VLC Installation in Ubuntu 20.04 – Step-by-step

Installing

3. 3. Installing VLC

   Then to Install VLC Flatpak App on Ubuntu 20.04
   Simply play:

   flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists flathub https://flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo

   For further Insight see the Flatpak Official Documentation.
   And after:

   flatpak install https://flathub.org/repo/appstream/org.videolan.VLC.flatpakref

   The Flatpak App Setup do Not need the sudo Command because then it Runs confined into a Sandbox.
   However, you’ll be Prompted to Authenticate with your User or Admin Pass.
   Then Confirm the proposed Setup with ‘Enter’ and Wait patiently until the App is Downloaded and Installed.

4. 4. Launching VLC

   Finally, Launch & Enjoy VLC
   Use the Desktop Launcher:

   
   Of from Shell with:

   flatpak run org.videolan.VLC