Objective
The objective is to install Kodi on Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic Beaver LinuxOperating System and Software Versions
- Operating System: - Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic Beaver
Requirements
Privileged access to your Ubuntu System as root or viasudo
command is required. Difficulty
EASYConventions
- # - requires given linux commands to be executed with root privileges either directly as a root user or by use of
sudo
command - $ - requires given linux commands to be executed as a regular non-privileged user
Instructions
Install Kodi using Ubuntu Software
Using your Graphical User Interface navigate to start menu and search forUbuntu Software
application. From there search for kodi
. Once ready select hit Install
button. When preompted enter your password with sudo privileges:
Install Kodi from command line
To install kodi directly from a command line open up terminal and enter:$ sudo apt install kodi
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Install from PPA
The below commands will install Kodi on Ubuntu 18.04 directly from Kodi's PPA repository.WARNING: As of now, Bionic is not supported by this repository. Make sure it is at the time you do this.
sudo apt-get install software-properties-common sudo add-apt-repository ppa:team-xbmc/ppa sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install kodi
Start Kodi
You can start Kodi from command by entering executing the following linux command:$ kodiAlternatively, use you start menu and search for
kodi
application: 
