[kallewirsch66]

I guess this is a trivial question, but I could not find something about it:

I have a binary version of xbmc 12.2 running on a cubietruck ARM board and I want to install a pvr plugins tvheadend (frontend) and play around with others like vdr.

In the add-on menue there is nor an entry for pvr plugins neither can they be found.

How can I configure this menu to show them for installation? I have seen them e.g on openelec for Raspberry and on xbmc installed on an Ubuntu PC from the package repositories.

I cant activate Live TV in the settings without pvr plugins.

[wsnipex]

unless you find builds for you specific hardware, you might need to compile them.

[kallewirsch66]

There should be builds. E.g. on Raspberry Pi there are all builds I need. The Cubietruck is also ARM architecture.

Where is the addon menu configuration in xbmc defined? I have no submenu "pvr-clients" (!?)
Is that menustructure defined at compile time? How oes that work? What do I need to do to install plugins from the repository?
If I would find a documentation how that works in general i could probably help myself.
Any hinds for further reading?

Why is in one software instance a submenue "pvr-clients" and in the other software instance not??

[wsnipex]

you cannot install binary addons via Xbmcs addon manager(yet) - not counting OE.
If the Raspbian packages work, then just install them via apt.