How do I install XBMC?

Question

Where can I get XBMC for Ubuntu?

I have the team-xbmc ppa added however they have no packages, is there an older deb or is there somewhere where i can get the source and build myself?

Answer 1

For Ubuntu 12.04 and newer

Click on the button:

or by simply opening a terminal and typing sudo apt-get install xbmc.

After the release of Ubuntu 12.04 updates should be available in the stable XBMC PPA above and XBMC can be updated by adding the PPA and updating your system.

sudo apt-add-repository ppa:team-xbmc/ppa
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade

Answer 2

The main XBMC PPA has been updated with the latest stable releases.

• What are PPAs and how do I use them?

Answer 3

If you want to compile xbmc in Ubuntu, the following worked for me:

Dependencies

sudo apt-get install git-core make g++ gcc gawk pmount libtool nasm yasm automake cmake gperf zip unzip bison libsdl-dev libsdl-image1.2-dev libsdl-gfx1.2-dev libsdl-mixer1.2-dev libfribidi-dev liblzo2-dev libfreetype6-dev libsqlite3-dev libogg-dev libasound2-dev python-sqlite libglew-dev libcurl3 libcurl4-gnutls-dev libxrandr-dev libxrender-dev libmad0-dev libogg-dev libvorbisenc2 libsmbclient-dev libmysqlclient-dev libpcre3-dev libdbus-1-dev libhal-dev libhal-storage-dev libjasper-dev libfontconfig-dev libbz2-dev libboost-dev libenca-dev libxt-dev libxmu-dev libpng-dev libjpeg-dev libpulse-dev mesa-utils libcdio-dev libsamplerate-dev libmpeg3-dev libflac-dev libiso9660-dev libass-dev libssl-dev fp-compiler gdc libmpeg2-4-dev libmicrohttpd-dev libmodplug-dev libssh-dev gettext autopoint cvs python-dev libyajl-dev libboost-thread-dev libplist-dev libusb-dev libudev-dev

Downloading And Compiling xbmc

cd
git clone git://github.com/xbmc/xbmc.git xbmc
cd xbmc
./bootstrap
./configure
make
sudo make install

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Ubuntu 12.04(final)

although you can install xbmc in 12.04 via software-center or sudo apt-get install xbmc, for those that want to compile xbmc in 12.04, for whatever reason(Like to see code pass by in the gnome-terminal for that geeky feel) Here is the code which enables said feeling.

sudo apt-get build-dep xbmc
cd
git clone git://github.com/xbmc/xbmc.git xbmc
cd xbmc
./bootstrap
./configure
make
sudo make install

Note: Reboot after compiling for the XBMC icon to appear!

Source:

• XBMC from source - EuroBytes

Answer 4

XBMC - HOW-TO:Compile XBMC on Debian/Ubuntu I don't know how I missed that!

Answer 5

For Ubuntu 12.04 & 12.10 you can use the following PPA from here: XBMC Nightly : Nathan Rennie-Waldock

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nathan-renniewaldock/xbmc-nightly

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install xbmc

I recommend this one because:

• No need to compile anything
• Does not have dependencies issues with other packages
• Solves an audio problem I was having with HDMI
• Performance is MUCH better when having many movies (More than 900+ Movies)
• Searching for Movie Data (Cover Art, Actor Information...) is MUCH faster
• Loading and Reading are better
• Respects Widescreen resolutions
• Sound quality is better
• BAD - It will appear almost daily to update since it is a Daily PPA which is why I recommend that, after downloading it the first time, Disable or ignore the PPA for a week at least. No sense in updating it everyday.

This are the problems I was having with XBMC that came with 12.04. This is because most of this problems are fixed in the Git repository but not yet applied to a stable release. This version however is very stable for me. Tested with 900+ movies, 8000+ songs and 17 TV series. Downloaded cover arts for all, lyrics, subtitles, etc.. No problem, not even one. The remote controller for android also worked perfectly.