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2014-10-25, 23:53
(This post was last modified: 2014-10-25, 23:54 by t2ffn.)
Has anyone managed to get any PVR client front end installed, enabled and working under XBMCbuntu Kodi Alpha?
I've run all the command line installers, even appears to be successful but on checking home/XBMC/.kodi/addons, there is no Mediaportal PVR client, and when checking the Addons menu inside Kodi, there is no option for PVR client, so it seems its just not being installed or recognised.
Ned Scott has posted: "I wonder if the PVR add-ons are having trouble with the new settings folder name being kodi instead of xbmc." so I ask, has anyone got PVR clients working under a recent XBMCbuntu Kodi Alpha?
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2014-10-26, 07:58
(This post was last modified: 2014-10-28, 08:38 by fritsch.)
sudo apt-get remove xbmc-pvr-*
then symlink /usr/lib/kodi to /usr/lib/xbmc and same for /usr/share/kodi to /usr/share/xbmc
afterwards install xbmc-pvr-* again
Edit: As some people prefer "copy / paste" answers I changed the above package name to have an asterisk. just replace it with whatever addon you have installed, e.g. xbmc-pvr-iptvsimple
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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2014-10-26, 12:10
(This post was last modified: 2014-10-26, 12:24 by t2ffn.)
1) sudo apt-get remove xbmc-pvr-addons
E: unable to locate package xbmc-pvr-addons but as its not installing where is meant to, that may be why.
2) then symlink /usr/lib/kodi to /usr/lib/xbmc and same for /usr/share/kodi to /usr/share/xbmc
I used sudo ln -s /usr/lib/kodi /usr/lib/xbmc
which returned ln: failed to create symbolic link 'usr/lib/xbmc' : no such file or directory. I think i missed the first / so added in and it did nothing when i hit return, no confirmation or fail message.
If I manually navigate to usr/lib/xbmc there is an addons folder within that a folder named pvr.mediaportal.tvserver, within that a file name XBMC_Mediaportal.pvr
Inside of usr/lib/kodi there is a folder named addons/library.xbmc.pvr, within that a file named ibXBMC_pvr-x86_64-linux.so
Ran sudo apt-get install xbmc-pvr-mediaportal-tvserver but it has had no effect in XBMC menus etc. still no ability to activate live TV or see PVR addons.
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for good measure: sudo apt-get remove xbmc-pvr-*
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nope, the ln line is perfectly correct. You did the the wrong way around.
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2014-10-28, 10:14
(This post was last modified: 2014-10-28, 10:15 by wsnipex.)
what you want is a _link_ named /usr/lib/xbmc pointing to the _target_ /usr/lib/kodi
same for /usr/share
edit: note that current nightly packages from our ppa already create those if the xbmc links(or dirs) do not exist already.
