VLC: snap not found [SOLVED / CLOSED]

Just installed snapd on Raspbian (ie, Debian) 9.8 (stretch)

invoking snap appears to work, both with and without sudo:

pi@raspi:~ $ sudo snap
Usage:
snap [OPTIONS]
pi@raspi:~ $ snap
Usage:
snap [OPTIONS]

However, I get an error when I try to install VLC – I copied the install command from https://snapcraft.io/vlc (just to be sure I was using the right snap name). I’m assuming that since there’s a page for VLC on snapcraft.io, the snap exists?

pi@raspi:~ $ sudo snap install vlc
error: cannot install “vlc”: snap not found

Any help gratefully received.

That’s because the VLC snap is not built for the armhf platform. You’d probably want to contact the upstream about why is that not available for armhf etc.

Their contact link https://www.videolan.org/support/

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Hi om26er

Many thanks for such a swift reply.

That’s because the VLC snap is not built for the armhf platform.

I realised what the problem was when I went back and clicked on the ‘release’ dropdown and there was only the option for amd64.

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there is the “omxplayer-pi” snap in the store, it will give you full GPU accelerated 1080p video playback (no GUI though) on the pi. (please check the description with snap info omxplayer-pi before using it …)

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