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## 2. Install the required packages
+**NOTE:** Kodi requires a compiler with C++14 support, i.e. gcc >= 4.9 or clang >= 3.4
+
Install build dependencies needed to cross-compile Kodi for the Raspberry Pi:
```
sudo apt install autoconf bison build-essential curl default-jdk gawk git gperf libcurl4-openssl-dev zlib1g-dev
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make -C tools/depends/target/cmakebuildsys
```
+**TIP:** BUILD_DIR can be provided as an argument to cmakebuildsys. This allows you to provide an alternate build location. Change all paths onwards as required if BUILD_DIR option used.
+```
+mkdir $HOME/kodi-build
+make -C tools/depends/target/cmakebuildsys BUILD_DIR=$HOME/kodi-build
+```
+
Build Kodi:
```
cd $HOME/kodi/build