Can’t find Kodi 18 in antiX-17 repos

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I have been trying to locate a package for Kodi 18 to test on my antiX-17.4 install. I currently have 17.6 running and I do NOT want to use version 19 (does not yet support the ESPN3 add-on I use). I enabled all the test repos and the multimedia repo and updated the sources. I cannot locate Kodi 18. Version 19 is available, along with 17.1 and 17.6.

I tried downloading a couple Kodi 18.5 .deb files from the MX-17 repo but when I tried to install using gdebi I get the message that the package is already installed. I did get the “standalone” version of Kodi 18.5 to install. But when I launch it from the command line, with “kodi-standalone”, it launches my Kodi 17.6.

Maybe I should try purging 17.6 first? Or can I find a repository that will work in antiX-17 for Kodi 18? Any ideas?

Thanks,
seaken64

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skidoo found kodi 18 for antiX-17.4

Here is the source link and a third party repository page for antiX-19 also for others
that may need kodi 18.

their website has the source code for 18.9 to try building it.
kodi189

third party repository page for antiX-19:
deb for kodi 18.9

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(not a kodi user, just passing along info here)

available from “MX Linux 17 Test” repository

mxrepo.com
^—v
mxrepo.com/MX17TestPackages.html
^—v
http://mxrepo.com/mx/testrepo/pool/test/k/kodi/kodi_18.5-0.1~mx17+1_all.deb

32bit and 64bit use the same, identical package

I tried downloading a couple Kodi 18.5 .deb files from the MX-17 repo but when I tried to install using gdebi I get the message that the package is already installed.

Should i purge

purge may not be necessary.
Skip gdebi. Instead, try first:
sudo apt install /path/to/debfile
if no joy, then purge the existing and retry the apt install command

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linuxdaddy, why do you believe that “MX 17 ~= Buster?”

Maybe I posted an incorrect URL. I’ll recheck…

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I believe that the linked pkg URL is correct, is packaged for MX17 (aka based on Stretch)
“MX17Test”

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Thank you for your patience. I still don’t quite understand how to install .deb files or set up repos to find the file I need.

linuxdaddy, yes, I noticed those repos but as you stated that link is for Buster. When I look in the Stretch repos on that site I only get links to 17.6. Maybe 18 was never available for Stretch?

skidoo, I had already tried to use that file. I tried it again. This time I get slightly different results. (I first tried sudo apt install but it did not try to install the file, so I tried gdebi instead. Maybe I had a typo). I tried it again. This time it did give me more information on the screen. It says

Note, selecting 'kodi' instead of '/home/sean/Downloads/kodi_18.5-0.1~mx17+1_all.deb'
Suggested packages:
  vdpau-va-driver
The following packages will be DOWNGRADED:
  kodi
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 downgraded, 0 to remove and 4 not upgraded.
Need to get 0 B/41.7 kB of archives.
After this operation, 1,024 B of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] n
Abort.

I stopped and checked with apt policy kodi and only 17.6 and 17.1 were available. And I can’t manage to get apt to install the version 18.5 from this file.

Maybe if I set the MX-17 test repo in my sources list? I’m not sure what the URL line is for that repo. Do I use the same URL as the file I downloaded?

seaken64

• This reply was modified 2 years, 1 month ago by seaken64.

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