VLC - incomplete install

Hello. I downloaded this package from

https://slackware.uk/people/alien/re...lc/pkg64/14.2/

and it passed the md5 checksum so:

Code:root@darkstar:/home/live/Downloads# upgradepkg --install-new vlc-3.0.12-x86_64-1alien.txz

+==============================================================================
| Installing new package ./vlc-3.0.12-x86_64-1alien.txz
+==============================================================================

Verifying package vlc-3.0.12-x86_64-1alien.txz.
Installing package vlc-3.0.12-x86_64-1alien.txz:
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
# vlc (multimedia player for various audio and video formats)
#
# VLC media player is a highly portable multimedia player for various
# audio and video formats (MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DivX, mp3, ogg, ...)
# as well as DVDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols.
# It can also be used as a server to stream in unicast or multicast in
# IPv4 or IPv6 on a high-bandwidth network.
#
# vlc home: http://www.videolan.org/vlc/
#
Executing install script for vlc-3.0.12-x86_64-1alien.txz.
Generating VLC plugins cache data...
Package vlc-3.0.12-x86_64-1alien.txz installed.
root@darkstar:/home/live/Downloads#Then I went to menu > Multimedia and sure enough VLC was listed but when I tried to open it nothing happened. Likewise, when I browsed to a vid file and right-clicked on it > Open with > VLC media player - again nothing happened.

What went wrong?