install xbmc

[Stephen]

Verify that the pa mage is indeed called xbmc? I have seen packages named
something I would not have at first guessed before. Also verify you have
the needed repos enabled.
On Feb 3, 2013 4:02 PM, "Michael Havens" <bmike1 at gmail.com> wrote:

> well, I decided to move my secondary computer  into the living room and
> just run xmbc as a program (bummer). So I go to a terminal and:
>
> ~$ sudo apt-get install xbmc
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree
> Reading state information... Done
> E: Unable to locate package xbmc
>
> so update my apt database but that doesn't help any. Then I do a little
> web searching and find that apt-get is the way I should do it. I found the
> '=Installing_XBMC_for_Linux#Ubuntu_2' page and it implies that xmbc id in
> the official ubuntu repository so apt should do it.
>
> So please, what am I doing wrong?
>
> :-)~MIKE~(-:
>
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