[bytesize]

Hi
Following instructions to install Kodi on Linux Mint 17.3:
sudo apt-get install software-properties-common
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:team-xbmc/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install kodi

My Linux mint is an upgrade from 17.1 and it installation is up to date.

The command "sudo add-apt-repository ppa:team-xbmc/ppa" returns the error ppa not supported by trusty.

I tried to add the ppa to software manager, same result.
I looked at xbmc.org - and kodi and repository appear to be available for trusty.
I changed the location of the trusty repository to another UK one (selected at random)
and changed the other location from US to UK.
None of these helped.

[nickr]

Trusty is certainly supported https://launchpad.net/~team-xbmc/+archive/ubuntu/ppa

[wsnipex]

typical mint fuckup. You'll have to add the apt source manually instead of using add-apt-repository

[bytesize]

wespinex, could you send me the instructions, only i tried to add the ppa manually in software source app, only to get the same message.

[fritsch]

Ask in the mint forum, please - they broke it by intention, so that you don't install these ubuntu ppas.

If we tell you how to manually edit /etc/apt/sources.list - you will be back here whining of some dependencies break. You chose mint, so pleas ask them how they want you to install kodi.

[stefansaraev]

no need to point fingers guys

indeed, the so-called up "mintsources" package is doing shit that it should not do. but thats not guaranteed 100% to be the problem in this case.

@bytesize you should be seeing a python exception when you run add-apt-repository, please share that. too.

my first guess is 1. you dont have 'ca-certificates' package installed or 2. ca-certificates is broken or 3. failed to connect somehow to https://launchpad.net/api/1.0/ or http://ppa.launchpad.net/ ..

EDIT: for your information, I just installed mint 17.3 and could add the ppa without issues.

[fritsch]

no need to point fingers guys

indeed, the so-called up "mintsources" package is doing shit that it should not do. but thats not guaranteed 100% to be the problem in this case.

@bytesize you should be seeing a python exception when you run add-apt-repository, please share that. too.

my first guess is 1. you dont have 'ca-certificates' package installed or 2. ca-certificates is broken or 3. failed to connect somehow to https://launchpad.net/api/1.0/ or http://ppa.launchpad.net/ ..

EDIT: for your information, I just installed mint 17.3 and could add the ppa without issues.

So - then we have a pure mint / users / user's network issue, zero related to kodi at all right?

[stefansaraev]

instructions to add the repo manualy:

Code:

sudo sh -c "echo 'deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/team-xbmc/ppa/ubuntu trusty main' >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/team-xbmc-xbmc-stable-trusty.list"

sudo apt-key adv --keyserver http://keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys 189701DA570C56B9488EF60A6D975C4791E7EE5E

[stefansaraev]

no need to point fingers guys

indeed, the so-called up "mintsources" package is doing shit that it should not do. but thats not guaranteed 100% to be the problem in this case.

@bytesize you should be seeing a python exception when you run add-apt-repository, please share that. too.

my first guess is 1. you dont have 'ca-certificates' package installed or 2. ca-certificates is broken or 3. failed to connect somehow to https://launchpad.net/api/1.0/ or http://ppa.launchpad.net/ ..

EDIT: for your information, I just installed mint 17.3 and could add the ppa without issues.

So - then we have a pure mint / users / user's network issue, zero related to kodi at all right?

we have no idea, yet, so no need to point fingers. I've seen bigger fuck ups happening in pure ubuntu.