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How to Install VLC 3 (Media Player) on Debian 9 / Ubuntu 16.04 / 17.10

As of we know VLC is the most widely used media player on Linux and Windows Desktop. VideoLan project has recently released its latest & stable version of VLC 3. Some of the new features of VLC 3 are listed below:

  • It supports 3D audio and 360 Video
  • VLC 3 supports hardware decoding by default and can play 4K and 8K videos
  • It can stream local media to Chromecast devices.
  • It supports HDMI pass through for Audio HD codecs (E-AC3 & TrueHD)
  • It supports network browsing for network file systems like SMB, NFS, FTP & SFTP etc.

To read more on new features on VLC 3, you can refer its official site:

https://www.videolan.org/vlc/releases/3.0.0.html

In this article we will discuss how we can install VLC 3 on Debian 9 and Ubuntu 16.04 / 17.10

Installation of VLC 3 on Debian 9

VLC 3 package is not available in the default Debian 9 package repositories, so first we have to configure additional debian repositories. Add the following lines in “/etc/apt/sources.list

deb http://deb.debian.org/debian/ unstable main contrib non-free
deb-src http://deb.debian.org/debian/ unstable main contrib non-free

Update the repositories and install vlc package using below commands,

linuxtechi@nixhome:~$ sudo apt update
linuxtechi@nixhome:~$ sudo apt install vlc -y

Note: It is recommended to disable above repositories once you have installed VLC 3 because the packages from these repositories can make your system unstable.

Installation of VLC 3 via snap

Alternate Way to Install VLC 3 on Debian 9 is via snap. Run the below command,

linuxtechi@nixhome:~$ sudo apt install snapd

To view the VLC version available via snap

linuxtechi@nixhome:~$ sudo snap find vlc
Name                        Version  Developer  Notes  Summary
vlc                         3.0.0    videolan   -      The ultimate media player
mjpg-streamer               2.0      ogra       -      UVC webcam streaming tool
simplescreenrecorder-mardy  0.3.8-3  mardy      -      Simple Screen Recorder
linuxtechi@nixhome:~$

Run below snap command to install VLC 3

linuxtechi@nixhome:~$ sudo snap install vlc
vlc 3.0.0 from 'videolan' installed
linuxtechi@nixhome:~$

Once VLC has been installed via snap, reboot your system once and then you can start accessing the latest version of VLC.

Access and Start VLC 3,

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Click on VLC media player,

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Installation of VLC 3 on Ubuntu 16.04 / 17.10

VLC 2.2 is available in the default Ubuntu 16.04 / 17.10 repositories but we can install VLC 3 on Ubuntu 16.04 & 17.10 using snap package.

Refer the below commands to Install VLC 3 using snap

pkumar@linuxbox:~$ sudo apt install snap -y
pkumar@linuxbox:~$ sudo snap install vlc

Reboot your machine once vlc has been installed successfully.

Access VLC 3 media player,

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Click on VLC Media player

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If you don’t like snap VLC 3 and wants to remove from your system , then use the below command

$ sudo snap remove vlc

That’s all from this article. Please do share your valuable feedback and comments in the comments section below.


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