{"id":13733,"date":"2020-07-29T14:55:50","date_gmt":"2020-07-29T14:55:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=13733"},"modified":"2020-07-29T14:55:50","modified_gmt":"2020-07-29T14:55:50","slug":"kodi-media-center-18-8-released-ubuntu-ppa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2020\/07\/kodi-media-center-18-8-released-ubuntu-ppa\/","title":{"rendered":"Kodi Media Center 18.8 Released [Ubuntu PPA]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/kodi-icon.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"245\" height=\"250\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5206\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Kodi Media Center 18.8 was released today with various fixes. Here&#8217;s how to install it in Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 18.04, and Ubuntu 20.04.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kodi.tv\/article\/kodi-leia-188-release\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kodi 18.8<\/a> is likely to be the final release in the 18.x &#8220;Leia&#8221; series. Release highlights include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Fixes a severe security issue in gnutls (Linux)<\/li>\n<li>Other significant library\/compatibility updates<\/li>\n<li>Gets client\/server on MariaDB 10.5.4 working for Android<\/li>\n<li>Fixes video database access for Ubuntu 20.4 (search and other filtering failed)<\/li>\n<li>Fixes subtitle handling from archives<\/li>\n<li>Fixes CDDB access<\/li>\n<li>Makes minor improvements to logging and memory reporting\/display<\/li>\n<li>Fixes EDLs where skip points are at the very start of a file<\/li>\n<li>Contains code improvements to fix specific events, e.g. race conditions in the EPG or &#8220;pause&#8221; on end of streams on Android<\/li>\n<li>Enables alpha blending for the video player (Windows)<\/li>\n<li>Better handles specific exceptions (Android, mostly)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Kodi_Splash_v18.8_Leia_Final_1080p-600x273.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"273\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-13744\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Kodi_Splash_v18.8_Leia_Final_1080p-600x273.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Kodi_Splash_v18.8_Leia_Final_1080p-450x205.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Kodi_Splash_v18.8_Leia_Final_1080p-768x349.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Kodi_Splash_v18.8_Leia_Final_1080p.jpg 1100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>How to Install Kodi 18.8 in Ubuntu:<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/launchpad.net\/~team-xbmc\/+archive\/ubuntu\/ppa\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kodi Team PPA<\/a> has made the new release packages for all current Ubuntu releases and derivatives.<\/p>\n<p><b>1.<\/b> Open <u>terminal<\/u> either from application menu or by pressing Ctrl+Alt+T on keyboard. When it opens, run command to add the PPA:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo add-apt-repository ppa:team-xbmc\/ppa<\/pre>\n<p><i>Type user password (no asterisk feedback) when it prompts and hit Enter to continue.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/kodi-ppa-bionic-600x94.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"94\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-8585\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/kodi-ppa-bionic-600x94.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/kodi-ppa-bionic-450x71.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/kodi-ppa-bionic.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>2.<\/b> Then either upgrading Kodi from an existing version via <b>Software Updater<\/b>:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/upgrade-kodi-450x314.jpg\" alt=\"upgrade Kodi\" width=\"450\" height=\"314\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-6538\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/upgrade-kodi-450x314.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/upgrade-kodi-600x419.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/upgrade-kodi.jpg 740w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>or refresh system package cache and install Kodi 18.8 via commands:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo apt update\r\n\r\nsudo apt install kodi<\/pre>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/install-kodi-600x350.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-8587\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/install-kodi-600x350.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/install-kodi-450x263.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/install-kodi-768x448.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/install-kodi.jpg 810w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Uninstall:<\/h4>\n<p>To remove the Kodi PPA repository, simply open <b>Software &#038; Updates -> Other Software<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/remove-kodippa-450x301.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"301\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-8588\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/remove-kodippa-450x301.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/remove-kodippa-600x401.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/remove-kodippa.jpg 733w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>To remove Kodi, run command:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo apt remove --autoremove kodi kodi-data kodi-bin<\/pre>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/remove-kodi-600x108.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"108\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-8586\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/remove-kodi-600x108.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/remove-kodi-450x81.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/remove-kodi.jpg 747w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kodi Media Center 18.8 was released today with various fixes. Here&#8217;s how to install it in Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 18.04, and Ubuntu 20.04. Kodi 18.8 is likely to be the final release in the 18.x &#8220;Leia&#8221; series. 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