


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.
