Install VLC Media Player 3.0.11 On Ubuntu / Linux Mint / Fedora

VLC player a free open source multimedia player and available for all opertaing systems Windows,MacOS,iOS,Android, and Linux. It is one...

VLC player a free open source multimedia player and available for all opertaing systems Windows,MacOS,iOS,Android, and Linux.

It is one of the most preferred players by users because it supports all video formats and also audio formats too.It also supports Multimedia files from DVD, VCD and Audio CD and etc.

VLC media player 3.0.11 supports 4K and 8K Playback by enabling hardware decoding and supports streaming to Google Chromecast devices

VLC media player for android also updated to version 3.0 and also supports hardware decoding for VC1/WMV3 and MPEG2 streams.

In this tutorial, i will show you how to install the latest stable version of VLC 3.0.11 On Ubuntu 20.04 / 18.04 LTS, LinuxMint 19, Debian, and Fedora.

What's New in this version?

• Fixes HLS regressions
• Fixes resampling on Android
• Fixed Security issues
• Fixes AAC playback regression
• Fixes a crash when listing bluray mountpoints on macOS
• Fixes a potential crash on startup on macOS
• Fixes imprecise seeking in m4a files

So how to install VLC Media Player 3.0.11 On Ubuntu / Linux Mint?

Method 1: Via SNAP

Step 1: Install snapd

sudo apt-get install snapd snapd-xdg-open

Step 2: Install VLC via SNAP

sudo snap install vlc

Method 2: Via PPA

Step 1: Add the VLC PPA

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:jonathonf/vlc

Step 2: Update the Repository

sudo apt update

Step 3: Install VLC 3.0.11

sudo apt install vlc

Method 3: Via Flatpak

Step 1: Install Flatpak using the setup guide

Step 2: Install VLC using Flatpak for new users or you can update it using the update command 

flatpak install flathub org.videolan.VLC

flatpak update flathub org.videolan.VLC

Step 3: Start the VLC

flatpak run org.videolan.VLC

Install on  Fedora 32

Step 1: Login as root and install the rpmfusion rpm

dnf install https://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-$(rpm -E %fedora).noarch.rpm

Step 2: Install Vlc

dnf install vlc python-vlc npapi-vlc 

Remove VLC 3.0.11

For removing the VLC 3.0.11 run the below command in terminal

sudo apt-get remove vlc

If you installed using SNAP run the below command

sudo snap remove vlc