Linux PVR client addons not visible and cannot install MP PVR client
#1
I have installed xbmc gotham (13.2) on ubuntu 14.04, but there seem to be no PVR clients installed by default. If I do a search for PVR, the Mediaportal PVR client shows up, but when I try to install it I get an error saying "dependencies are not met". What am I doing wrong here? I remember that I had to add some PPA like xbmc-pvr-addons or something on another PC running Xubuntu 14.04 before I got it to work, but I can't find any reference to that PPA or how to add it.

Can somebody help me?
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#2
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:team-xbmc/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install xbmc-pvr-addons
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#3
I have followed the steps above, but get "E: Could not find the package xbmc-pvr-addons".
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#4
I have completely removed xbmc. I have removed old Saucy PPAs (I am running Trusty) and I have executed "sudo apt-get autoremove" from the terminal. After reinstalling xbmc and checked the current version (13.2) there are still no pvr clients visible in xbmc. Trying to "apt-get install xbmc-pvr-addons" still yields the above error.

I have also tried to download and tried to install pvr-addons via https://github.com/opdenkamp/xbmc-pvr-addons, but no luck. Keep getting error messages when following the steps in README.

Is it really supposed to be this difficult to watch TV in xbmc?
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#5
If you are trying to build from source, you need the gotham branch, not master, as thats Helix.
Code:
git clone https://github.com/opdenkamp/xbmc-pvr-addons/tree/gotham
cd xbmc-pvr-addons
./bootstrap
./configure
make zip

That should work assuming you have all the required build dependencies.
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#6
No luck with that branch either:
tomas@tomas-740u3e:~/Hämtningar/xbmc-pvr-addons$ ./bootstrap
autoreconf: Entering directory `.'
autoreconf: configure.ac: not using Gettext
autoreconf: running: aclocal --force
autoreconf: configure.ac: tracing
autoreconf: configure.ac: not using Libtool
autoreconf: running: /usr/bin/autoconf --force
configure.ac:15: error: possibly undefined macro: AC_PROG_LIBTOOL
If this token and others are legitimate, please use m4_pattern_allow.
See the Autoconf documentation.
autoreconf: /usr/bin/autoconf failed with exit status: 1
tomas@tomas-740u3e:~/Hämtningar/xbmc-pvr-addons$
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#7
(2014-10-15, 20:42)tomoqv Wrote: No luck with that branch either:
tomas@tomas-740u3e:~/Hämtningar/xbmc-pvr-addons$ ./bootstrap
autoreconf: Entering directory `.'
autoreconf: configure.ac: not using Gettext
autoreconf: running: aclocal --force
autoreconf: configure.ac: tracing
autoreconf: configure.ac: not using Libtool
autoreconf: running: /usr/bin/autoconf --force
configure.ac:15: error: possibly undefined macro: AC_PROG_LIBTOOL
If this token and others are legitimate, please use m4_pattern_allow.
See the Autoconf documentation.
autoreconf: /usr/bin/autoconf failed with exit status: 1
tomas@tomas-740u3e:~/Hämtningar/xbmc-pvr-addons$


I think you are missing some build dependencies


sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install automake libtool zip build-essential


Mike
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#8
Ok, so I finally got around to tinker with this again. With Mikes advice I managed to configure and make the zip-files. I even did
./configure --enable-addons-with-dependencies
but when trying to install the add-on from zip in XBMC I get "unmet depencies"...

I just can't believe it can be this difficult to get pvr set up and working with XBMC in Ubuntu 14.04. I have succeeded on another pc running Xubuntu, but I can't recall how I did it. I am certain, though, that it didn't involve anywhere near all the steps I have been trying now. I think I just added the ppa and apt-get installed, but that doesn't work on this pc.
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#9
This is now solved. I don't know when the setup for pvr clients in Kodi/XBMC changed, but I have now finally found out that Live TV needs to be activated before any pvr clients show up.

Thanks everybody that chimed in to help!
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