HOW-TO:Install Kodi for Linux
Installing Linux |
HOW-TO:Install Kodi for Linux |
These are instructions for people who already have a Linux-based OS setup. If you have not installed a Linux-based OS yet, you might wish to try out XBMCbuntu which will install both the OS and Kodi with an easy installer.
Official Team Kodi repositories
Ubuntu
- Simple Install Instructions
Note: Click here to find out how to use the terminal.
Use the command line terminal and enter the following commands. Follow the prompts as you would any other software installation.
sudo apt-get install python-software-properties pkg-config sudo apt-get install software-properties-common sudo add-apt-repository ppa:team-xbmc/ppa sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install kodi
Upgrading
To update XBMC/Kodi when a new version is released, just do a general system/package or use the following commands in the terminal (or via SSH):
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install kodi
KodiBuntu
Installing a development build
To install a beta/unstable version of Kodi you must first add the unstable repository, then install XBMC:
Use ppa:team-xbmc/xbmc-nightly
for nightly builds and ppa:team-xbmc/unstable
for beta builds.
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:team-xbmc/xbmc-nightly sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install kodi
Follow the prompts to add the repository, then to add the updates, and finally install the new version of Kodi.
Going back to a stable version from a development version
To return to a stable release:
Find the current PPA you are using:
sudo apt-cache policy | grep team-xbmc
Remove the unstable or nightly PPA where it says PPAHERE:
sudo add-apt-repository -r ppa:PPAHERE
Then restore the stable version with the following commands:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:team-xbmc/ppa sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get remove kodi sudo apt-get install kodi
Downgrading
Note: If you have existing settings then they probably won't migrate well to the older version. Especially add-ons and library data. It is recommended that you start fresh (delete the userdata folder and parent .kodi/.xbmc folder) or restore from a backup that works with the older version you are installing.
Use these commands if you need to downgrade. For example, from Kodi v14 to XBMC v13.2:
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install xbmc=2:13.2* xbmc-bin=2:13.2*
Note the version number after "xbmc=2:
". For older Kodi versions replace "xbmc" with "kodi" for both xbmc
and xbmc-bin
.
For a full list of available versions type in this command:
sudo apt-cache policy xbmc
or
sudo apt-cache policy kodi
Uninstalling
If you need to remove and purge an application and finally removing/purging also the application configurations files, do so by using the following commands:
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get remove kodi* sudo apt-get purge kodi*
Then remove the settings folder to remove all settings and library data. This will not delete any videos or music, but just the settings and library data itself:
rm ~/.kodi/
rm ~/.xbmc/ # for older versions before 14.0
Other repositories
Unofficial Linux binaries that are un/semi supported by Team Kodi. These use internal ffmpeg libraries rather than system ffmpeg or libav, which is recommended for Kodi.
Debian
http://people.debian.org/~rbalint/ppa/xbmc-ffmpeg/
Fedora
Kodi can be installed from rpmfusion repositories. Building a dedicated home theatre system can be easily done using packages found from Fedora's HTPC page.
OpenELEC
Installation from source
If distribution packages are not available, or you need a newer version, or specific features enabled, then you will most likely need to compile from source. While compiling from source does not differ very much between distributions (except for installation of build dependencies), a few different guides are available in this wiki.
- HOW-TO compile XBMC for Linux from source code
- HOW-TO compile XBMC for Linux on Debian/Ubuntu - This is a tutorial on how to compile and install Kodi on Debian and Ubuntu.