HOW-TO:Install Kodi for Linux

Installing Linux

HOW-TO:Install Kodi for Linux

See also: Linux FAQ

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 xbmc # for 13.2

sudo apt-get install kodi # for 14.0 and up

Team XBMC PPA

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

Main page: KodiBuntu

KodiBuntu

Installing a development build

See also: Development builds

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

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 ~/.xbmc/

rm ~/.kodi/ # for 14.0 and up

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

Main page: OpenELEC

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.

See also

• Linux
• HOW-TO:Autostart XBMC for Linux