A user was kind enough to note that the pvr-iptvsimple-3.5.8 binary plugin now included with the kodi build works correctly for him.

Also, please note that every kodi rebuild pulls in updates to the binary plugins, so you're going to get small updates in each new kodi build revision update even if the kodi version itself doesn't appear to change.

4 months later

Since it's working smoothly on my HTPC, I've published kodi-18.5 to the -unstable repo, which means that it'll be part of the next sync.

Should any of you lovely people need to build your own 3rd-party kodi binary plugins, you'll likely be happy to hear that I've also published a safety rebuild of kodi-platform, which is a necessary dependency in that specific scenario.

Fingers crossed that it'll be smooth sailing for you lovely peeps too. 😃

13 days later

Thank you for your work ! I use Kodi on Solus Budgie almost every day, it works perfectly !

15 days later

Hello, I was wondering is there a possible way to install kodi krypton 17.6 version for Solus ? (I am also very new to this system but just need an straight answer) y/n?

    laky Not without some messing around, why do you want the older version? Is something broken in 18.x?

    • laky replied to this.

        Justin Well the build that I was using only works with 17.6 krypton and its pretty nice build but i really would like to know how hard would it be to set it up ?

          I got everything working on 18.5 so no worry here... still really curious how would i ever get that to work here , well nvm everything works and i am happy 😀

            10 days later

            laky When you say "build", what exactly are you referring to?

            I'm not a mind-reader you see...

                ermo Probably talking about their configuration and choice of add-ons.

                    16 days later

                    DataDrake Yes, but some people compile out-of-tree addons so I was curious what those were (so that I know what add-ons are known to work if other people come asking).

                      2 months later

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                      ermo Thank you once again, been watching some movies on my "unstable" setup, and have not had any issues with it.

                        2 months later

                        I landed Kodi 18.7 this past Monday. It will hit the stable branch during the next sync.

                        2 months later

                        I landed Kodi 18.8 this past Wednesday. It should have hit the stable branch by now.

                        2 months later

                        This is a heads up that I'm currently investigating whether it would be better to stop offering a Solus-specific Kodi build and instead point people to the flatpak version of Kodi.

                        The main reason is that upstream will no longer officially support the convenient "batteries-included" build that I'm currently doing once kodi v19 "Matrix" lands (unless the build is done with PREFIX=/usr/local).

                        Kodi v19 "Matrix" is currently in alpha and upstream has indicated that Kodi v18.8 will be the last update to the "Leia" branch. The Kodi version available on flathub is v18.8 as of this writing.

                          ermo I have two KODI versions installed and I use Solus-specific Kodi build. The flatpak version is just a back-up. I guess I am not care about "batteries-included" (preinstalled addons, right?)

                          My concerns about flatpak version are:

                          • will there be a delay for the flatpak releases
                          • I have to figure out how to transfer my library/favorites/addon settings (not a big problem)

                          Is there a simple way to test alpha v19 on Solus?

                          • ermo replied to this.

                              Solarmass

                              From an official Solus packaging perspective, there's obviously the option to build only the main kodi distribution and the kodi-platform package.

                              This would allow users to follow a guide in order to build the binary add-ons from e.g a from-source package.yml via solbuild and have said locally-built package install to /usr/local.

                              However, I'm not sold on this option as it will break every time there is a kodi rebuild.

                              But to answer your actual question:

                              Right now, there's no simple way to test alpha v19 on Solus unless you want to build the package yourself -- either directly from source or via a locally written package.yml, which builds to an installable .eopkg using solbuild configured with a local repository.

                                  ermo This would allow users to follow a guide in order to build the binary add-ons from e.g a from-source package.yml via solbuild and have said locally-built package install to /usr/local.

                                  Can you give some examples of these binary add-ons? It is not YouTube add-on.

                                  However, I'm not sold on this option as it will break every time there is a kodi rebuild.

                                  Not a great experience, yes

                                  Right now, there's no simple way to test alpha v19 on Solus unless you want to build the package yourself -- either directly from source or via a locally written package.yml, which builds to an installable .eopkg using solbuild configured with a local repository.

                                  Thanks. I think the simple way to test it would be in the Windows VM.