HARDKERNEL ODROID-XU4 - Office and Productivity Applications; Music and MIDI

38 ODROID-XU4 USER MANUAL
Kodi Upgrade
If you are installing a newer version of Kodi, you do not need to
uninstall the current version rst. However you should create a Kodi
backup just to be safe, which is covered later in this section.
Kodi Installation
To install Kodi, use the ODROID Utility published by Hardkernel.
If the ODROID Utility is not already installed on the image, it may be
downloaded using the following Terminal commands:
$ sudo wget -O /usr/local/bin/odroid-utility.sh \
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mdrjr/\
odroid-utility/master/odroid-utility.sh
$ sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/odroid-utility.sh
$ sudo odroid-utility.sh
Kodi Backup
Backing up your data is always a good idea, and Kodi is no
exception. Kodi congurations and databases can become quite de-
tailed, but backup and restoration is quite simple. You can perform full
or partial backups/restores, as well as copy your complete Kodi setup
to another system - even to your PC or laptop.
In order to perform a Kodi backup or restore, you will rst need
to install the Kodi “Backup AddOn”. More information may be found at
http://bit.ly/1JER8XL, along with details on performing Kodi backups at
http://bit.ly/1KRNF6K, and on the Kodi forum at http://bit.ly/1QGOfGf.
Ofce and Productivity Applications
LibreOfce is a popular and powerful ofce productivity suite that
includes word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, drawing, and
owcharting applications. It is a free alternative to Microsoft Ofce, and
can be installed on Ubuntu via the Ubuntu Software Center or Synaptic
Package Manager. The loading screen of LibreOfce is shown below:
Music and MIDI
Not long after the rst personal computers became available, cre-
ative individuals began to nd inventive ways to use them for music
composition and performance. Before long, the need for I/O standard-
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