HOW-TO:Compile Kodi for Debian or Ubuntu
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HOW-TO:Compile Kodi for Debian or Ubuntu
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Starting with Kodi v18 "Leia", Kodi's build guides are kept alongside the code, where it is much easier to keep them up-to-date with current code.
This is a tutorial on how to compile and install XBMC on Debian or Ubuntu
1 Checkout with Git
Development has moved to git, rather than subversion. You will need git installed to do this.
sudo apt-get install git
git clone git://github.com/xbmc/xbmc.git
Note that the above will download the latest development version; if you want to compile a stable branch, you will need to name it explicitly. e.g. to clone Kodi 16.0 "Jarvis":
sudo apt-get install git
git clone -b Jarvis git://github.com/xbmc/xbmc.git
2 Install Packages
You'll have to install the necessary dependencies. First do this.
sudo apt-get update
Then
sudo apt-get build-dep kodi
3 Configure
cd xbmc
./bootstrap
./configure
If you wish to use supported system libraries do this instead.
./configure
In either case, with the above installed packages this should go smoothly.
4 Build
make
5 Install
sudo make install
When this completes you are done!
You may either go into a terminal session or press Alt+F2. Then type 'xbmc'.
NOTE: On certain versions of Ubuntu, you may get a segmentation fault due to libcurl. This is resolved by creating a symbolic link in /usr/lib
cd /usr/lib
sudo ln -s libcurl-gnutls.so.4 libcurl.so.4
