Install KODI on Ubuntu 17.10

General Discussion
1

I upgraded from this version

VIM2_Ubuntu_Mate_17.04_4.9. 40 (Khadas VIM2 Max)

to

Ubuntu to Artful version 17.10.

Now I would like to install Kodi 17.6 and I used the following package

aml-kodi-ubuntu_5.41_arm64.deb

but the installation fails :persevere: due to dependency failure.
Any help would be welcome.:roll_eyes:

Aabento

2

Try it through Gdebi

sudo apt-get install gdebi

gdebi AML-Kodi-ubuntu_5.41_arm64.deb

3

Thanks by help.

I still had dependency problems. :disappointed_relieved:

aabento@Khadas:~/Downloads$ gdebi aml-kodi-ubuntu_5.41_arm64.deb
Reading package listsā€¦ Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state informationā€¦ Done
Reading state informationā€¦ Done
This package is uninstallable
Dependency is not satisfiable: libavcodec-ffmpeg56 (>= 7:2.4)|libavcodec-ffmpeg-extra56 (>= 7:2.4)

4

This will fix the dependencies, install the necessary packages

sudo apt-get install -f

5

I tried that but no wayā€¦:tired_face:

aabento@Khadas:~/Downloads$ sudo apt-get install -f
[sudo] password for aabento:
Reading package listsā€¦ Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state informationā€¦ Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
aabento@Khadas:~/Downloads$ gdebi aml-kodi-ubuntu_5.41_arm64.deb
Reading package listsā€¦ Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state informationā€¦ Done
Reading state informationā€¦ Done
This package is uninstallable
Dependency is not satisfiable: libavcodec-ffmpeg56 (>= 7:2.4)|libavcodec-ffmpeg-extra56 (>= 7:2.4)

6

First

sudo apt-get install -f

Later

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade

7

Dear zgenia44
I have to thank you by your time. Unfortunately this doesnā€™t worked once again.
Probably I have something wrong with the installation.
See what I got.

aabento@Khadas:~/Downloads$ sudo apt-get install -f
[sudo] password for aabento:
Reading package listsā€¦ Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state informationā€¦ Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
aabento@Khadas:~/Downloads$ sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade
Hit:1 http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports artful InRelease
Get:2 http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports artful-updates InRelease [78.6 kB]
Get:3 http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports artful-backports InRelease [72.2 kB]
Get:4 http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports artful-security InRelease [78.6 kB]
Get:5 http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports artful-backports/universe arm64 Packages [3,824 B]
Get:6 http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports artful-backports/universe armhf Packages [3,836 B]
Fetched 237 kB in 2s (113 kB/s)
Reading package listsā€¦ Done
Reading package listsā€¦ Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state informationā€¦ Done
Calculating upgradeā€¦ Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
aabento@Khadas:~/Downloads$ gdebi aml-kodi-ubuntu_5.41_arm64.deb
Reading package listsā€¦ Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state informationā€¦ Done
Reading state informationā€¦ Done
This package is uninstallable
Dependency is not satisfiable: libavcodec-ffmpeg56 (>= 7:2.4)|libavcodec-ffmpeg-extra56 (>= 7:2.4)

aabento@Khadas:~/Downloads$

8

I donā€™t know if itā€™s possible to install Kodi 17 on Ubuntu Vim2, but i am completely sure it wonā€™t work, at least for now, unfortunately Linux is still not supported on Amlogic socā€™s.

If you do succeed to install it, it will be very hard to use it properly because it wonā€™t be hardware accelerated.

I do not have high hopes regarding Amlogic S912 with proper Linux support, i do believe S905/x has the best chance within Amlogic family for Linux driver support.