Install XBMC 13.0 Gotham Beta 1 On Ubuntu / LinuxMint / ElementaryOS

In this Tutorial i will tell you how to install the Latest Version of XBMC 13.0 "Gotham" beta - 1 on Ubuntu 13.10 / 13.04 / 12.10 / 12.04LTS , LinuxMint 15 / 14 / 13 and Elementary OS.

This release is named as Gotham and Version No is 13.0 and it is not a stable version,it in Beta 1. released on 05/03/2014

As you Know XBMC is an opensource and award winning Media Player and entertainment hub for digital media.It is created in 2003 and available to every one upto now as open source

New features in 13.0 Gotham beta 1

• Speed improvements for Android,Raspberry pi
• support for 3d movies encoded in SBS,TAB amd interlaced
• Improved touchscreen support
• FFmpeg updated to 1.2
• and Various visual changes als they made

This Unstable release can be available via ppa for Ubuntu / LinuxMint / ElementaryOS,so installation process is easy

Installation steps

Note: You are going to install Beta Version of XBMC, If you need to install stable version of XBMC follow this link Install XBMC 12.3 On Ubuntu

Step 1: Add the Official PPA of XBMC

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:team-xbmc/unstable

Step 2: Update the Repository

sudo apt-get udpate

Step 3: Install XBMC 13.0 Gotham Beta Version 1

sudo apt-get install xbmc