Build kodi

Building Kodi on Linux

Set root directory

export KODI_ROOT=$HOME/dev

Make sure git is installed

sudo apt install git

Change to your home directory

cd $KODI_ROOT

Clone Kodi's current master branch

git clone https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc kodi

Add Kodi's nightly PPA to grab dependencies

sudo add-apt-repository -s ppa:team-xbmc/xbmc-nightly

Super-duper magic command to get the build dependencies

sudo apt build-dep kodi

You can install ccache (optional)

sudo apt install ccache

Create an out-of-source build directory

mkdir $KODI_ROOT/kodi-build

Change to build directory

cd $KODI_ROOT/kodi-build

Configure build for X11

cmake ../kodi -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr/local

Build Kodi

cmake --build . -- VERBOSE=1 -j$(getconf _NPROCESSORS_ONLN)

Build all add-ons

cd $/KODI_ROOTkodi
sudo make -j$(getconf _NPROCESSORS_ONLN) -C tools/depends/target/binary-addons PREFIX=/usr/local

Building Kodi on Android

Get SDK and NDK
[NDK]
[SDK]

Set root directory

export KODI_ROOT=$HOME/dev

Unzip software

mkdir -p $KODI_ROOT/android-tools/android-sdk-linux
unzip $KODI_ROOT/Downloads/sdk-tools-linux-4333796.zip -d $KODI_ROOT/android-tools/android-sdk-linux
unzip $KODI_ROOT/Downloads/android-ndk-r18b-linux-x86_64.zip -d $KODI_ROOT/android-tools

Accept Licenses

cd $KODI_ROOT/android-tools/android-sdk-linux/tools/bin
./sdkmanager --licenses
./sdkmanager platform-tools
./sdkmanager "platforms;android-26"
./sdkmanager "build-tools;25.0.3"

Change to Android NDK tools directory

cd $KODI_ROOT/android-tools/android-ndk-r18b/build/tools

Set up toolchain

./make-standalone-toolchain.sh --install-dir=$KODI_ROOT/android-tools/arm-linux-androideabi-vanilla/android-21 --platform=android-21 --toolchain=arm-linux-androideabi

Create a key to sign

keytool -genkey -keystore ~/.android/debug.keystore -v -alias androiddebugkey -dname "CN=Android Debug,O=Android,C=US" -keypass android -storepass android -keyalg RSA -keysize 2048 -validity 10000

Clone Kodi's current master branch

cd $KODI_ROOT
git clone https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc kodi

Prepare to configure build

cd $KODI_ROOT/kodi/tools/depends
./bootstrap

Configure build for arm Kodi 17
./configure --with-tarballs=$KODI_ROOT/android-tools/xbmc-tarballs --with-ndk-api=24 --host=arm-linux-androideabi --with-sdk=android-26 --with-sdk-path=$KODI_ROOT/android-tools/android-sdk-linux --with-ndk=$KODI_ROOT/android-tools/android-ndk-r18b --with-toolchain=$KODI_ROOT/android-tools/arm-linux-androideabi-vanilla/android-24 --prefix=$KODI_ROOT/android-tools/xbmc-depends
Configure build for arm Kodi 18

./configure --with-tarballs=$KODI_ROOT/android-tools/xbmc-tarballs --with-ndk-api=24 --host=arm-linux-androideabi --with-sdk-path=$KODI_ROOT/android-tools/android-sdk-linux --with-ndk-path=$KODI_ROOT/android-tools/android-ndk-r18b --with-toolchain=$KODI_ROOT/android-tools/arm-linux-androideabi-vanilla/android-21 --prefix=$KODI_ROOT/android-tools/xbmc-depends

Patch for Kodi 17 only

$KODI_ROOT/kodi/tools/depends/native/automake-native/x86_64-linux-native$ vi bin/automake.in

--- automake.in	2015-01-06 03:25:55.000000000 +0800
+++ automake.in.patched	2017-07-26 13:58:07.086205701 +0800
@@ -3878,7 +3878,7 @@
 sub substitute_ac_subst_variables
 {
   my ($text) = @_;
-  $text =~ s/\${([^ \t=:+{}]+)}/substitute_ac_subst_variables_worker ($1)/ge;
+  $text =~ s/\$\{([^ \t=:+{}]+)\}/substitute_ac_subst_variables_worker ($1)/ge;
   return $text;
 }

Build tools and dependencies

make -j$(getconf _NPROCESSORS_ONLN)

Build all add-ons
cd $KODI_ROOT/kodi

make -j$(getconf _NPROCESSORS_ONLN) -C tools/depends/target/binary-addons

Build Kodi
Configure CMake build:

cd $KODI_ROOT/kodi
make -C tools/depends/target/cmakebuildsys

Build Kodi

cd $KODI_ROOT/kodi/build
make -j$(getconf _NPROCESSORS_ONLN)

Create package

make apk

Building Amended PVR IPTV Simple Plugin Linux

cd $KODI_ROOT
git clone https://github.com/bibble235/pvr.iptvsimple
cd pvr.iptvsimple && mkdir build && cd build
cmake -DADDONS_TO_BUILD=pvr.iptvsimple -DADDON_SRC_PREFIX=../.. -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=../../xbmc/addons -DPACKAGE_ZIP=1 ../../xbmc/cmake/addons
make

Building Amended PVR IPTV Simple Plugin Android

cd $KODI_ROOT
git clone https://github.com/bibble235/pvr.iptvsimple
cd pvr.iptvsimple && mkdir build && cd build
cmake -DADDONS_TO_BUILD=pvr.iptvsimple -DADDON_SRC_PREFIX=../.. -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=../../kodi/addons -DPACKAGE_ZIP=1 \
-DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=$KODI_ROOT/Android/kodi/tools/depends/target/binary-addons/arm-linux-androideabi-21-debug/build/depends/share/Toolchain_binaddons.cmake \ 
../../kodi/cmake/addons
make