Installation commands from XBMC wiki
Begin by running this command:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:team-xbmc
Now click on System->Administration->Synaptic Package Manager->Settings->Repositories->Other Software.
Choose the 1st ppa for team-xbmc, then click on “Edit…”
Shift the Distribution to “lucid”. Click OK.
Choose the second ppa for team-xbmc, and make the same the same change to “lucid”.
Reload the packages, and then install “xbmc” as well as “xbmc-standalone”. If you wish to utilize the command-line alternatively of Synaptic Package Manager to do this, here are the relevant commands:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install xbmc xbmc-standalone
You should now have XBMC in Applications->Sound & Video->XBMC Media Center.
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