apt install vlc-bin should not be suggested in lieu of snap install vlc

Raymond Rusk rusk.raymond at gmail.com
Fri Aug 7 22:15:03 UTC 2020


When I execute vlc in a terminal on Ubuntu 20.04LTS before it is 
installed, it suggests installing the snap package or running "apt 
install vlc-bin". I see that https://packages.ubuntu.com/focal/vlc-bin 
is missing dependencies and all of the recommended packages listed in 
https://packages.ubuntu.com/focal/vlc so it does nothing but print out 
the version to the command-line when /usr/bin/vlc is executed. I think 
that the suggestion should be to use 'apt install vlc' rather than 'apt 
install vlc-bin' since the later leads to confusion.



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