TOC
1. Introduction
2. Getting the source code
3. Installing the required Ubuntu packages
4. How to compile
5. Uninstalling
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1. Introduction
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A graphics-adapter with OpenGL acceleration is highly recommended.
24/32 bitdepth is required along with OpenGL.
Note to new Linux users.
All lines that are prefixed with the '$' character are commands, that need to be typed
into a terminal window / console (similar to the command prompt for Windows).
Note that the '$' character itself should NOT be typed as part of the command.
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2. Getting the source code
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.0 $ cd $HOME
.1 $ git clone git://github.com/xbmc/xbmc.git kodi
Note: You can clone any specific branch.
.1 $ git clone -b <branch> git://github.com/xbmc/xbmc.git kodi
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3. Installing the required Ubuntu packages
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Two methods exist to install the required Ubuntu packages:
[NOTICE] For supported older Ubuntu versions, some packages might be outdated.
For those, you can either compile them manually, or use our backports
available from our official stable PPA:
http://launchpad.net/~team-xbmc/+archive/ppa
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3a. Use a single command to get all build dependencies
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[NOTICE] Supported on Ubuntu >= 11.10 (oneiric)
You can get all build dependencies used for building the packages on the PPA
Add the unstable PPA:
For <= 12.04 lts:
$ sudo apt-get install python-software-properties
$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:team-xbmc/xbmc-nightly
For >= 14.04 lts:
$ sudo apt-get install software-properties-common
$ sudo add-apt-repository -s ppa:team-xbmc/xbmc-nightly
Add build-depends PPA:
$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:team-xbmc/xbmc-ppa-build-depends
Here is the magic command to get the build dependencies (used to compile the version on the PPA).
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get build-dep kodi
Optional: If you do not want Kodi to be installed via PPA, you can removed the PPAs again:
$ sudo add-apt-repository -r ppa:team-xbmc/xbmc-nightly
$ sudo add-apt-repository -r ppa:team-xbmc/xbmc-ppa-build-depends
Note: Do not use "aptitude" for the build-dep command. It doesn't resolve everything properly.
For developers and anyone else who compiles frequently it is recommended to use ccache
$ sudo apt-get install ccache
Tip: For those with multiple computers at home is to try out distcc
(fully unsupported from Kodi of course)
$ sudo apt-get install distcc
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3b. Alternative: Manual dependency installation
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For Ubuntu (all versions >= 7.04):
$ sudo apt-get install automake bison build-essential cmake curl cvs dcadec-dev \
default-jre fp-compiler gawk gdc gettext git-core gperf libasound2-dev libass-dev \
libbz2-dev libcap-dev libcdio-dev libcurl3 \
libcurl4-openssl-dev libdbus-1-dev libfontconfig-dev libegl1-mesa-dev libfreetype6-dev \
libfribidi-dev libgif-dev libiso9660-dev libjpeg-dev liblzo2-dev \
libmicrohttpd-dev libmodplug-dev libmysqlclient-dev libnfs-dev \
libogg-dev libpcre3-dev libplist-dev libpng-dev libpulse-dev libsdl2-dev libsmbclient-dev \
libsqlite3-dev libssh-dev libssl-dev libtinyxml-dev libtool libudev-dev libusb-dev \
libva-dev libvdpau-dev libvorbis-dev libvorbisenc2 libxml2-dev libxmu-dev libxrandr-dev \
libxrender-dev libxslt1-dev libxt-dev libyajl-dev mesa-utils nasm pmount python-dev \
python-imaging python-sqlite swig unzip uuid-dev yasm zip zlib1g-dev
For >= 10.10:
$ sudo apt-get install autopoint libltdl-dev
For >= 12.04 lts: Backport for Precise of libyajl2
$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:team-xbmc/xbmc-nightly
$ sudo apt-get install libyajl-dev
Note: Ubuntu Precise users also need a upgraded GCC, else compile will fail.
For >= 12.10:
$ sudo apt-get install libtag1-dev
On 8.10 and older versions, libcurl is outdated and thus Kodi will not compile properly.
In this case you will have to manually compile the latest version.
$ wget http://curl.sourceforge.net/download/curl-7.19.7.tar.gz
$ tar -xzf curl-7.19.7.tar.gz
$ cd curl-7.19.7
$ ./configure --disable-ipv6 --without-libidn --disable-ldap --prefix=/usr
$ make
$ sudo make install
For <= 12.04
Kodi needs a new version of taglib other than what is available at this time.
Use prepackaged from the Kodi build-depends PPA.
0. $ sudo apt-get install libtag1-dev
We also supply a Makefile in lib/taglib to make it easy to install into /usr/local.
1. $ sudo apt-get remove libtag1-dev
$ make -C lib/taglib
$ sudo make -C lib/taglib install
[NOTICE] crossguid / libcrossguid-dev all Linux destributions.
Kodi now requires crossguid which is not available in Ubuntu repositories at this time.
If build-deps PPA doesn't provide a pre-packaged version for your distribution, see (1.) below.
Use prepackaged from the Kodi build-depends PPA.
0. $ sudo apt-get install libcrossguid-dev
We also supply a Makefile in tools/depends/target/crossguid
to make it easy to install into /usr/local.
1. $ make -C tools/depends/target/crossguid PREFIX=/usr/local
Unless you are proficient with how Linux libraries and versions work, do not
try to provide it yourself, as you will likely mess up for other programs.
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4. How to compile
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See README.linux
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4.1. Test Suite
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See README.linux
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5. Uninstalling
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Remove any PPA installed Kodi.
$ sudo apt-get remove kodi* xbmc*
See README.linux/Uninstalling for removing compiled versions of Kodi.
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