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Icebreaker95 · 2024-01-19, 01:07

Hello,
I think I literally searched the whole web for information to install an older version of Kodi (19.x) on the Raspberry Pi 4 (Raspbian OS and I want to stay with it).
I already tried different information I found, for example here: https://kodi.wiki/view/HOW-TO:Install_Ko...nt_version
But in the kodi-old-repository there seems to keep no older version for the Raspberry. I also found none on these sites: https://mirrors.kodi.tv/releases/ (or at least I don't know which one would fit and how to install it).
Later I found this site which seems to contain older versions of Kodi usable fo the Raspberry (for example 19.4 ARM-files) as *.deb-files, also some packages (*.tar.xz). So I tried to install some deb-files manually without much success. Maybe because I used some wrong commands or used a wrong file-order. I even tried to create a local repository following this guide but without success, maybe becaus of the same issues: https://sites.google.com/site/debianpack...repository
Because I'm new in this whole environment I'm stuck right now. I know there is a possibility to compile the old version by myself, but therefore I would also need a step-by-step-guide for dummies.

Is there someone who managed the task (there just must be a way) to install an older version and is willing to help me out, it would be highly appreciated.

Thank you.
Icebreaker95

Icebreaker95 · 2024-01-19, 13:11

Damn, forgot the link where I found the older versions in deb-files, sorry: https://ftp.thm.de/linux/debian/pool/main/k/kodi/

**popcornmix** · 2024-01-19, 14:00

(2024-01-19, 01:07)Icebreaker95 Wrote: Because I'm new in this whole environment I'm stuck right now. I know there is a possibility to compile the old version by myself, but therefore I would also need a step-by-step-guide for dummies.

You've not said what version of OS you are running. Is it RPiOS bullseye (or bookworm/buster/wheezy/stretch).

calev

(2024-01-19, 01:07)Icebreaker95 Wrote: Hello,
I think I literally searched the whole web for information to install an older version of Kodi (19.x) on the Raspberry Pi 4 (Raspbian OS and I want to stay with it).
I already tried different information I found, for example here: https://kodi.wiki/view/HOW-TO:Install_Ko...nt_version
But in the kodi-old-repository there seems to keep no older version for the Raspberry. I also found none on these sites: https://mirrors.kodi.tv/releases/ (or at least I don't know which one would fit and how to install it).
Later I found this site which seems to contain older versions of Kodi usable fo the Raspberry (for example 19.4 ARM-files) as *.deb-files, also some packages (*.tar.xz). So I tried to install some deb-files manually without much success. Maybe because I used some wrong commands or used a wrong file-order. I even tried to create a local repository following this guide but without success, maybe becaus of the same issues: https://sites.google.com/site/debianpack...repository
Because I'm new in this whole environment I'm stuck right now. I know there is a possibility to compile the old version by myself, but therefore I would also need a step-by-step-guide for dummies.

Is there someone who managed the task (there just must be a way) to install an older version and is willing to help me out, it would be highly appreciated.

Thank you.
Icebreaker95

Yes. If you are willing to install android you can install what ever version apk you want. I have used android on the raspberry pi and kodi ran fine.

How to install android here: https://konstakang.com/devices/rpi5/AOSP14/

Video of android and kodi running on raspberry pi 5: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Jq3L70jYD-o

Icebreaker95 · 2024-01-21, 10:28

Thanks for your answers. As I wrote I would like to keep Raspbian as OS if possible. If not, will this guide also work for a Raspberry Pi 4?
At the moment I‘m running bookworm. Will the posted links with the deb-files somehow help me out or is there any repository keeping a 19.x version of Kodi for Raspberry?

izprtxqkft · 2024-01-21, 17:55

(2024-01-21, 10:28)Icebreaker95 Wrote: Will the posted links with the deb-files somehow help me out

no because you are not following any correct links

the linux wiki doesn't apply to you because there is a separate wiki for raspberry pi https://kodi.wiki/view/HOW-TO:Install_Ko...spberry_Pi

https://mirrors.kodi.tv/releases/ has never hosted any linux builds, those would have been posted to the team kodi ppa, the team kodi ppa is only for ubuntu though

these 2 links are for debian
https://sites.google.com/site/debianpack...repository
https://ftp.thm.de/linux/debian/pool/main/k/kodi/

but you're not running debian, you're running Raspbian
fun fact Raspbian is now RpiOS or Raspberry Pi OS https://www.raspberrypi.com/software

to add to that, you need to run the version that is provided by your OS, if you run bookworm then it provides 20.x and you will need to downgrade to Bullseye in order to get 19.x due to system libraries
scroll down to legacy here https://www.raspberrypi.com/software/operating-systems

this forum is really for help with Kodi after it's installed, you really should seek help from their forum when it concerns general raspberry pi usage like installing packages https://forums.raspberrypi.com

**popcornmix** · 2024-01-22, 14:42

(2024-01-21, 10:28)Icebreaker95 Wrote: Thanks for your answers. As I wrote I would like to keep Raspbian as OS if possible. If not, will this guide also work for a Raspberry Pi 4?
At the moment I‘m running bookworm. Will the posted links with the deb-files somehow help me out or is there any repository keeping a 19.x version of Kodi for Raspberry?

The first question is why you need kodi 19? It will get no updates or bug fixes, and generally kodi 20 will be "better".

Simplest answer is you switch to RPiOS bullseye which will have kodi 19 in the apt repo by default.

Complicated answers include adding bullseye to your bookworm apt sources. You can can then apt install bullseye packages on bookworm. But issues with compatible versions of dependent libraries are very likely.

You could try building kodi 19 from source on bookworm. See second post in this thread.
But the thread was written for running on bullseye, so tweaks may be needed on bookworm.

Icebreaker95 · 2024-01-23, 00:59

Ok, I see it's not the easiest task and I'm new in the Linux-terrain, so please excuse the maybe stupid question. I just thought there must be an easy way I'm just not aware of.

**popcornmix** · 2024-01-23, 17:03

(2024-01-23, 00:59)Icebreaker95 Wrote: Ok, I see it's not the easiest task and I'm new in the Linux-terrain, so please excuse the maybe stupid question. I just thought there must be an easy way I'm just not aware of.

No easy way. The way debian is designed is each major version of debian (buster/bullseye/bookworm etc) picks a major version of each software package and sticks with it.
e.g. https://packages.debian.org/bookworm/kodi shows that bookworm uses kodi /20, and that will not get a different major version of kodi without shifting to a newer major version of debian.

kodi has many dependencies on other packages and generally they to be fairly specific versions.
e.g. you can't run kodi 19 with ffmpeg 6, or kodi 20 with ffmpeg 4.
So it's pretty hard to just bump a single package without changing many dependent packages.

Other distributions (like LibreELEC) make it easier to switch kodi version (as kodi and libs are all packaged together).

calev · 2024-01-24, 16:51

Good reason to just use flatpack. I wonder if anyone has tried packaging a modified flatpack on raspberry pi.

stuckinthehome · 2024-01-24, 18:30

Is this a previous version that you had installed before or a complete new install (OS and Kodi).

If you had the version installed before, you can check for the package in /var/cache/apt/archives

I run arch and they have a place for packages. I keep them all in the event something goes south on a package. Yeah it takes up a lot of space but it's nice to have them if needed.