Buildroot
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Buildroot (BR) is a simple, efficient and easy-to-use tool to generate embedded Linux systems through cross-compilation: http://buildroot.uclibc.org/
It allows experimented embedded hackers to generate a custom/minimal kodi distribution.
Using Buildroot, kodi was successfully run on i.MX6 platforms (like Armadeus APF6Dev or Wandboard) and Raspberry Pi.
Installation
- Buildroot will generate you Linux kernel and rootfs images so you have to know how to update these on your embedded board.
- kodi version integrated in BR as of 02/2015 is 14.1-Helix
i.MX6 platforms
- Use BR 2015.05 (soon coming) version
- Options to activate:
- glibc toolchain
- Target packages ---> Hardware handling ---> -*- Freescale i.MX libraries ---> i.MX platform (imx6q) + imx-vpu + gpu-viv-bin-mx6q
- Target packages ---> Libraries ---> Multimedia ---> [*] libfslvpuwrap
- Target packages ---> Audio and video applications ---> [*] kodi ---> [*] alsa
RPi
- TBDL
Usage
- kodi is launched by default at boot
- on i.MX6 platforms don't forget to configure your Audio Output