Objective
The objective is to install Kodi on Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic Beaver Linux
Operating System and Software Versions
- Operating System: – Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic Beaver
Requirements
Privileged access to your Ubuntu System as root or via sudo
command is required.
Conventions
- # – 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
Other Versions of this Tutorial
Instructions
Install Kodi using Ubuntu Software
Using your Graphical User Interface navigate to start menu and search for Ubuntu 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
Install from PPA
The below commands will install Kodi on Ubuntu 18.04 directly from Kodi’s PPA repository.
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:
$ kodi
Alternatively, use you start menu and search for kodi
application:

