Install or Upgrade to XBMC 9.04.1 in Ubuntu
XBMC is an award winning free and open source software for Linux, Windows, Mac OS X, and XBox. Not so familiar with this popular application, here is a quick preview on what all XBMC Media Center can do for you. You may also want to check out the feature additions into XBMC 9.04 Babylon which was released during May 2009.
Here is quick look on the list of changes.
- Updated the web scrapers
- Better WAV handling on 64-bit operating-systems
- XBMC would suspend directly after resume when suspend time > shutdown time
- Full changelog here
Now let's look into the installation Process
Add GPG Key First
- Goto Terminal and simply copy-paste the following.
sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys 91E7EE5E
Adding Launchpad Repo
- Goto System->Administration->Software Sources and select the Third party Software tab. Click ADD. And add the following repo (depending on the version of Ubuntu you use)
For Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/team-xbmc/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/team-xbmc/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main
For Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/team-xbmc/ppa/ubuntu intrepid main deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/team-xbmc/ppa/ubuntu intrepid main
For Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/team-xbmc/ppa/ubuntu hardy main deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/team-xbmc/ppa/ubuntu hardy main
Now Install XBMC
- Goto terminal and get it done.
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install xbmc
- Done.
- Goto Applications > Sound & Video > XBMC and have a blast. :-)
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