[stanleyella]

I've tried to install Kodi 15 or 16 on linux mint 17.3 but it always installs V17.0 alpha.
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:team-xbmc/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get remove kodi kodi-bin
sudo apt-get install kodi

V17 again again

sudo apt-get remove kodi
sudo apt-get purge kodi

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install kodi

V17 alpha again

Please,how/where do I get a stable V16.0?

[nickr]

What is the output of

Code:

apt-cache policy kodi

[stanleyella]

kodi:

Installed: 2:17.0~git20160327.0300-bc0c579-0trusty

Candidate: 2:17.0~git20160328.0200-2d05a88-0trusty

Version table:

2:17.0~git20160328.0200-2d05a88-0trusty 0

500 http://ppa.launchpad.net/team-xbmc/xbmc-nightly/ubuntu/ trusty/main i386 Packages

*** 2:17.0~git20160327.0300-bc0c579-0trusty 0

100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

2:16.0~git20160220.1654-final-0trusty 0

500 http://ppa.launchpad.net/team-xbmc/ppa/ubuntu/ trusty/main i386 Packages

[fritsch]

You have the nightly ppa installed ... remove it and downgrade to v16.

[stanleyella]

The sites say v16.0. I'll look up downgrade but why can't I find v16?
Is v16 not available for linux?

[fritsch]

It is - you even see it listed above .. but you broke your package management system ... and now need to manually downgrade.

[stanleyella]

Hi,found this
1.1.4 Downgrading to a stable version from a development version
If you install a nightly build or an unstable release and want to return to a stable release, follow these instructions:
Find the current PPA you are using:
sudo apt-cache policy | grep team-xbmc
Remove the unstable or nightly PPA where it says PPAHERE:
sudo add-apt-repository -r ppaPAHERE
Then restore the stable version with the following commands:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:team-xbmc/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get remove kodi kodi-bin
sudo apt-get install kodi

Please, what do I put in PPAHERE: ? sudo apt-cache policy | grep team-xbmc shows

500 http://ppa.launchpad.net/team-xbmc/xbmc-nightly/ubuntu/ trusty/main Translation-en
500 http://ppa.launchpad.net/team-xbmc/xbmc-nightly/ubuntu/ trusty/main i386 Packages
release v=14.04,o=LP-PPA-team-xbmc-xbmc-nightly,a=trusty,n=trusty,l=XBMC Nightly Builds,c=main
500 http://ppa.launchpad.net/team-xbmc/ppa/ubuntu/ trusty/main Translation-en
500 http://ppa.launchpad.net/team-xbmc/ppa/ubuntu/ trusty/main i386 Packages
release v=14.04,o=LP-PPA-team-xbmc,a=trusty,n=trusty,l=Kodi stable,c=main

[J876]

I have done this before when testing new versions of Kodi and rolling my setup back to the previous stable version of Kodi.

Note:

It is recommended that you backup your Kodi user settings just in case. Here is the
relevant page in the Kodi Wiki:

http://kodi.wiki/view/Backup

Fixing up the Kodi PPAs (remove unstable and nightly and add the stable PPA):

Open up a terminal and type in the following

Code:

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

Press the y key and ENTER to remove the PPA.

Code:

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

Press the y key and ENTER to remove the PPA.

Code:

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

Press the y key and ENTER to remove the PPA.

Now add the stable Kodi PPA:

Code:

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

Press the y key and ENTER to add the PPA.

Update your computer software sources lists:

Code:

sudo apt-get update

Next, remove your current version of Kodi:

Code:

sudo apt-get remove kodi*

Install the stable version of Kodi:

Code:

sudo apt-get install kodi

If the installation stops because some packages are bieng held back/missing you may need to do a dist-upgrade
to download the missing components:

Code:

sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

Then try to install Kodi again:

Code:

sudo apt-get install kodi

[stanleyella]

Thanks for the reply. I got this.I'll delete Kodi and try,try,try again
elnasty@elnasty-MT6223B ~ $ sudo add-apt-repository -r ppa:team-xbmc/xbmc-nightly
[sudo] password for elnasty:
Usage: add-apt-repository [options] repository

add-apt-repository: error: no such option: -r
elnasty@elnasty-MT6223B ~ $

[fritsch]

Your apt-add-repository is old - it does not have that opion.

Remove the relevant file manually from /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ directory - it's the one that contains the xbmc-nightly.

[stanleyella]

Thank you fritsch. I should stick to windows because I can't even delete a file...
chmod: changing permissions of ‘/etc/apt/sources.list.d/team-xbmc-xbmc-nightly-trusty.list’: Operation not permitted

[stanleyella]

Thanks everyone. Kodi on my android phone,2 windows puters and 2 pi2 and 1 pi3 was easy.
I'm too old to learn linux

[DaVu]

well....maybe you have to be a bit more patient then

removing a file is not done by chmod. It's done via rm:

Code:

rm /etc/apt/sources.list.d/team-xbmc-xbmc-nightly-trusty.list

check the folder if more than one file with xbmc-nightly is listed there and delete that, too.

Then follow the steps J876 told you

[fritsch]

Put "sudo" in front of the rm or it won't work.

[stanleyella]

Thank you everyone. I now have Kodi v16 Jarvis and it plays vids on a usb stick fine.
If I had used sudo I probably would have deleted the file with rm but used chmod to make it read/write.
I'm 62...old dog,new tricks n all that. Ubuntu sent me a cd from Holland 10 years or more ago when it came out but I never got anywhere with it.
Thanks again...you've made a happy man old