building latest Kodi from source at github ...

DirtyAngel

Hello coders !
in cmake of Solus 4.3 is missing a library ? :

when I try to build up kodi (latest source) - then there is error with missing ASS library ?!

Kodi is able to run with : X11 - wayland - and GL

error report during building is like here :

CMake Error at /usr/share/cmake-3.21/Modules/FindPackageHandleStandardArgs.cmake:230 (message):
Could NOT find ASS (missing: ASS_LIBRARY ASS_INCLUDE_DIR)
Call Stack (most recent call first):
/usr/share/cmake-3.21/Modules/FindPackageHandleStandardArgs.cmake:594 (_FPHSA_FAILURE_MESSAGE)
cmake/modules/FindASS.cmake:28 (find_package_handle_standard_args)
cmake/scripts/common/Macros.cmake:363 (find_package)
cmake/scripts/common/Macros.cmake:377 (find_package_with_ver)
CMakeLists.txt:186 (core_require_dep)

-- Configuring incomplete, errors occurred!
See also "/home/dirtyangel/kodi-build/CMakeFiles/CMakeOutput.log".
See also "/home/dirtyangel/kodi-build/CMakeFiles/CMakeError.log".

What should I do ?

algent

DirtyAngel You are compiling from source. I guess you will have a lot of missing libraries.
Check this package.yml to find others. This is what Solus used to package kodi.

Girtablulu

if you build from source locally you need the header files, so libass-devel seems to be missing

Solarmass

I wonder why are you building it from source? There is a flatpak version.

DirtyAngel

algent What do I have to type for "Kodi" in package-manager of Solus ?! When I take Kodi for Solus directly ? And where is flatpak ? - sorry, sometimes I am blind somehow ...

algent

DirtyAngel What do I have to type for "Kodi" in package-manager of Solus ?! When I take Kodi for Solus directly ?

kodi is deprecated from Solus Repos.

Now the best way to install kodi is from flatpak. For the moment flatpak isn't integrated in Software Center, so you have to use command line.

First setup flatpak then install kodi:
sudo flatpak install tv.kodi.Kodi

DirtyAngel

algent Yes, thank you - it is first time today, that I read something about flatpak.
Never known something ever about flatpak before - how comes that flatpak has invisible existence ?!
Here is described how to install flatpak in Solus (I post this for those, who are new to this.) :

https://flatpak.org/setup/Solus/

And here is (below) shown how to install Kodi with flatpak :

https://flathub.org/apps/details/tv.kodi.Kodi

This thread is solved. I got Kodi working now by using flatpak.

Solarmass

DirtyAngel Never known something ever about flatpak before - how comes that flatpak has invisible existence ?!

Wait till you know about snaps 😂

algent

DirtyAngel There are flatpak snap and AppImage formats. They are universal package formats.
About their differences, you can search online. A random search is this:
https://bytexd.com/differences-between-snap-appimage-and-flatpak/

My suggestion for these apps is to have an Universal Store like AppOutlet.
https://app-outlet.github.io/