dpkg -l | grep vlc

im@im:~$ dpkg -l | grep vlc
ii  libvlc2                                1.0.6-1ubuntu1.8                                multimedia player and streamer library
ii  libvlccore2                            1.0.6-1ubuntu1.8                                base library for VLC and its modules
ii  vlc                                    1.0.6-1ubuntu1.8                                multimedia player and streamer
ii  vlc-data                               1.0.6-1ubuntu1.8                                Common data for VLC
ii  vlc-nox                                1.0.6-1ubuntu1.8                                multimedia player and streamer (without X support)
ii  vlc-plugin-pulse                       1.0.6-1ubuntu1.8                                PulseAudio plugin for VLC