Official Ubuntu PPA

Personal Package Archives, or PPAs are software repositories that hold compiled version of software, primarily for Ubuntu and various Ubuntu derivatives (such as Lubuntu, non-Debian versions of Linux Mint, XBMCbuntu, and many others).

The Team XBMC PPA provides the only officially supported pre-compiled binaries for Ubuntu and Ubuntu-based systems.

NOTICE All users should use the Team XBMC PPA instead of the system repositories (or any build that uses external ffmpeg/libav) for proper support and best running operation.

Repositories

See also: SSH

The XBMC repositories are as follows:

https://launchpad.net/~team-xbmc/+archive/ppa	ppa:team-xbmc/ppa	Final release builds
https://launchpad.net/~team-xbmc/+archive/unstable	ppa:team-xbmc/unstable	Betas and release candidates
https://launchpad.net/~team-xbmc/+archive/xbmc-nightly	ppa:team-xbmc/xbmc-nightly	Nightly builds
For the users looking for compile with the PPA build depends use in addition:
https://launchpad.net/~team-xbmc/+archive/xbmc-ppa-build-depends	ppa:team-xbmc/xbmc-ppa-build-depends	Build Depends

FAQ

What repositories are in my sources list? Link You can get a complete listing of what repositories are part of your sources list by typing: sudo apt-cache policy

What Version of XBMC do I currently have installed? Link You can detremine the current version of XBMC you have installed, by typing: sudo apt-cache policy xbmc

Are any dependencies required? Link Some dependencies are required to add ppas into your distro via terminal, by typing: sudo apt-get install python-software-properties pkg-config

How do I add or remove ppas? Link After you determined which ppa you would like to add or remove follow the instructions below. You can remove a ppa from your distro's sources list via terminal, by typing sudo add-apt-repository -r ppa:current_XBMC_providing_ppa You can add a ppa to your distro's sources list via terminal, by typing sudo add-apt-repository ppa:the_ppa_you_wish_to_use

How do I install XBMC? Link After adding or removing any ppa you need to refresh your sources list and finally install XBMC, by typing: sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install xbmc xbmc.bin

How do I upgrade XBMC? Link After adding or removing any ppa you need to refresh your sources list and finally upgrade xbmc, by typing: sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get --only-upgrade install xbmc xbmc.bin

Why wont XBMC upgrade? Link After following the above instructions, XBMC is still not upgraded, the main reason why this happens is because the distribution you are using, is no longer supported and has reached an 'end of life status. See Current Ubuntu releases if your current distro is listed under End of life table, you will need to upgrade your OS to a supported release. LTS releases are better for long term install and forget.

What are PPA build dependencies? Link These build dependencies are versions of a library pre-packaged by Team XBMC, because the distro provided versions are behind the current requirements of XBMC. Both REAME.linux and/or README.ubuntu documents using XBMC ppa build dependencies refer to these dependencies in the Team XBMC PPA's used in conjunction, when compiling on Ubuntu or derivatives distros.

See also

• apt-get/How-to