known to their developers, Fedora neither ships with VLC nor does it include in the official Fedora repository.

So, how do you install VLC on Fedora, then? Simple. RPM Fusion is your friend here. Let me show you the steps in detail.

Installing VLC on Fedora Linux

Using the command line will be easier here. You may use the graphical method as well. Iโ€™ll discuss it later.

Open a terminal and use the following command to add and enable RPM Fusion repository that contains the VLC package:

sudo dnf install https://mirrors.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-$(rpm -E %fedora).noarch.rpm 

Press Y when asked to confirm adding the new repo. Next, install VLC using DNF command:

sudo dnf install vlc

It will install VLC in Fedora from the RPM Fusion repository and a few additional dependencies from various repositories.

Installing VLC in Fedora with DNF command
Installing VLC in Fedora with DNF command

Once installed, you can search for VLC in the application menu or search for it in the โ€œactivities areaโ€.

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Search for VLC

Click on it, start it and enjoy it.

Alternate method: Installing VLC from software center

When you have enabled RPM Fusion repository, you can display the applications from this repo in the software center. To do that, use the following command in the terminal:

sudo dnf groupupdate core

After that, open software center and search for VLC and install from there.

vlc in fedora software center
VLC in Fedora software center

If you have added FlatHub repository, please avoid installing the Flatpak version of VLC because it is around 1 GB in size. The RPM version is a lot smaller in size.

Do more with VLC

VLC is much more than just being an excellent video player for Linux. Here are a few interesting ways to get more out of VLC.

Make VLC More Awesome With These Simple Tips
VLC is one of the best open source video players, if not the best. What most people donโ€™t know about it is that it is a lot more than just a video player. You can do a lot of complex tasks like broadcasting live videos, capturing devices etc. Just

I hope you find this quick tutorial helpful in installing VLC on Fedora. Enjoy.

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Abhishek Prakash

Abhishek Prakash

Created It's FOSS 11 years ago to share my Linux adventures. Have a Master's degree in Engineering and years of IT industry experience. Huge fan of Agatha Christie detective mysteries ๐Ÿ•ต๏ธโ€โ™‚๏ธ

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