How to install VLC 3.0 in Ubuntu and other Linux Distributions. Install VLC 3.0 in Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 17.04, Ubuntu 16.10, Ubuntu 17.10 and other Ubuntu Derivatives. VLC 3.0.x will be maintained as a LTS (best-effort basis, mostly for security) that will be the last working version for quite a few systems. Also Linux support requires now a kernel newer than 2.6.26.
Install VLC 3.0
* Support network browsing for distant filesystems (SMB, FTP, SFTP, NFS…)
and rewrite the parsing of the media files and inputs
* Support keystores: fetch and store passwords securely (sic!) for common
protocols (HTTP, SMB, SFTP, FTP, RTSP …)
* Autodetect external audio tracks (ac3, m4a, aac, dts…) similar to subtitles
* Support HDMI passthrough for Audio HD codecs, like E-AC3, TrueHD or DTS-HD
* Support for 12bits codec and extended colorspaces (HDR)
* Support output renderers, like ChromeCast
* VLC now assumes vlcrc config file is in UTF-8
* Support portable version of Windows build (create a “portable/” folder)
* Support wayland surface type
* Allow to start the video paused on the first frame
* Refactor preparsing input
* EPG rework: table and single event updates, now using network time
* Refactor and fix subtitles es selection. Demuxers can now override
es category single only or multiple es behavior
* Support for 360 video and audio, including viewpoint modification
* Support for ambisonic audio and more than 8 audio channels
* Support subtitles size live adjustments
Install VLC 3.0 via PPA in Ubuntu
Run the following commands in terminal to install VLC 3.0 on Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 17.04, Ubuntu 16.10, Ubuntu 17.10 and other Ubuntu Derivatives
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt install snapd
sudo snap install vlc
Installing Via PPA
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:videolan/stable-daily
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install vlc
Once installed, please restart the system to apply the changes {optional}.