How to install kodi 16.1 on ubuntu 16.04 and ubuntu 14.04 lts

Today we bring you the tutorial on how to install Kodi 16.1 on Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 15.10 and Ubuntu 15.04. If this is your first time listening to Kodi, the same will sound like XBMC which is a very powerful open source software ideal for playing movies, series on living room equipment (HTPC).

Its combination with an operating system like Linux brings out its full potential (more than with Windows). Do not miss our tutorial!

How to install Kodi 16.1 on Ubuntu 16.04 step by step

This new version has been in development for two months and comes with many fixes and improvements that its users have reported. Among the most important are:

• Improved caching folder. Fixed typos. AndroidStorageProvider: ignore /mnt/runtime folder error. Performance fixes with DirectX. Fixed bug on JSON-RPC on iOS / OSX. Performance improvement by up to 20% on opening EPG files. Add the libgif.so package on Android. Fixed Kodi freeze if ADSP plugin is not installed. Fixed Security fix. Fixed possible crash when entering EPG. Fixed potential issues when redeploying in Windows Fixed problem with long clicks of keys. Now it allows to exit the screensaver correctly. Fixed sporadic bugs with certain hardware with DXVA on Windows. Fixed issues with ZeroConfBrowser. Fixed instabilities with OSX 10.7 when trying to resolve hard drive names. Fixed potential crashes when using VAAPI and DXVA video.

We recommend reading our tutorial how to update Ubuntu 14.04 LTS to Ubuntu 16.04 LTS.

Now we show you how to install Kodi 16.1 in Ubuntu 16.04 Xenial Xerus , Ubuntu 15.10 "Wily WereWolf", Ubuntu 15.04, Ubuntu 14.10 / 14.04, Elementary OS and Linux Mint 17 . Having the same kernel as Ubuntu the steps are exactly the same.

To proceed with the installation, the first thing we do is add the repositories in our equipment and then we will install XBMC / Kodi.

sudo add-apt-repository ppa: team-xbmc / xbmc-nightly sudo add-apt-repository ppa: team-xbmc / ppa

Next we will send update and install Kodi.

sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install kodi

And we update the PVR client as well:

sudo apt-get install kodi-pvr-mythtv

And we will already have Kodi 16.1 installed on our computer.

How to update Kodi in linux

If you already have Kodi installed on your computer, it is as simple as forcing the update. It is as simple as launching these two commands.

sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get upgrade

Sometimes it happens that you need to update other packages so that everything works as it should. To do this you must launch the following statement in the terminal:

sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

Uninstalling Kodi on Linux

Sometimes it is necessary to delete the complete Kodi to do a clean installation. The commands to launch in the terminal are as follows:

sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get remove kodi sudo apt-get purge kodi

Finally we delete the hidden Kodi folder. Note that this will not remove the images, music and video from our system.

rm ~ /.kodi /

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