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== 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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Revision as of 02:15, 10 May 2015

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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.

Basic options

Easy / Kodi centric distributions
Advanced / can be used with Kodi
  • Raspbian - Up-to-date versions of Kodi are now on the default Raspbian repositories. See full guide here
  • Recalbox - Installing (note: game controllers currently don't work in Kodi, so an additional remote or keyboard is needed)


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:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install kodi
Alternative source

RetroPie

Here's a youtube guide:

Compiling Kodi

Notes for advanced users who wish to try and build Kodi from source code.