Kodi is easily one of the most popular media center applications out there, and it has a multitude of uses. While Ubuntu does have Kodi in its main repositories, it's ususally an outdated version. There is, however, an official PPA available that's continually updated with the latest releases.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://linuxconfig.org/how-to-install-the-latest-kodi-release-on-ubuntu