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    Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Kodi 18.6>18.8 PVR Simple IPTV NOK! Help

    HI Folks

    Upgrade from 18.04 LTS- 20.04 LTS was fine and very good for a week now.

    A new Kodi update was installed as normal update today morning from Kodi 18.6 to 18.8 and now PVR Simple IPTV client is missing.
    Kodi 18.8 is working but only the PVR is not going . I have been using Simple IPTV since Ubuntu 16.04LTS and worked until Kodi18.8 under 20.04LTS

    Tried install it manually as per Ubuntu Official Site and Kodi Site
    https://ubuntu.pkgs.org/20.04/ubuntu-universe-amd64/kodi-pvr-iptvsimple_3.9.8-1_amd64.deb.html

    Go the following error

    ing@wing-Aspire-V3-571G:~$ sudo apt-get install kodi-pvr-iptvsimple
    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-pvr-iptvsimple : Depends: kodi-api-pvr (= 5.10.3)
    E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

    Started to follow the error but just getting into a rabbit hole...

    Any pointers would be much appreciated.
    rgds
    Don

    Below What was done .
    wing@wing-Aspire-V3-571G:~$ sudo apt-get install kodi-api-pvr
    Reading package lists... Done
    Building dependency tree
    Reading state information... Done
    Package kodi-api-pvr is a virtual package provided by:
    kodi 2:18.6+dfsg1-2ubuntu1 [Not candidate version]


    E: Package 'kodi-api-pvr' has no installation candidate
    wing@wing-Aspire-V3-571G:~$ sudo apt-get install kodi 2:18.6+dfsg1-2ubuntu1
    Reading package lists... Done
    Building dependency tree
    Reading state information... Done
    E: Unable to locate package 2:18.6+dfsg1-2ubuntu1
    E: Couldn't find any package by glob '2:18.6+dfsg1-2ubuntu1'
    E: Couldn't find any package by regex '2:18.6+dfsg1-2ubuntu1'
    wing@wing-Aspire-V3-571G:~$

    Checking requirement for Simple IPTV
    ing@wing-Aspire-V3-571G:~$ lsb_release -a
    No LSB modules are available.
    Distributor ID: Ubuntu
    Description: Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS
    Release: 20.04
    Codename: focal
    wing@wing-Aspire-V3-571G:~$ uname -a
    Linux wing-Aspire-V3-571G 5.4.0-48-generic #52-Ubuntu SMP Thu Sep 10 10:58:49 UTC 2020 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
    wing@wing-Aspire-V3-571G:~$ grep kodi dpkg-query-l
    ii kodi 2:18.8+git20200728.1313-final-0focal all Kodi Media Center (arch-independent data package)
    ii kodi-inputstream-adaptive 2.4.5-1~focal amd64 adaptive inputstream addon for Kodi
    ii kodi-peripheral-joystick 1.5.2-1~focal amd64 Joystick peripheral addon for Kodi
    ii kodi-visualization-spectrum 3.0.4-1~focal amd64 Spectrum visualizer for Kodi
    ii kodi-x11 2:18.8+git20200728.1313-final-0focal amd64 Kodi Media Center for X11 (binary data package)
    wing@wing-Aspire-V3-571G:~$ grep libc6 dpkg-query-l
    ii libc6:amd64 2.31-0ubuntu9.1 amd64 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
    ii libc6:i386 2.31-0ubuntu9.1 i386 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
    ii libc6-dbg:amd64 2.31-0ubuntu9.1 amd64 GNU C Library: detached debugging symbols
    ii libc6-dev:amd64 2.31-0ubuntu9.1 amd64 GNU C Library: Development Libraries and Header Files
    wing@wing-Aspire-V3-571G:~$ grep libgcc-s1 dpkg-query-l
    ii libgcc-s1:amd64 10.2.0-5ubuntu1~20.04 amd64 GCC support library
    ii libgcc-s1:i386 10.2.0-5ubuntu1~20.04 i386 GCC support library
    wing@wing-Aspire-V3-571G:~$ grep libp8-platform2 dpkg-query-l
    ii libp8-platform2:amd64 2.1.0.1+dfsg1-3build1 amd64 Pulse-Eight's platform support library
    wing@wing-Aspire-V3-571G:~$ grep libstdc++6 dpkg-query-l
    ii libstdc++6:amd64 10.2.0-5ubuntu1~20.04 amd64 GNU Standard C++ Library v3
    ii libstdc++6:i386 10.2.0-5ubuntu1~20.04 i386 GNU Standard C++ Library v3
    wing@wing-Aspire-V3-571G:~$ grep zlib1g dpkg-query-l
    ii zlib1g:amd64 1:1.2.11.dfsg-2ubuntu1.1 amd64 compression library - runtime
    ii zlib1g:i386 1:1.2.11.dfsg-2ubuntu1.1 i386 compression library - runtime
    ii zlib1g-dev:amd64 1:1.2.11.dfsg-2ubuntu1.1 amd64 compression library - development
    wing@wing-Aspire-V3-571G:~$ sudo apt-get install kodi
    Reading package lists... Done
    Building dependency tree
    Reading state information... Done
    kodi is already the newest version (2:18.8+git20200728.1313-final-0focal).
    0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
    wing@wing-Aspire-V3-571G:~$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:team-xbmc/ppa
    Official Team Kodi stable releases
    More info: https://launchpad.net/~team-xbmc/+archive/ubuntu/ppa
    Press [ENTER] to continue or Ctrl-c to cancel adding it.

    Hit:1 http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal InRelease
    Hit:2 http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates InRelease
    Hit:3 http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-backports InRelease
    Hit:4 http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu focal InRelease
    Hit:5 http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb stable InRelease
    Hit:6 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-security InRelease
    Hit:7 http://ppa.launchpad.net/team-xbmc/ppa/ubuntu focal InRelease
    Reading package lists... Done
    wing@wing-Aspire-V3-571G:~$ sudo apt-get update
    Hit:1 http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal InRelease
    Hit:2 http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates InRelease
    Hit:3 http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-backports InRelease
    Hit:4 http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb stable InRelease
    Hit:5 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-security InRelease
    Hit:6 http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu focal InRelease
    Hit:7 http://ppa.launchpad.net/team-xbmc/ppa/ubuntu focal InRelease
    Reading package lists... Done
    wing@wing-Aspire-V3-571G:~$ sudo apt-get install kodi-pvr-iptvsimple
    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-pvr-iptvsimple : Depends: kodi-api-pvr (= 5.10.3)
    E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

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    Re: Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Kodi 18.6>18.8 PVR Simple IPTV NOK! Help

    Code:
    you have held broken packages
    Fix those.

    I think synaptic has a "fix broken packages" button.

    In general, those are caused by installed .deb files directly, not through curated Canonical packages. The fix would be to remove those manually installed .deb files, get the APT system where it doesn't complain, then seek newer versions of the manual .deb file, if they aren't in the repos now. Keep a list of all manually installed .deb files, so next time this happens, probably in about 6 months, you don't have to hunt them down manually.

    IMHO.

    I use kodi, but don't use Simple IPTV. Have Kodi running on 3 systems - 2 r-pis and 1 x64 box. The version I'm using on the x64 box is 2:18.8+git20200728.1313-final-0xenial. The PPA I use is https://launchpad.net/~team-xbmc/+archive/ubuntu/ppa with instructions to install. It appears to be maintained.

    For recording TV, I use some custom scripts that only work with HDHR hardware and broadcast TV.

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    Re: Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Kodi 18.6>18.8 PVR Simple IPTV NOK! Help

    The ppa is the only supported way to run and it is always maintained. Kodi forums won't help if you aren't using ppa or self compiled. Ubuntu packages have modifications that the Kodi people dont use for various reasons.

    Normally I'd say stick with Ubuntu repos. In this case though the Kodi ppa is the only way to get exactly what they intended. Using it for years, never an issue.

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    [SOLVED] Re: Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Kodi 18.6>18.8 PVR Simple IPTV NOK! Help

    Found a solution from launchpad.net and Kodi team

    sudo apt install kodi-pvr-iptvsimple=3.9.8-1~focal

    Works perfectly ..

    Explanation

    *************************
    the problem is that ubuntu pulled debians iptvsimple package.
    https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/kod...le/3.9.8-1 is NOT our ppa package, but it's official ubuntu, and the version is "higher" than ours: https://launchpad.net/~team-xbmc/+archiv...hive-extra

    Until we release a newer version, you can install our package like this: apt install kodi-pvr-iptvsimple=3.9.8-1~focal
    Obviously, you need our PPA enabled.
    ***************************************

    OUTPUT AFTER INSTALL
    =====================

    wing@wing-Aspire-V3-571G:~$ grep kodi l
    ii kodi 2:18.8+git20200728.1313-final-0focal all Kodi Media Center (arch-independent data package)
    ii kodi-inputstream-adaptive 2.4.5-1~focal amd64 adaptive inputstream addon for Kodi
    ii kodi-peripheral-joystick 1.5.2-1~focal amd64 Joystick peripheral addon for Kodi
    ii kodi-pvr-iptvsimple 3.9.8-1~focal amd64 Simple IPTV PVR for Kodi
    ii kodi-x11 2:18.8+git20200728.1313-final-0focal amd64 Kodi Media Center for X11 (binary data package)
    wing@wing-Aspire-V3-571G:~$ apt-cache policy kodi
    kodi:
    Installed: 2:18.8+git20200728.1313-final-0focal
    Candidate: 2:18.8+git20200728.1313-final-0focal
    Version table:
    *** 2:18.8+git20200728.1313-final-0focal 500
    500 http://ppa.launchpad.net/team-xbmc/ppa/ubuntu focal/main amd64 Packages
    500 http://ppa.launchpad.net/team-xbmc/ppa/ubuntu focal/main i386 Packages
    100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
    2:18.6+dfsg1-2ubuntu1 500
    500 http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal/universe amd64 Packages
    wing@wing-Aspire-V3-571G:~$ apt-cache policy kodi-pvr-iptvsimple
    kodi-pvr-iptvsimple:
    Installed: 3.9.8-1~focal
    Candidate: 3.9.8-1
    Version table:
    3.9.8-1 500
    500 http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal/universe amd64 Packages
    *** 3.9.8-1~focal 500
    500 http://ppa.launchpad.net/team-xbmc/ppa/ubuntu focal/main amd64 Packages
    100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
    wing@wing-Aspire-V3-571G:~$




    cheers

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