Linux Install Kodi as second version
#1
Hi,

I currently use Gotham on my main HTPC and all the family uses it as well. However I would like to give the new version a go but without the possibility of messing up the settings that I currently have

Is there any way I can install a second version of XBMC/Kodi on my machine and choose to run it when I want to play?

Thanks
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#2
Compile xbmc yourself using a different prefix (such as /home/<username>/testbuild/) and run it in portable mode so it will look in the installed folder for configs.

Code:
/home/<username>/testbuild/lib/xbmc/xbmc.bin -p

If that's too much, use a container or VM and install the new version in that.
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#3
You will need to help me through that, how do I compile it myself?
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#4
its much easier to just backup your ~/.xbmc folder before upgrading to kodi via ppa. Going back to gotham means removing the nightly ppa, restoring your backung and reinstalling gotham.
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#5
Besides that, the rest is also not that hard - but you need to backup your .xbmc directory anyways, as both nightly and Gotham use the same directory.

Code:
sudo apt-get build-dep xbmc
sudo apt-get install libxslt-dev
git clone https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc.git
cd xbmc
./bootstrap
./configure --disable-debug
make -j5
If everything was fine: sudo make install

This will install to /usr/local and you can run the nightly by running: /usr/local/bin/xbmc and the normal ppa by: /usr/bin/xbmc
First decide what functions / features you expect from a system. Then decide for the hardware. Don't waste your money on crap.
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#6
Well I started the list at the bottom, firstly the dependencies weren't met for xbmc after the first line. Ploughed on nonetheless but it doesn't look like the ./bootstrap command worked either, came up with an error message and wouldn't let me run the next command line either

I may just install Kodi anyway, see what happens when put through proper use
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#7
You started the list at the bottom .... I think you should not even try to build xbmc from source if you cannot follow a howto line by line ...
First decide what functions / features you expect from a system. Then decide for the hardware. Don't waste your money on crap.
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#8
No I meant I started the list in the post above me, not from the bottom, I don't know why I wrote that
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