HOW-TO:Install Kodi on Raspberry Pi

2016-05-19T13:35:35Z

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The basic hardware you will need is
* the R-Pi board itself
* a power supply (Micro-USB, 5V, 1200 mA)
* a SDHC memory card to install the software. (Because video decoding is more resource-intensive than many other operations, it may be more important to have a fast/high quality memory card for Kodi than for other uses.)

:''See also: [[Raspberry Pi FAQ]]''

== Basic options ==

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;Easy / Kodi centric distributions
* '''[[OpenELEC]] -''' [http://wiki.openelec.tv/index.php?title=Installing_OpenELEC_on_Raspberry_Pi Installing] • [http://wiki.openelec.tv/index.php?title=Raspberry_Pi_FAQ FAQ] • [http://openelec.tv/forum/124-raspberry-pi Help forum] • [[HOW-TO:Install XBMC on Raspberry Pi with USB drive|USB drive install]]

* '''[[OSMC]] -''' [https://osmc.tv/download/ Installing] • [https://osmc.tv/help/wiki FAQ] • [https://osmc.tv/help/ Help] • [https://discourse.osmc.tv Forum]


* '''[[XBian]] -''' [http://xbian.org/getxbian/ Installing] • [http://xbian.org/faq/ FAQ] • [http://xbian.org/getting-started/ Starters guide] • [http://forum.xbian.org/ Forum]

;Advanced / can be used with Kodi
* '''Raspbian -''' <s>Up-to-date</s> versions '''(only up to version 15.2)''' of Kodi are now on the default Raspbian repositories. See '''[[HOW-TO:Install Kodi on Raspberry Pi#Raspbian|full guide here]]''' (Version 16.1 is at the moment only available in Raspbian testing.)

* '''CarPC -''' [http://www.engineering-diy.blogspot.ro/2015/01/raspberrypi-carpc-tutorial.html Guide]

* '''TriPi -''' Kodi, RetroPie, and a Rapbian desktop environment, in all one image with full Xbox360 controller support. (Xbox One controllers not supported yet) [https://tripi.junaos.com Guide]

* '''RetroPie - ''' See '''[[HOW-TO:Install Kodi on Raspberry Pi#RetroPie|full guide here]]'''

* '''Recalbox -''' [http://www.recalbox.com/diyrecalbox Installing] <small>''('''note:''' game controllers currently don't work in Kodi, so an additional remote or keyboard is needed)''</small>

* '''Arch Linux ARM -''' [http://archlinuxarm.org/platforms/armv7/broadcom/raspberry-pi-2 RPi2] • [http://archlinuxarm.org/platforms/armv6/raspberry-pi RPi1]

* '''[[Buildroot]]''' - For experimented users only !
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== Specific install guides ==
For installs that don't directly include and/or boot into Kodi automatically.

=== Raspbian ===
{{editor note|We need to expand on this section, but here are the basic commands if you are familiar with the command-line:}}

'''(only up to version 15.2)'''

<pre>
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install kodi
</pre>

;Alternative source
* You can also download Kodi from http://michael.gorven.za.net
* Pplware has a build of 16.1 for Raspbian, see https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=832735#p832735 and https://mtantawy.com/quick-tip-how-to-update-to-latest-kodi-16-jarvis-on-raspberry-pi/#comment-80

=== RetroPie ===
Here's a [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MyeCQS7ITnU youtube guide]:<br />
{{youtube|MyeCQS7ITnU}}

== Compiling Kodi ==
Notes for advanced users who wish to try and build Kodi from source code.
* Various good notes mentioned here: http://not-guild.de/temp/kodi.txt

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