How to Install mplayer software package in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)

How to Install mplayer software package in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)

mplayer software package provides movie player for Unix-like systems, you can install in your Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr) by running the commands given below on the terminal,

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install mplayer 

mplayer is installed in your system.

Make ensure the mplayer package were installed using the commands given below,

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep mplayer *

You will get with mplayer package name, version, architecture and description in a table

mplayer package basic information:

Distro Ubuntu 14 04 lts trusty tahr
Section Graphics
Package mplayer
Version 2:1.1+dfsg1-0ubuntu3
Description movie player for Unix-like systems
Sub Section Graphics


See Also, How to uninstall or remove mplayer software package from Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)?