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This is the error I get:-

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 kodi : Depends: kodi-bin (>= 2:16.1~git20160425.1001-final-0xenial) but it is not going to be installed
        Depends: kodi-bin (< 2:16.1~git20160425.1001-final-0xenial.1~) but it is not going to be installed
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

I don't know why but the package Kodi 16.1 Jarvis is nowhere to be found since V17 has poked into the scene.

muru
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Slippers
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In ubuntu, only 1 version of application is available at the same time. There are exceptions, but they are few. So, generally, if Ubuntu updated to Kodi 17, you won't find 16 in the repos.
Your only option would be to find older package and all its dependencies, install it with dpkg and lock the version update. However, Kodi team seems to provide thier own repository with a previous release available. To use it, remove the current stable PPA:

sudo add-apt-repository -r ppa:team-xbmc/ppa

Then install the old stable version with the following commands:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:team-xbmc/kodi-old
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get remove kodi*
sudo apt-get install kodi
Barafu Albino
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After much searching myself on Jarvis and the difficulty of finding thereof --

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:team-xbmc/kodi-old
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install xbmc=2:[INSERT VERSION NUMBER HERE]* 
xbmc-bin=2:[INSERT VERSION NUMBER HERE]*

In my case it was:

sudo apt-get install kodi=2:16* kodi-bin=2:16*

(source)

David Foerster
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CrAzYodaz
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You can try to install an older version of Kodi by typing

sudo apt-get install kodi

on the terminal without installing a ppa.

I currently have Ubuntu 16.04.2 installed and this is what I get:

$ apt-cache policy kodi
kodi:
  Installed: 2:17.0~git20170210.1529-final-0xenial
  Candidate: 2:17.0~git20170210.1529-final-0xenial
  Version table:
 *** 2:17.0~git20170210.1529-final-0xenial 500
        500 http://ppa.launchpad.net/team-xbmc/ppa/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 Packages
        500 http://ppa.launchpad.net/team-xbmc/ppa/ubuntu xenial/main i386 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     15.2+dfsg1-3ubuntu1 500
        500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/universe amd64 Packages

As you can see I have the ppa installed and that gives me the lastest version. If you type the following command without installing the kodi ppa you should be able to get an older version.

Update after comment:

Kodi has not been updated om the main repos. Actually the main repo is still at 15.2 ! To double check on an older laptop (with 16.1 installed):

$ sudo add-apt-repository --remove ppa:team-xbmc/ppa
# (Some output)
$ apt-cache policy kodi
kodi:
  Installed: 2:16.1~git20160425.1001-final-0xenial
  Candidate: 2:16.1~git20160425.1001-final-0xenial
  Version table:
 *** 2:16.1~git20160425.1001-final-0xenial 100
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     15.2+dfsg1-3ubuntu1 500
        500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/universe amd64 Packages

So by having Ubuntu 16.04 you can get Kodi 15.2. I am not sure (haven't tested it) if you can get kodi 16.1 by installing 16.10. (One can propably test it by trying a live USB.)

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