Install KODI 17.5 Krypton On Ubuntu 17.04 / LinuxMint

Kodi Team released a quick new bugfix release 17.5 krypton. This version was released with a fix of several issues and users are requested to upgrade this version

In this Tutorial, I will tell you how to install the Latest Version of KODI 17.5 Krypton on Ubuntu 17.04 / 16.04 LTS and older versions, LinuxMint 17

About Kodi

Kodi formerly knows as XBMC an open source and an award-winning media player available for Linux operating systems and also available for other operating systems Windows, OS X.

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

It will run on Linux, Android, Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X and iOS operating systems, supporting both 64-bit and 32-bit

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

So What's New in this version?

• Joysticks: Fix accelerometers preventing screensaver
• More robust way of handling audio output on variety of Android devices
• Fix playback of DVD file over network on Linux
• Update to FFmpeg 3.1.11
• Fix up and down buttons on ir remotes with macOS High Sierra
• Added latest apple devices to allow retina support
• Fix not being able to add content manually to videolibrary
• Fix power message handling for CEC
• Fix jumping timeline while switching channel groups in Guide window

How to install Kodi 17.5 in Ubuntu / LinuxMint?

Kodi 17.5 Krypton available in its official PPA for Ubuntu / LinuxMint

Step 1: Install the dependencies

sudo apt-get install python-software-properties pkg-config software-properties-common

Step 2: Add the Official PPA

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

Step 3: update the Repository

sudo apt-get update

Step 4: Install Kodi 17.5 Krypton

sudo apt-get install kodi