{"id":5673,"date":"2016-02-21T16:59:30","date_gmt":"2016-02-21T16:59:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=5673"},"modified":"2016-02-21T16:59:30","modified_gmt":"2016-02-21T16:59:30","slug":"kodi-16-released-how-to-install-it-via-ppa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2016\/02\/kodi-16-released-how-to-install-it-via-ppa\/","title":{"rendered":"Kodi 16 Released, How to Install it via PPA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/kodi-icon.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/kodi-icon.jpg\" alt=\"kodi-icon\" width=\"245\" height=\"250\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-5206\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Kodi 16.0 (codenamed &#8220;Jarvis&#8221;), formerly known as XBMC, has been officially released. Official binary packages available for Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 15.10, Ubuntu 14.04, and even Ubuntu 15.04 in PPA.<\/p>\n<p>Kodi 16.0 features event logging, long press button support, 4:3 non-linear stretch support, add-on manager changes, music library improvements, Android surface rendering, and many other important changes. For more details, read the <a href=\"https:\/\/kodi.tv\/kodi-16-0-jarvis-mark-xvi\/\" target=\"_blank\">official announcement<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/splashKodi16.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/splashKodi16.jpg\" alt=\"Kodi 16 splash\" width=\"600\" height=\"336\" class=\"aligncenter size-full\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>How to Install Kodi 16.0 in Ubuntu:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>1.<\/b> If you don&#8217;t have Kodi&#8217;s official PPA added in your system, launch <b>terminal<\/b> from App Launcher or via Ctrl+Alt+T shortcut key and paste below command and hit run:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo add-apt-repository ppa:team-xbmc\/ppa<\/pre>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/kodi-ppa-1510.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/kodi-ppa-1510-600x58.jpg\" alt=\"Kodi PPA\" width=\"600\" height=\"58\" class=\"aligncenter size-large\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Type in password <i>(no visual feedback when typing)<\/i> when it asks and hit Enter to continue.<\/p>\n<p><b>2.<\/b> For those who have a previous release installed, launch <b>Software Updater<\/b> and you&#8217;ll see Kodi 16.0 available in the update lists after checking for updates.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/software-updater-kodi.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/software-updater-kodi-450x390.jpg\" alt=\"upgrade Kodi\" width=\"450\" height=\"390\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>To install it for the first time, just run commands:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo apt-get update\n\nsudo apt-get install kodi<\/pre>\n<p>Add <code>--install-suggests<\/code> option if you want to install audio codecs and other addons, so the last command will be:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo apt-get install --install-suggests kodi<\/pre>\n<p>Finally log out and select log in with Kodi session, or launch Kodi from Unity Dash in normal session.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kodi 16.0 (codenamed &#8220;Jarvis&#8221;), formerly known as XBMC, has been officially released. Official binary packages available for Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 15.10, Ubuntu 14.04, and even Ubuntu 15.04 in PPA. 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