{"id":6535,"date":"2017-02-06T16:22:34","date_gmt":"2017-02-06T16:22:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=6535"},"modified":"2017-02-06T16:22:34","modified_gmt":"2017-02-06T16:22:34","slug":"kodi-17-released-install-in-ubuntu-16-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2017\/02\/kodi-17-released-install-in-ubuntu-16-10\/","title":{"rendered":"Kodi 17 Released! How to Install in Ubuntu 16.10, 16.04"},"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, formerly known as XBMC, finally reached the new stable 17.0 release. Here&#8217;s how to install it in Ubuntu via PPA.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kodi.tv\/kodi17\/\" target=\"_blank\">Kodi 17.0<\/a>, code-name &#8220;Krypton&#8221;, brings updated default UI, better organisation of settings, and many under-the-hood changes on Video Player, Music Library, PVR, audio on Android, and thousands of small bug-fixes and improvements to stability. <\/p>\n<p>Kodi 17.0 features:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>New default skins &#8220;Estuary&#8221; for TV, and &#8220;Estouchy&#8221; for touchscreen devices.<\/li>\n<li>New default web interface<\/li>\n<li>New inputstream add-ons with more protocols support.<\/li>\n<li>hardware-accelerated DVD playback <\/li>\n<li>Numerous improvements to Live TV and PVR functionality<\/li>\n<li>Android implementation, and a wide variety of other changes. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/kodi17.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/kodi17.jpg\" alt=\"Kodi Media Center 17\" width=\"600\" height=\"336\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6536\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/kodi17.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/kodi17-450x252.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4>How to Install Kodi 17 in Ubuntu \/ Linux Mint:<\/h4>\n<p>The Kodi Team announced that the <a href=\"https:\/\/launchpad.net\/~team-xbmc\/+archive\/ubuntu\/ppa\" target=\"_blank\">official PPA<\/a> will be updated soon with the new packages, available for Ubuntu 16.10, Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 14.04, and Linux Mint 17 &#038; 18.<\/p>\n<p>At that time, you can follow the step below to install Kodi 17:<\/p>\n<p><b>1.<\/b> Open terminal from app launcher or via Ctrl+Alt+T shortcut key, when it opens, run command:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo add-apt-repository ppa:team-xbmc\/ppa<\/pre>\n<p><i>Type in your password (no visual feedback) when it asks and hit Enter.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/kodi-ppa-xenial.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/kodi-ppa-xenial-600x84.jpg\" alt=\"kodi ppa\" width=\"600\" height=\"84\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6537\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/kodi-ppa-xenial-600x84.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/kodi-ppa-xenial-450x63.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/kodi-ppa-xenial.jpg 756w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>2.<\/b> Then you can upgrade Kodi Media Center from an existing version, by launching <b>Software Updater<\/b>:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/upgrade-kodi.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><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\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Or install it via following commands in terminal:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo apt update\n\nsudo apt install kodi<\/pre>\n<p>Once installed, you can either launch Kodi from app launcher or log with Kodi session when you&#8217;re in login screen.<\/p>\n<p><b>Uninstall:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>To uninstall Kodi 17 and restore to the stock version in your Ubuntu repository, purge the PPA via ppa-purge tool via command:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo apt install ppa-purge && sudo ppa-purge ppa:team-xbmc\/ppa<\/pre>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kodi, formerly known as XBMC, finally reached the new stable 17.0 release. Here&#8217;s how to install it in Ubuntu via PPA. Kodi 17.0, code-name &#8220;Krypton&#8221;, brings updated default UI, better organisation of settings, and many under-the-hood changes on Video Player, Music Library, PVR, audio on Android, and thousands of small bug-fixes and improvements to stability. 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