How To Install kodi-pvr-mediaportal-tvserver on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install kodi-pvr-mediaportal-tvserver on Ubuntu 20.04. kodi-pvr-mediaportal-tvserver is MediaPortals TV-Server PVR addon for Kodi

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install kodi-pvr-mediaportal-tvserver on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is kodi-pvr-mediaportal-tvserver

kodi-pvr-mediaportal-tvserver is:

This package contains the MediaPortal’s TV-Server PVR (Personal Video Recorder) Addon for Kodi, the award winning free and open source software media-player and entertainment hub for all your digital media.

TV-Server is the component of MediaPortal that manages the user’s TV cards and streams the TV signal over the network.

There are three methods to install kodi-pvr-mediaportal-tvserver on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install kodi-pvr-mediaportal-tvserver Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install kodi-pvr-mediaportal-tvserver using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install kodi-pvr-mediaportal-tvserver

Install kodi-pvr-mediaportal-tvserver Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install kodi-pvr-mediaportal-tvserver using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install kodi-pvr-mediaportal-tvserver

Install kodi-pvr-mediaportal-tvserver Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install kodi-pvr-mediaportal-tvserver using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install kodi-pvr-mediaportal-tvserver

How To Uninstall kodi-pvr-mediaportal-tvserver on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the kodi-pvr-mediaportal-tvserver package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove kodi-pvr-mediaportal-tvserver

Uninstall kodi-pvr-mediaportal-tvserver And Its Dependencies

To uninstall kodi-pvr-mediaportal-tvserver and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove kodi-pvr-mediaportal-tvserver

Remove kodi-pvr-mediaportal-tvserver Configurations and Data

To remove kodi-pvr-mediaportal-tvserver configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge kodi-pvr-mediaportal-tvserver

Remove kodi-pvr-mediaportal-tvserver configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove kodi-pvr-mediaportal-tvserver configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kodi-pvr-mediaportal-tvserver

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install kodi-pvr-mediaportal-tvserver package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.