How to Install Kodi on Debian 9

Install Kodi on Debian 9
Kodi is a cross-platform, free and opensource media player. Kodi makes it easy to organize videos, music, podcasts from local storage, network storage or from the internet. It comes with a lot of useful features however you can extend its features by using add-on plugins. In this tutorial, you are going to learn how to install Kodi on Debian 9.
Prerequisites
Before you start to install Kodi on Debian 9. You must have the non-root user account on your system with sudo privileges.
Install Kodi on Debian
We will install the latest version of Kodi which is KODI 17.0
from their official repository as Debian repositories do not always provide the latest version. Follow below instructions to install Kodi on Debian:
First, Open /etc/apt/sources.list
by typing following command in terminal:
sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list
Now paste the following line at the end of the file:
deb http://http.debian.net/debian jessie-backports main
Update the package manager index and install Kodi by using the following command:
sudo apt update
sudo apt install kodi
Start Kodi
Now to start Kodi you can run the following command in the terminal:
kodi
Alternatively, You can go to Applications -> Kodi
to start Kodi:
The Kodi home-screen looks like given below:

Uninstall Kodi
Follow below instructions to Uninstall Kodi from your system:
First, uninstall the Kodi
package from your system by typing following command in the terminal:
sudo apt remove --auto-remove kodi
Now open the sources.list file by typing following command:
sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list
And remove the following line from it:
deb http://http.debian.net/debian jessie-backports main
Finally, remove the Kodi configuration typing following command:
sudo rm -r ~/.kodi/
Conclusion
You have successfully learned how to Install Kodi on Debian 9. If you have any queries regarding this then please don’t forget to comment below.
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