In this Tutorial, I will tell you how to install the Latest Version of KODI 18.0 Leia on Ubuntu 18.04 / 16.04 LTS/ and older versions,...
Kodi Team released a quick new release 18.0 Leia. This version was released with a new support
So What's New in this version?
- Digital Rights Management decryption support
- Retroplayer gaming and associated game control support
- Live TV improvements, including support for new back-ends
- Binary addon support and the binary addon repository
- Android Leanback and voice control
- Playback improvements (audio and video), including improved Blu-ray support
- Revised codebase and build guides
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 How to install Kodi 18.0 on Ubuntu / LinuxMint ?
Kodi 18.0 Leia available in its official PPA for Ubuntu / LinuxMintStep 1: Install the dependencies
sudo apt-get install python-software-properties pkg-config software-properties-common
Step 2: Remove the older version of Kodi
Step 3: Add the Official PPA
sudo apt remove --autoremove kodi kodi-data kodi-bin
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:team-xbmc/ppaStep 4: update the Repository
sudo apt-get updateStep 5: Install Kodi 18.0 Leia
sudo apt-get install kodi
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