{"id":43301,"date":"2022-11-08T11:04:57","date_gmt":"2022-11-08T11:04:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=43301"},"modified":"2023-07-01T15:41:41","modified_gmt":"2023-07-01T15:41:41","slug":"vlc-3-0-18-is-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2022\/11\/vlc-3-0-18-is-out\/","title":{"rendered":"VLC 3.0.18 is Out! How to Install in Ubuntu 22.04 | 20.04"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/vlc-logo.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-37895\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/vlc-logo-250x250.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/vlc-logo-250x250.webp 250w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/vlc-logo-300x300.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/vlc-logo-600x600.webp 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/vlc-logo-768x768.webp 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/vlc-logo.webp 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The classic VLC media player got a new release after more than half a year of development. Here&#8217;s the changes and how to install guide.<\/p>\n<p>VLC 3.0.18 is probably the last release of the 3.0.x series, as VLC 4.0 is under developing now. It features:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Support RISC-V CPU architecture<\/b><\/li>\n<li>Add support <b>DVBSub subtitle in MKV<\/b> video.<\/li>\n<li><b>Y16 chroma support<\/b><\/li>\n<li>Improve SMBv1\/SMBv2 behavior and FTP compatibility.<\/li>\n<li>Fix AVI muxing for Windows Media Player compatibility<\/li>\n<li>Fix seeking speed on macOS<\/li>\n<li>Various other fixes and improvements.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/vlc3018.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-43302\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/vlc3018-600x372.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"372\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/vlc3018-600x372.webp 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/vlc3018-300x186.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/vlc3018-768x476.webp 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/vlc3018.webp 1068w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>How to Install VLC 3.0.18 in Ubuntu:<\/h3>\n<h4>Option 1: Official Snap package<\/h4>\n<p>Though it&#8217;s not announced at the moment of writing, the <b>official Snap package<\/b> has been made into Ubuntu Software for Ubuntu 20.04 and higher users. Which however is an universal package format that runs in sandbox.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_43303\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/vlc-snap-3018.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-43303\" class=\"size-large wp-image-43303\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/vlc-snap-3018-600x347.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"347\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/vlc-snap-3018-600x347.webp 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/vlc-snap-3018-300x174.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/vlc-snap-3018-768x445.webp 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/vlc-snap-3018.webp 1040w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-43303\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Install VLC 3.0.18 as Snap in Ubuntu Software<\/p><\/div>\n<h4>Option 2: Third-party PPA<\/h4>\n<p>For those prefer the native .deb package format, there&#8217;s an <a href=\"https:\/\/launchpad.net\/~ubuntuhandbook1\/+archive\/ubuntu\/vlc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">unofficial PPA<\/a> contains the package for Ubuntu 22.04 and Ubuntu 20.04.<\/p>\n<p>1. First, press <b>Ctrl+Alt+T<\/b> on keyboard to open terminal. When it opens, run command to add the PPA:<\/p>\n<pre>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntuhandbook1\/vlc<\/pre>\n<p><i>Type user password (no asterisk feedback) when it asks and hit Enter to continue.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/vlc-ppa-jammy.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-44113\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/vlc-ppa-jammy-600x407.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"407\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/vlc-ppa-jammy-600x407.webp 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/vlc-ppa-jammy-300x203.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/vlc-ppa-jammy-768x521.webp 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/vlc-ppa-jammy.webp 786w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>2. Old Ubuntu and Linux Mint user need to refresh the package cache by running the command below:<\/p>\n<pre>sudo apt update<\/pre>\n<p>3. Finally, install or update VLC package via:<\/p>\n<pre>sudo apt install vlc<\/pre>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/apt-vlc-jammy.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-43305\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/apt-vlc-jammy-600x418.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"418\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/apt-vlc-jammy-600x418.webp 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/apt-vlc-jammy-300x209.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/apt-vlc-jammy-768x535.webp 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/apt-vlc-jammy.webp 921w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Uninstall VLC 3.0.18<\/h3>\n<p>For the official snap package, you can simply click uninstall button in Ubuntu Software.<\/p>\n<p>For the PPA package, it&#8217;s HIGHLY recommended to purge the PPA which also downgrade all installed libraries, so to avoid dependency issue. To do so, run the commands below one by one:<\/p>\n<pre>sudo apt install ppa-purge<\/pre>\n<pre>sudo ppa-purge ppa:ubuntuhandbook1\/vlc<\/pre>\n<p>After purging the PPAs, clean up useless libraries via command:<\/p>\n<pre>sudo apt remove --autoremove vlc-data vlc-bin<\/pre>\n<p>That&#8217;s all. Enjoy!<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The classic VLC media player got a new release after more than half a year of development. Here&#8217;s the changes and how to install guide. VLC 3.0.18 is probably the last release of the 3.0.x series, as VLC 4.0 is under developing now. It features: Support RISC-V CPU architecture Add support DVBSub subtitle in MKV [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":37895,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[1282],"class_list":["post-43301","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-howtos","tag-video"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43301","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43301"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43301\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37895"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43301"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43301"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43301"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}