Unable to install kodi 17 Krypton on ubuntu 16.10

Question

I've followed the official guide here

http://kodi.wiki/view/HOW-TO:Install_Kodi_for_Linux

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

Nothing to do. No upgrade from 16 (Jarvis) to 17. I always get the "Kodi from debian" (top left in Kodi home screen): it's always Jarvis 16.1

I've also tried to purge old Kodi, removed ~/.kodi/ directory, and tried a fresh install. Nothing, no way to get version 17.3. I've tried the nightly ppa too: needless to say, nothing!

As requested:

lsb_release -a

No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description:    Ubuntu 16.10
Release:    16.10
Codename:   yakkety

apt-cache policy kodi

kodi:
  Installed: 16.1+dfsg1-2
  Candidate: 2:17.3+git20170525.0741-final-0yakkety
  Version table:
     2:17.3+git20170525.0741-final-0yakkety 500
        500 http://ppa.launchpad.net/team-xbmc/ppa/ubuntu yakkety/main amd64 Packages
        500 http://ppa.launchpad.net/team-xbmc/ppa/ubuntu yakkety/main i386 Packages
 *** 16.1+dfsg1-2 500
        500 http://ba.mirror.garr.it/ubuntu yakkety/universe amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

I had to put spaces in links because I do not have enough reputation.

What am I doing wrong? Any help will be appreciated.

You'll need to post more info, for example, apt-cache policy kodi and lsb_release -a . — mikewhatever, May 31 '17 at 18:47
Run sudo apt purge kodi kodi-bin kodi-data then sudo apt install kodi kodi-bin mighy work not sure, kodi is a pain. — Mark Kirby, May 31 '17 at 21:12

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited Jun 12 '17 at 17:06

I've managed to solve the problem. I think it was a package problem. The following procedure worked great, hope this can helpful:

removed all related kodi repository:

sudo ppa-purge team-xmbc/ppa
sudo ppa-purge team-xbmc/xbmc-nightly
sudo apt update

purged all kodi related packages:
```
sudo apt purge kodi-data kodi kodi-bin
```
cleaned apt cache and checked everything was ok
```
sudo apt-cache policy kodi
```

Added kodi repository once again

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

performed a clean install

sudo apt update
sudo apt install kodi kodi-bin

Now version 17.3 Krypton is installed. Thanks for all your contributions.

Unable to install kodi 17 Krypton on ubuntu 16.10

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