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How to Install Kodi on Ubuntu

This guide will teach you to install Kodi on your Ubuntu Devices. Many of you may not know what Kodi is? Kodi is a free and open source media player, previously known as XBOX Media Centre. With the help of Kodi, You can watch popular Movies, TV Shows, Seasons and Episodes, Music & Audiobooks, Music Videos, Live TV and PVR, Pictures & Comic Books for free. It also runs on Debian, Linux Mint and other operating systems.

Install Kodi on Ubuntu-based Linux distros via PPA

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Install Kodi on Ubuntu-based Linux distros via PPA. Install Kodi by running following command

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:team-xbmc/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install kodi

Start Kodi by running the following command in Terminal:

kodi

Kodi Repositories

These are following Build Types of Kodi

ppa:team-xbmc/ppa - Final release builds
ppa:team-xbmc/unstable - Betas and release candidates
ppa:team-xbmc/xbmc-nightly - Nightly builds

Install the repository of choice by replacing the build PPA.

sudo apt install software-properties-common
sudo add-apt-repository -ysP team-xbmc/[build type]
sudo apt install kodi

Conclusion

With the help of this guide, we learnt how can we install Kodi on Ubuntu. Feel free to comment down your issues, I will be more than happy to help you.

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