Or, you can simply click on this link to download VLC for Ubuntu. After that, download the correct version of VLC for your Linux Operating System. Step 2: Click on the “ Download VLC” drop-down menu and select your operating system as Linux. Note:- If you want to install the Google Chrome browser on your Ubuntu Linux, you can check our guide on how to install the Google Chrome browser in Ubuntu. Now, visit it is the official website to download VLC Media Player. By default, on Ubuntu Linux, we get the Firefox browser and open it. First, let us discuss how you can download and install VLC from the official website. Installing VLC Media Player on Linux is a straightforward process that can be completed in just a few steps. I hope you were able to install VLC on Ubuntu easily this way and also learned a few new things.How to Install VLC Media Player on Ubuntu Install PPA Purge first: sudo apt install ppa-purgeĪnd then you can use it to purge the VLC PPA which will downgrade the VLC version as well as disable the VLC PPA. If you do not want the latest VLC version anymore but still keep the one provided by Ubuntu, use the magical PPA Purge tool. This will also update the installed VLC version to the latest version. In the terminal, use the following commands one by one: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:videolan/master-daily If you really want the daily build VLC version, you can use this PPA. VLC project maintains an official PPA that provides the latest development version of VLC media player. If you really want the latest VLC, here’s the trick to get it. If you see the details of the package, you may find that the version of VLC available in the Ubuntu repositories is not the latest one. Sudo snap install vlc Getting the latest VLC version in Ubuntu (NOT RECOMMENDED)

You could use the snap however and get the latest stable VLC:

If you want the latest stable VLC, there is no official PPA for that anymore.

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