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I installed vlc through yum but am unable to open it via terminal(it shows command not found) or gui. I am not able to see the vlc config files, icon in applications either. Following is the terminal text:

Loaded plugins: langpacks, presto, refresh-packagekit Resolving
Dependencies
--> Running transaction check
---> Package vlc.x86_64 0:2.0.5-1.fc17 will be installed
--> Finished Dependency Resolution

Dependencies Resolved

================================================================================  Package   Arch         Version              Repository              
Size
================================================================================ Installing:  vlc       x86_64       2.0.5-1.fc17      
rpmfusion-free-updates       1.6 M

Transaction Summary
================================================================================ Install  1 Package

Total download size: 1.6 M Installed size: 4.2 M Is this ok [y/N]: y
Downloading Packages: vlc-2.0.5-1.fc17.x86_64.rpm                   
| 1.6 MB     00:02      Running Transaction Check Running Transaction
Test Transaction Test Succeeded Running Transaction   Installing :
vlc-2.0.5-1.fc17.x86_64                                      1/1 
Verifying  : vlc-2.0.5-1.fc17.x86_64                                
1/1

Installed:   vlc.x86_64 0:2.0.5-1.fc17                              


Complete! [root@localhost ~]# vlc bash: vlc: command not found...
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What is the output of yum provides vlc? – Chris Down Jan 12 at 3:55
Loaded plugins: langpacks, presto, refresh-packagekit vlc-2.0.1-1.fc17.x86_64 : The cross-platform open-source multimedia framework, player and server Repo : rpmfusion-free vlc-2.0.5-1.fc17.x86_64 : The cross-platform open-source multimedia framework, player and server Repo : rpmfusion-free-updates vlc-2.0.5-1.fc17.x86_64 : The cross-platform open-source multimedia framework, player and server Repo : @rpmfusion-free-updates – user16 Jan 12 at 4:31
What's the output of which vlc and type vlc? Try running VLC from its absolute path. – htor Jan 12 at 13:26
Thats the whole issue, i cant find vlc at its absollute path even after installing using YUM – user16 Jan 12 at 22:46
which vlc gives : "/usr/bin/which: no vlc in (/usr/lib64/qt-3.3/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/sbin:/h‌​ome/Sparsh/.local/bin:/home/Sparsh/bin)" – user16 Jan 12 at 22:48
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