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Hello,

I'm having some issues with Kodi on UbuntuMATE 16.04 LTS. Simply put it refuses to launch for some reason. I've tried removing it and installing other builds such as the nghtly and even the unstable builds but to no avail. Can som eone please help me fix this issue? Here is the contents of the crash log it created when i tried to launch it via terminal.

############## Kodi CRASH LOG ###############

################ SYSTEM INFO ################
Date: Fri May 12 07:06:41 MST 2017
Kodi Options:
Arch: x86_64
Kernel: Linux 4.8.0-52-generic #55~16.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Fri Apr 28 14:36:29 UTC 2017
Release: Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS (Xenial Xerus)
############## END SYSTEM INFO ##############

############### STACK TRACE #################
############# END STACK TRACE ###############

################# LOG FILE ##################

07:06:41.386 T:140534585317760 NOTICE: special://profile/ is mapped to: special://masterprofile/
07:06:41.386 T:140534585317760 NOTICE: -----------------------------------------------------------------------
07:06:41.386 T:140534585317760 NOTICE: Starting Kodi (17.1 Git:20170320-nogitfound). Platform: Linux x86 64-bit
07:06:41.386 T:140534585317760 NOTICE: Using Release Kodi x64 build
07:06:41.386 T:140534585317760 NOTICE: Kodi compiled Nov 4 2012 by GCC 5.4.0 for Linux x86 64-bit version 4.4.49 (263217)
07:06:41.386 T:140534585317760 NOTICE: Running on Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS, kernel: Linux x86 64-bit version 4.8.0-52-generic
07:06:41.386 T:140534585317760 NOTICE: FFmpeg version/source: ffmpeg-3.1-kodi
07:06:41.386 T:140534585317760 NOTICE: Host CPU: AMD A8-7410 APU with AMD Radeon R5 Graphics, 4 cores available
07:06:41.386 T:140534585317760 NOTICE: special://xbmc/ is mapped to: /usr/share/kodi
07:06:41.386 T:140534585317760 NOTICE: special://xbmcbin/ is mapped to: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/kodi
07:06:41.386 T:140534585317760 NOTICE: special://xbmcbinaddons/ is mapped to: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/kodi/addons
07:06:41.386 T:140534585317760 NOTICE: special://masterprofile/ is mapped to: /home/joshua/.kodi/userdata
07:06:41.387 T:140534585317760 NOTICE: special://envhome/ is mapped to: /home/joshua
07:06:41.387 T:140534585317760 NOTICE: special://home/ is mapped to: /home/joshua/.kodi
07:06:41.387 T:140534585317760 NOTICE: special://temp/ is mapped to: /home/joshua/.kodi/temp
07:06:41.387 T:140534585317760 NOTICE: special://logpath/ is mapped to: /home/joshua/.kodi/temp
07:06:41.387 T:140534585317760 NOTICE: The executable running is: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/kodi/kodi.bin
07:06:41.387 T:140534585317760 NOTICE: Local hostname: joshua-HP-15-Notebook-PC
07:06:41.387 T:140534585317760 NOTICE: Log File is located: /home/joshua/.kodi/temp//kodi.log
07:06:41.387 T:140534585317760 NOTICE: -----------------------------------------------------------------------
07:06:41.433 T:140534585317760 ERROR: DBus: Error org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.InvalidArgs - No such property 'OnLowBattery'
07:06:41.438 T:140534585317760 ERROR: DBus: Error org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.InvalidArgs - No such property 'CanSuspend'
07:06:41.439 T:140534585317760 ERROR: DBus: Error org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.InvalidArgs - No such property 'CanHibernate'
07:06:41.448 T:140534585317760 NOTICE: load settings...
07:06:41.470 T:140534585317760 NOTICE: Found 1 Lists of Devices
07:06:41.470 T:140534585317760 NOTICE: Enumerated PULSE devices:
07:06:41.470 T:140534585317760 NOTICE: Device 1
07:06:41.471 T:140534585317760 NOTICE: m_deviceName : Default
07:06:41.471 T:140534585317760 NOTICE: m_displayName : Default
07:06:41.471 T:140534585317760 NOTICE: m_displayNameExtra: Default Output Device (PULSEAUDIO)
07:06:41.471 T:140534585317760 NOTICE: m_deviceType : AE_DEVTYPE_PCM
07:06:41.471 T:140534585317760 NOTICE: m_channels : FL,FR
07:06:41.471 T:140534585317760 NOTICE: m_sampleRates : 5512,8000,11025,16000,22050,32000,44100,48000,64000,88200,96000,176400,192000,38​4000
07:06:41.471 T:140534585317760 NOTICE: m_dataFormats : AE_FMT_U8,AE_FMT_S16NE,AE_FMT_S24NE3,AE_FMT_S24NE4,AE_FMT_S32NE,AE_FMT_FLOAT
07:06:41.471 T:140534585317760 NOTICE: m_streamTypes : No passthrough capabilities
07:06:41.471 T:140534585317760 NOTICE: Device 2
07:06:41.471 T:140534585317760 NOTICE: m_deviceName : alsa_output.pci-0000_00_01.1.hdmi-stereo
07:06:41.471 T:140534585317760 NOTICE: m_displayName : Built-in Audio Digital Stereo (HDMI)
07:06:41.471 T:140534585317760 NOTICE: m_displayNameExtra: HDMI / DisplayPort (PULSEAUDIO)
07:06:41.471 T:140534585317760 NOTICE: m_deviceType : AE_DEVTYPE_PCM
07:06:41.471 T:140534585317760 NOTICE: m_channels : FL,FR
07:06:41.471 T:140534585317760 NOTICE: m_sampleRates : 5512,8000,11025,16000,22050,32000,44100,48000,64000,88200,96000,176400,192000,38​4000
07:06:41.471 T:140534585317760 NOTICE: m_dataFormats : AE_FMT_U8,AE_FMT_S16NE,AE_FMT_S24NE3,AE_FMT_S24NE4,AE_FMT_S32NE,AE_FMT_FLOAT
07:06:41.471 T:140534585317760 NOTICE: m_streamTypes : No passthrough capabilities
07:06:41.474 T:140534585317760 NOTICE: No settings file to load (special://xbmc/system/advancedsettings.xml)
07:06:41.474 T:140534585317760 NOTICE: No settings file to load (special://masterprofile/advancedsettings.xml)
07:06:41.474 T:140534585317760 NOTICE: Default Video Player: VideoPlayer
07:06:41.474 T:140534585317760 NOTICE: Default Audio Player: paplayer
07:06:41.474 T:140534585317760 NOTICE: Disabled debug logging due to GUI setting. Level 0.
07:06:41.474 T:140534585317760 NOTICE: Log level changed to "LOG_LEVEL_NORMAL"
07:06:41.474 T:140534585317760 NOTICE: Loading player core factory settings from special://xbmc/system/playercorefactory.xml.
07:06:41.474 T:140534585317760 NOTICE: Loaded playercorefactory configuration
07:06:41.474 T:140534585317760 NOTICE: Loading player core factory settings from special://masterprofile/playercorefactory.xml.
07:06:41.474 T:140534585317760 NOTICE: special://masterprofile/playercorefactory.xml does not exist. Skipping.
07:06:41.480 T:140534585317760 ERROR: SQL: [Addons27.db] SQL error or missing database
Query: SELECT idVersion FROM version


############### END LOG FILE ################

############ END Kodi CRASH LOG #############

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