Install XBMC 13.2 Gotham Beta 1 On Ubuntu / LinuxMint / ElementaryOS

In this Tutorial i will tell you how to install the Latest Version of XBMC 13.2 "Gotham" beta - 1 on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 12.04L...

In this Tutorial i will tell you how to install the Latest Version of XBMC 13.2 "Gotham" beta - 1 on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 12.04LTS , LinuxMint 15 / 14 / 13 and Elementary OS.

This release is not a stable version,it's in Beta 1. released on 14/07/2014

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 13.2 Gotham beta 1

• Fix onplaybackstarted event for external players
• Don’t show OSD menu DVD menu with mouse/touch
• GetText and delete sound option for add-on developers
• Fix wrong sample-rate selection on OSX
• Fix optical usb devices with > 2 channels on OSX
• Fix firewall popups in OSX on start-up
• Make the fake full-screen option only visible when running OSX snowleopard
• Fix overlapping subtitles
• Fix accented letters. Example: “VARIéS” rather than “VARIÉS”
• Prompt for master pin in case the add-on manager is locked
• Update GUI translations
• Update included add-ons
• Fixed several bugs and memory leaks

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 13.0  of XBMC follow this link.

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 13.2 Gotham Beta Version 1

sudo apt-get install xbmc