In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Kodi on Debian 10. For those of you who didn’t know, Kodi (formerly XBMC Media Center) is an open-source and very powerful project that provides all the necessary tools for transforming your regular PC into a bona fide HTPC, which, if used in conjunction with a big-screen TV and a Hi-Fi audio system, will transform your living room into a veritable home theater. Currently, Kodi can be used to play almost all popular audio and video formats around. It was designed for network playback, so you can stream your multimedia from anywhere in the house or directly from the internet using practically any protocol available. Use your media as-is: Kodi can play CDs and DVDs directly from the disk or image file, almost all popular archive formats from your hard drive, and even files inside ZIP and RAR archives.
This article assumes you have at least basic knowledge of Linux, know how to use the shell, and most importantly, you host your site on your own VPS. The installation is quite simple and assumes you are running in the root account, if not you may need to add ‘sudo‘ to the commands to get root privileges. I will show you through the step-by-step installation of Kodi on a Debian 10 (Buster).
Prerequisites
- A server running one of the following operating systems: Debian 10 (Buster).
- It’s recommended that you use a fresh OS install to prevent any potential issues.
- A
non-root sudo useror access to theroot user. We recommend acting as anon-root sudo user, however, as you can harm your system if you’re not careful when acting as the root.
Install Kodi on Debian 10 Buster
Step 1. Before we install any software, it’s important to make sure your system is up to date by running the following apt commands in the terminal:
sudo apt update sudo apt upgrade
Step 2. Installing Kodi on Debian 10 Buster.
First, open /etc/apt/sources.list by typing the following command in the terminal:
sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list
Paste the following line at the end of the file:
deb http://http.debian.net/debian jessie-backports main
Once done, update the package manager index and install Kodi by using the following command:
sudo apt update sudo apt install kodi
Step 3. Accessing Kodi on Debian system.
Now that Kodi is installed on your Debian system you can start it either from the command line by typing kodi or by clicking on the Kodi icon (Activities -> Kodi).
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Kodi. Thanks for using this tutorial for installing the Kodi media center on Debian 10 Buster system. For additional help or useful information, we recommend you check the official Kodi website.
