Ubuntu – How to fully remove VLC Player

aptcommand linedependenciessoftware-uninstallvlc

I installed VLC player, but now I want to be fully rid of it, so I typed in the following command in Terminal:

sudo apt-get purge vlc

And it told me that it had purged it, but then in Terminal when I typed in vlc, this was the output (although no GUI launched):

VLC media player 2.2.0-pre2 Weatherwax (revision 2.2.0-pre1-15-g5178b24)
[0000000001f3bab8] core interface error: no suitable interface module
[0000000001f21118] core libvlc error: interface "globalhotkeys,none" initialization failed
[0000000001f21118] core libvlc: Running vlc with the default interface. Use 'cvlc' to use vlc without interface.
[00000000020f66d8] [cli] lua interface: Listening on host "*console".
VLC media player 2.2.0-pre2 Weatherwax
Command Line Interface initialized. Type 'help' for help.
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And if I type in help I get a proper response from the program. And it also allows me to type in and execute any associated command.

So how can I fully remove VLC Player so that when I execute the command vlc it tells me that it does not know that command?

I am currently running Ubuntu 14.10.

Best Answer

vlc depends on vlc-nox which installs the vlc command that you see. Remove it specifically, or use autoremove:

apt-get autoremove
# or
apt-get remove vlc-nox
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