How to install Kodi 15.2 on Ubuntu 15.10

The latest version of Kodi Media Center -formerly known as XBMC- is now available for Ubuntu 15.10 users through the program’s official PPA. Remember that XBMC or Kodi is one of the multimedia centers third party most used on all platforms -Windows, OS X, Linux, iOS and Android- and that is totally open source, So anyone can collaborate

It is worth remembering that Kodi it has extensive support for audio and video files that it should be able to reproduce practically what they throw at it, thus eliminating the need to install codecs additional to enjoy multimedia content.

The current version is Kodi is the 15.2, codenamed “Isengard”, Which has been released this month. In this article we are going to explain what steps you need to follow to install Kodi 15.2 on Ubuntu 15.10 Wily Werewolf. First we need to add the PPA through the terminal. For them press Ctrl + Alt + T and enter the following commands:

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

If you already have the previous version of Kodi installed or have installed it from the Software Center you can use the update manager to get the new version. If you did not have it previously installed, run the commands after adding the PPA:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install kodi

Once installed, you can open the program from dash of Unity. if you want uninstall the PPA and the program use the following commands:

sudo add-apt-repository —remove ppa:team-xbmc/ppa
sudo apt-get remove kodi && sudo apt-get autoremove

And that would be enough. If you’ve tried this media center before you know what it’s capable of, and if you haven’t done so so far it’s a good way to start discovering. If you dare to try Kodi do not hesitate to come and leave us a comment with your experience.