How to Install Kodi on Ubuntu 19.04

Installation of Kodi On Ubuntu 19.04

Kodi is a free and open-source Server Media Player that allows users to stream multimedia content on the web. Its primary use is as a front-end for many home theater PC’ s (HTPC). Kodi gives users the ability to easily catalog their library of media files. It indexes the folders that have been added and sorts them into movies, TV shows, etc. This tutorial covers the installation of Kodi on Linuxmint 19.

Installation procedure

Check the Ubuntu version by using the following command

root@linuxhelp:~# lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 19.04
Release: 19.04
Codename: disco

Add the essential repositories by using the following command

root@linuxhelp:~# add-apt-repository ppa:team-xbmc/ppa
Official Team Kodi stable releases
More info: https://launchpad.net/~team-xbmc/+archive/ubuntu/ppa
Press [ENTER] to continue or Ctrl-c to cancel adding it.

Hit:1 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu disco InRelease
Hit:2 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu disco-security InRelease
Get:3 http://ppa.launchpad.net/team-xbmc/ppa/ubuntu disco InRelease [15.4 kB]
Get:4 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu disco-updates InRelease [97.5 kB]
Get:5 http://ppa.launchpad.net/team-xbmc/ppa/ubuntu disco/main i386 Packages [19.4 kB]
Get:6 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu disco-backports InRelease [88.8 kB]
Get:7 http://ppa.launchpad.net/team-xbmc/ppa/ubuntu disco/main amd64 Packages [19.4 kB]
Get:8 http://ppa.launchpad.net/team-xbmc/ppa/ubuntu disco/main Translation-en [5,524 B]
Fetched 246 kB in 4s (61.8 kB/s)
Reading package lists... Done

Run the apt update command to update the repositories

root@linuxhelp:~# apt update
Hit:1 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu disco-security InRelease
Hit:2 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu disco InRelease
Hit:3 http://ppa.launchpad.net/team-xbmc/ppa/ubuntu disco InRelease
Get:4 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu disco-updates InRelease [97.5 kB]
Get:5 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu disco-backports InRelease [88.8 kB]
Fetched 186 kB in 3s (61.3 kB/s)
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
98 packages can be upgraded. Run 'apt list --upgradable' to see them.

Install the Kodi by using the following command

root@linuxhelp:~# apt install Kodi -y
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following additional packages will be installed:
i965-va-driver intel-media-va-driver Kodi-inputstream-adaptive kodi-peripheral-joystick kodi-x11 libaacs0
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Processing triggers for mime-support (3.60ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme (0.17-2) ...
Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.32.0-1ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.29-0ubuntu2) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.8.5-2) ...

Search for Kodi player.

This is the Kodi server Media Player.

With this, the installation of the Kodi application on Ubuntu 19.04 comes to an end.