XBMCbuntu, upgrading XBMC via ppa (Frodo 12.2 to 12.3)

Upgrading XBMC via ppa in XBMCbuntu

see also: What might break when upgrading to v12

You dont have to necessarily wipe your current install to try a new Version of XBMC, like a nightly version or beta for example, you can just fire up Putty or a shell in Linux/OS X.

sudo apt-get install python-software-properties pkg-config
sudo add-apt-repository -r ppa:whatever-ppa-you-have-now
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:whatever-ppa-here
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get install xbmc xbmc.bin

See also: Connecting to XBMCbuntu via SSH

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Ubuntu

Simple Install Instructions

• Before you run these comands type “sudo echo” into the terminal and hit Enter.
• Then copy the area below up to sudo add…
• Go back to the terminal, hit the middle mouse button and when it prompts hit Enter.
• Copy the part after sudo add… and paste it to the terminal.
• If it askes you if you want to install enter y and hit Enter

sudo apt-get install python-software-properties pkg-config
sudo apt-get install software-properties-common
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:team-xbmc/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install xbmc

Repositories

• https://launchpad.net/~team-xbmc/+archive/ppa ppa:team-xbmc/ppa
• https://launchpad.net/~team-xbmc/+archive/unstable ppa:team-xbmc/unstable
• https://launchpad.net/~team-xbmc/+archive/xbmc-nightly ppa:team-xbmc/xbmc-nightly

Frodo is available from Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot) to 13.04 (Raring Ringtail), you can install from the team-xbmc PPA as follows or replace the ppa with the desired from above.

sudo apt-get install python-software-properties pkg-config
sudo apt-get install software-properties-common
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:team-xbmc/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install xbmc