Install XBMC 13.0 GOTHAM On Ubuntu / LinuxMint / ElemetaryOS

In this Tutorial i will tell you how to install the Latest Version of XBMC 13.0 Gotham on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 13.10 / 12.04LTS , LinuxMint 15 / 14 and Elementary OS.

XBMC Media Center an open source and an award winning media player available for Linux operating systems and also available for other operating systems Windows , OS X.

XBMC allows you to play all popular audio & video formats like MP3,MP4,FLAC, WAV,WMA,OGG, AVI, MKV,MPEG-2,DIVX,XVID and etc..

This also provides support for Viewing our favorite TV shows and Digital Photos too.

New in XBMC 13.0 Gotham

• Improved Touchscreen Support
• Improved UPnP capabilities
• Android Hardware Decoding
• Raspberry Pi and Android speed improvements
• Stereoscopic 3D Rendering
• Dramatic Audio Engine Improvements
• Settings Improvements
• Making Subtitle Search Better
• Update to FFMPEG v1.2 which we use for audio/video playback
• Stereo audio can now be up-mixed to 5.1 and sent through optical/SPDIF devices
• Various visual changes throughout the skin which should improve usability and logic.
• Improve the handling of subtitle downloading and selection
• Extend and improve the User-interface Engine which developers use to create a variety of skins to be used.
• Drop of support for Windows XP. 

Installation Steps

Step 1: Add the Official PPA

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

Step 2:update the Repository

sudo apt-get update

Step 3: Install XBMC 13.0 Gotham

sudo apt-get install xbmc