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NOTICE: This is for Linux only. Other platforms uses a built-in Python interpreter shipped with Kodi. |
If you have TLS-handshake errors with some plugin(s) in Kodi under Linux, this page is for you. The problem is caused by an outdated system-wide Python 2 interpreter installed on your system. Some users may instinctively attempt to upgrade the system-wide Python interpreter, from source, from a PPA, using a third-party package manager or whatever. Do not do that! Python is an integral part of many distributions, including Ubuntu, and messing with the vendor-supplied interpreter may cause all kinds of problems. This method uses Miniconda and a modified environment to launch Kodi with it's very own, updated Python interpreter.
Procedure
Note: This procedure is tested on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
Prerequisites
- Miniconda. To download and install follow the instructions here.
- BlueZ development files to compile PyBluez. Install with
$ sudo apt-get install libbluetooth-dev
Create the environment
$ conda create --name kodi python=2.7 $ source activate kodi (kodi) $ conda install simplejson pillow (kodi) $ pip install PyBluez PIL-compat (kodi) $ source deactivate
Launch Kodi
$ env PATH="/<path>/<to>/<miniconda>/envs/kodi/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin" LD_LIBRARY_PATH="/<path>/<to>/<miniconda>/envs/kodi/lib" kodi
(obviously replace "/<path>/<to>/<miniconda>" with wherever you installed miniconda)
Modify the .desktop-file (optional)
You can also put the above command inside your .desktop-file to enable launching directly from your desktop environment.
$ mkdir -p ~/.local/share/applications $ x="/<path>/<to>/<miniconda>/envs/kodi" $ sed 's|Exec=kodi|Exec=env PATH="'"${x}"'/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin" LD_LIBRARY_PATH="'"${x}"'/lib" kodi|g' /usr/share/applications/kodi.desktop > ~/.local/share/applications/kodi.desktop
See also
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