kdubois@farcry:~$ ls /usr/bin/ | grep vlc
svlc
wxvlc
kdubois@farcry:~$ dpkg -l | grep vlc
ii  libvlc0                           0.8.6-svn20061012.debian-5etch1          multimedia player and streamer library
ii  vlc                               0.8.6-svn20061012.debian-5etch1          multimedia player and streamer
ii  vlc-nox                           0.8.6-svn20061012.debian-5etch1          multimedia player and streamer (without X su
ii  zattoo-vlc                        1.0-0                                    Debian package for the vlc encoder needed fo
kdubois@farcry:~$ sudo apt-get install vlc
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
vlc is already the newest version.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded.
kdubois@farcry:~$ vlc
bash: vlc: command not found
kdubois@farcry:~$ which vlc
kdubois@farcry:~$