Kodi is broken on raspbian buster

[Rascas]

Trying to install kodi from the pipplware repository i get the following error:

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apt install kodi
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 kodi : Depends: kodi-bin (>= 2:18.3-2~buster) but 2:17.6+dfsg1-4+b1 is to be installed
        Depends: libshairplay0 but it is not installable
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

The output of

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apt policy kodi

however shows:

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kodi:
  Installed: (none)
  Candidate: 2:18.3-2~buster
  Version table:
     2:18.3-2~buster 500
        500 http://pipplware.pplware.pt/pipplware/dists/buster/main/binary  Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     2:18.3-1~buster 500
        500 http://pipplware.pplware.pt/pipplware/dists/buster/main/binary  Packages
     2:17.6+dfsg1-4+b1 500
        500 http://httpredir.debian.org/debian buster/main arm64 Packages

What now?

Did you run "sudo apt update && sudo apt dist-upgrade" first ?

[sdpgo12]

What file do I need to edit so that when I do a SUDO APT-GET UPDATE/UPGRADE, I will get Raspbian STRETCH? I plan to install kodi LEIA, then move back to BUSTER. Will this work and how do I keep kodi from updating after the install?

[amilino]

What file do I need to edit so that when I do a SUDO APT-GET UPDATE/UPGRADE, I will get Raspbian STRETCH? I plan to install kodi LEIA, then move back to BUSTER. Will this work and how do I keep kodi from updating after the install?

You don't need to do that and it will not probably work.

Please read first post here https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/view ... 8&t=246837

[virii]

The packages for stretch are incompatible with buster. It's the whole reasoning for using the pipplware repository I mentioned on page one.

I'm running Leia 14.2 on buster as we speak on my 3B+

[arv2906]

unable to install kodi after pipplware repositories

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sudo apt install kodi
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 kodi : Depends: kodi-bin (>= 2:18.4-3~buster) but it is not going to be installed
        Depends: kodi-bin (< 2:18.4-3~buster.1~) but it is not going to be installed
        Depends: python-bluez but it is not installable or
                 python-lightblue but it is not installable
        Depends: libshairplay0 but it is not going to be installed
        Depends: libaacs0 but it is not installable
        Depends: libcec4 but it is not going to be installed
        Recommends: libva-intel-vaapi-driver but it is not installable
        Recommends: libva1 but it is not installable
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

I did sudo apt update && sudo apt dist-upgrade

[virii]

Uninstall Kodi and it's dependencies then reinstall

[LTolledo]

did you follow the steps outlined in the link below?

https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/view ... 6&t=251645

if not then there is no guarantee that your setup will work
if you dont/never want to follow the steps it up to you.

I followed the steps....and my Kodi installation worked!