Kodi upgrade to version 20 yet?

General Discussion
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Im currently runnning Kodi v19.4. Just wondering if there is a newer version available for Dietpi? If so what does the upgrade process look like?

TIA!
Clarky

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Depending on your device SBC, Kodi is installed from global Debian apt package repository. And officially Kodi 20 is available within Debian Bookworm only. Debian -- Package Search Results -- Kodi

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Ahh how do I discover my device SBC? Sorry - not familiar with the term.

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On what device do you use dietpi?
SBC stands for single board computer.

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Required

  • DietPi version | cat /boot/dietpi/.version
  • Distro version | echo $G_DISTRO_NAME $G_RASPBIAN
  • Kernel version | uname -a
  • Architecture | dpkg --print-architecture
  • SBC model | echo $G_HW_MODEL_NAME or (EG: RPi3)
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Thanks - details below.

DietPi version:
root@DietPi:~# cat /boot/dietpi/.version
G_DIETPI_VERSION_CORE=8
G_DIETPI_VERSION_SUB=15
G_DIETPI_VERSION_RC=2
G_GITBRANCH=‘master’
G_GITOWNER=‘MichaIng’
G_LIVE_PATCH_STATUS[0]=‘not applicable’

Distro version: bullseye 0

Kernel version: Linux DietPi 6.1.19-v8+ #1637 SMP PREEMPT Tue Mar 14 11:11:47 GMT 2023 aarch64 GNU/Linux

Architecture: arm64

SBC model: RPi 4 Model B (aarch64)

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ok, Kodi package is installed from Raspberry own apt package repository.

root@DietPi4:~# apt show kodi | grep 'Version\|APT-Sources'
Version: 2:19.4-3~bullseye
APT-Sources: https://archive.raspberrypi.org/debian bullseye/main arm64 Packages
root@DietPi4:~#

Anway for Kodi 20 an upgrade to Bookworm would be necessary, but Raspberry don’t offer anything like Koid 20 Index of /debian/pool/main/k/kodi because they don’t have Bookworm packages already.

On Bookworm the packages from global Debian apt repository would be used. Debian -- Package Search Results -- kodi

root@DietPi4:~# apt show kodi | grep 'Version\|APT-Sources'
Version: 2:20.0+dfsg-2
APT-Sources: https://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm/main arm64 Packages
root@DietPi4:~#
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Hey sorry to rehydrate this old thread but I finally upgrade to bullseye via the script here: Debian Bookworm has been released – DietPi Blog

Seems to have worked ok but Im still testing.

Can you tell me how I would go about upgrading kodi now that Im on bullseye?

root@DietPi:~# apt show kodi | grep ‘Version|APT-Sources’

WARNING: apt does not have a stable CLI interface. Use with caution in scripts.

Version: 3:20.5-4~bookworm
APT-Sources: Index of /debian bookworm/main arm64 Packages

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I guess you mean Bookworm.

Kodi should update to v20 automatically as it is an Debian apt package

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Yep - sorry Bookworm. Upgraded now and fixed Kodi issue. 20.5 installed and golden!

Thanks for all the help Joulinar