HOW-TO:Install Kodi for Linux
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HOW-TO:Install Kodi for Linux |
These are instructions for people who already have a Linux-based OS set up. If you have not installed a Linux-based OS yet, you might wish to try out XBMCbuntu which will install both the OS and XBMC with an easy installer.
Official Team XBMC repositories
Ubuntu
- Simple Install Instructions
Note: Click here to find out how to use the terminal.
- Before you run these comands type "sudo echo" into the terminal and hit Enter.
- Then copy the area below up to sudo add...
- Go back to the terminal, hit the middle mouse button and when it prompts hit Enter.
- Copy the part after sudo add... and paste it to the terminal.
- If it askes you if you want to install enter y and hit Enter
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
Frodo is available from Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot) to 13.04 (Raring Ringtail), you can install from the team-xbmc PPA as follows or replace the ppa with the desired from above.
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
XBMCbuntu
Other repositories
Unofficial Linux binaries that are un/semi supported by Team XBMC. These use internal ffmpeg libraries rather than system ffmpeg or libav, which is recommended for XBMC.
Debian
http://balintreczey.hu/blog/xbmc-13-0-gotham-entered-debian/
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 XBMC on Debian and Ubuntu.
- HOW-TO compile XBMC for Linux on Fedora Red Hat Enterprise Linux CentOS - This is a tutorial on how to install XBMC on Fedora 8/9/10, RHEL & CentOS 5.2.
- HOW-TO install XBMC for Linux on Arch Linux, a Step-by-Step Guide