Kodi (formerly XBMC) is a free and open-source media player developed by the XBMC Foundation. It is immensely popular in the Single-Board PC market like those on Raspberry Pi, Odroid, and Rock64. It is typically installed as a standalone media player on these boards to create a DIY Media Player.
Kodi Features
Its cross-platform nature makes it a perfect choice for a streaming media player. It supports Linux, OSX, Windows, iOS, and Android.
![Kodi Media Player](https://b1490832.smushcdn.com/1490832/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Kodi-Media-Player.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
Kodi Media Player
Here is a quick look at the Kodi’s best features.
- Can play all your music, including mp3, FLAC, Wav, and WMA formats.
- Import, browse, and play your Movie library.
- TV Shows library supports episode and season views with posters or banners.
- Import pictures into a library and view as a slideshow
- Watch and record live TV from popular backends, including MediaPortal, MythTV, NextPVR, Tvheadend, and many more.
- Tons of Add-ons to almost do anything with it
- Supports JSON-RPC based remote interface
However, in today’s tutorial, the intent is to install Kodi on the Fedora Workstation. Kodi is not available in Fedora’s default repository; hence you can’t install it via the Fedora Software Center.
![Fedora Software Center - Kodi not found](https://b1490832.smushcdn.com/1490832/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Fedora-Software-Center-Kodi-not-found.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
Fedora Software Center – Kodi not found
We shall go the command-line way to install it. Let’s get started.
Installing Kodi Media Center on Fedora
Step 1) Click ‘Activities’ and then launch ‘Terminal’.
![Launch Terminal in Fedora](https://b1490832.smushcdn.com/1490832/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Launch-Terminal-in-Fedora.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
Launch Terminal in Fedora
Step 2): Enter the following command to download and install KODI. You must enter the root password to continue.
sudo dnf install kodi
![Installing Kodi via Terminal](https://b1490832.smushcdn.com/1490832/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Installing-Kodi-via-Terminal.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
Installing Kodi via Terminal
Step 3) Enter ‘y’ and press enter when prompted to download repository sources and dependencies.
![Fedora Terminal](https://b1490832.smushcdn.com/1490832/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Fedora-Terminal.png?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
Fedora Terminal
Step 4) Fedora will now fetch all the repository sources of packages needed for Kodi to work. After the installation is complete, close the terminal.
![Kodi Installation Complete](https://b1490832.smushcdn.com/1490832/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Kodi-Installation-Complete.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
Kodi Installation Complete
Step 5) Go to ‘Activities’ and search for ‘Kodi’. You should see Kodi Media Center if everything went as planned.
![Fedora Application Launcher](https://b1490832.smushcdn.com/1490832/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Fedora-Application-Launcher.png?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
Fedora Application Launcher
Enjoy using Kodi. You can go to “System” and start customizing Kodi to your needs.
![Kodi on Fedora 32](https://b1490832.smushcdn.com/1490832/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Kodi-on-Fedora-32.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
Kodi on Fedora 32
1 comment
# dnf install kodi
Last metadata expiration check: 0:22:18 ago on Sun 14 Feb 2021 01:35:26 AM PST.
No match for argument: kodi
Error: Unable to find a match: kodi
Your example above show that kodi is in rpmfusion-free-update, which you don’t show how to enable.