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I cannot get kodi to operate on Linux. constantly getting this error message. Someone please tell me if I am doing something wrong.

$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:team-xbmc/ppa
$ sudo apt-get update

...

Err http://ppa.launchpad.net trusty/main amd64 Packages                        
  404  Not Found
Err http://ppa.launchpad.net trusty/main i386 Packages                         
  404  Not Found
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net trusty/main Translation-en_US                     
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net trusty/main Translation-en                        
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net trusty/main Translation-en_US                     
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net trusty/main Translation-en                        
Fetched 2,811 kB in 15s (182 kB/s)                                             
W: Failed to fetch http://ppa.launchpad.net/team-xbmc/xbmc-ppa-build-depends/ubuntu/dists/trusty/main/binary-amd64/Packages  404  Not Found

W: Failed to fetch http://ppa.launchpad.net/team-xbmc/xbmc-ppa-build-depends/ubuntu/dists/trusty/main/binary-i386/Packages  404  Not Found

E: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.
Oli
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Luke Zeimet
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  • I assume the spaces in the http:// lines were there to stop them auto-linking. I've converted the post to use our code formatting which stops that happening and have removed the extra spaces. – Oli Jan 07 '15 at 09:06
  • http://ppa.launchpad.net/team-xbmc/xbmc-ppa-build-depends doesnt have a trusty repo - looks like a duplicate of our standard Q&A: http://askubuntu.com/questions/65911/how-can-i-fix-a-404-error-when-using-a-ppa-or-updating-my-package-lists – fossfreedom Jan 07 '15 at 09:11

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Your question doesn't quite gel with the output. You've added the xbmc build dependency repo which isn't maintained and doens't have a Trusty version and that's why you're seeing errors.

Simply put, you don't need it for using xbmc or Kodi so don't use it. Get rid of it:

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

You just need the main xbmc/kodi repo:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:team-xbmc/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install kodi
Oli
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  • ok i did that. this time around I did not get any error messages. However when I open kodi it opens for a opens for a second and then closes immediately. Any pointers for that? – Luke Zeimet Jan 07 '15 at 17:30