seaken64
Okay, I apologize. I incorrectly assigned the term “Sid” to the testing repos. That is not correct. Sid is the next level of testing and is “unstable”. The testing repos are not quite as cutting edge as the Sid repos but are more “rolling” than the Stable repos.
Nevertheless, I have successfully used the testing repos to install some programs that are not available in the current Stable repo. This can be tricky, and can lead to problems, so don’t do it if you need something stable. But if all you are going for is Kodi-19 you may want to try this.
I just did this in a virtual machine. I have also done this with Kodi-18 when we were on Stretch. Here’s what I did:
Start with an updated/upgraded antiX-19.3 (Buster/Stable)
Open the Control Centre and select “Edit Config Files” from the System tab. Edit the file named debian.list and remove the hash (#) from in front of the Debian Testing section that starts with “deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ testing” and then Save the open file. (Note: you will reverse this action after Kodi-19 is installed)
Open a terminal and type:
sudo apt update
After it is finished updating it will tell you there are packages to upgrade. DO NOT UPGRADE any packages.
To confirm that the candidate for installing Kodi is version 19 type:
sudo apt policy kodi
You should see 19.1 at the top. 17.6 might also be on the list but 19 should be the candidate for installation.
To install kodi type:
sudo apt install kodi kodi-bin kodi-data kodi-repository
You will see a LOT of information come on screen. If you are not sure you want to do this install yet just type “N” and it will abort. If you decide to go for it type “Y” and Kodi will be installed.
After Kodi is installed you will be back at the command prompt in the terminal. Before you go any further you should turn OFF the testing repository. Go back to the same debian.list file and put the hash (#) back in front of the Debian Testing line you previously removed it from. Then save the file again. Now go back to the terminal and type:
sudo apt update
If you had already done your upgrades prior to installing Kodi-19 you should get a message that says everything is up to date and there are no upgrades. If you did not run upgrades prior you may get a message that there are packages to upgrade. You can skip that for now.
To start Kodi type:
kodi
That’s it.
Bear in mind that this installs Kodi-19 but that doesn’t mean it will work okay on your machine. Also, this is Debian’s version of Kodi and the Kodi forum does not like to help with the Debian version.
I can only speak for myself and I have done this type of thing a few times. But it is NOT recommended by the antiX devs and if you decide to try this you can’t expect too much assistance since it’s not really supported. This type of thing is more supported in MX. If your machine can run MX you might be better off trying that distro.
Good luck,
seaken64
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