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    Is it really necessary to force users to use pippleware's KODI?

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      toto Banned @BuZz
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      That's fine by me.

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        toto Banned @toto
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        For anyone interested, this fixes my initial annoyance.

        Create or edit /etc/apt/preferences with the following text:

        Package: *
        Pin: origin *.bintray.com
        Pin-Priority: 1

        Now KODI and related packages won't be updated/upgraded to pipplewares version.

        That's it from me, you can now delete my account at your convenience.

        Thanks!

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        • mediamogulM
          mediamogul Global Moderator
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          Wait! you never told us where you hid the money.

          RetroPie v4.5 • RPi3 Model B • 5.1V 2.5A PSU • 16GB SanDisk microSD • 512GB External Drive

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            toto Banned
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            I might cover that in my next appearance...

            Until then, toto has left the building!

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            • glennlakeG
              glennlake @toto
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              @toto If you don't want to help other people on this forum, why did you even start this post??

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                toto Banned @glennlake
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                @glennlake

                You might not have noticed but I even posted a simple solution (apt-pinning) to my problem above which also could help others.

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                • BuZzB
                  BuZz administrators
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                  No actual need to pin it - if you uninstall kodi from retropie-setup (at least on v4.x) it removes the repo and packages - and jessie version can be installed. Or manually uninstall and remove /etc/apt/sources.list.d/pipplware.list

                  [edit] correction it wont uninstall the repo without a dependencies removal currently.

                  sudo ./retropie_packages.sh kodi depends remove

                  To help us help you - please make sure you read the sticky topics before posting - https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

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                    toto Banned
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                    Just got home and decided to have another go at this although I'm perfectly happy with apt-pinning myself it might help others.

                    Tried it with another SD card (Raspiban Jessie Full edition unaltered, up to date only RetroPie installed). The same thing happens when I use pipplewares KODI, it just segment faults. I have saved the log file (only KODIs, started from console).

                    If people are still interested I could post that log file.

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                    • BuZzB
                      BuZz administrators
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                      Yes please. (via pastebin.com or similar).

                      To help us help you - please make sure you read the sticky topics before posting - https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

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                        toto Banned @BuZz
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                        @BuZz

                        Pinning was the best option for me because when you update installed binaries from retropie-setup it installs pipplwares repro again and you can start over again. This way pipplwares repro gets ignored when you upgrade.

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                        • BuZzB
                          BuZz administrators
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                          It shouldn't re-install the Repo so long as Kodi shows as not installed from RetroPie 4.x as it only updates packages that are installed. (It works this out based on folders in /opt/retropie so it will ignore Jessie Kodi)

                          To help us help you - please make sure you read the sticky topics before posting - https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

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                          • BuZzB
                            BuZz administrators
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                            I have updated the Kodi script so removal via RetroPie-Setup will remove pipplware repository.

                            To help us help you - please make sure you read the sticky topics before posting - https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

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                              toto Banned @BuZz
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                              @BuZz said in Is it really necessary to force users to use pippleware's KODI?:

                              It shouldn't re-install the Repo so long as Kodi shows as not installed from RetroPie 4.x as it only updates packages that are installed. (It works this out based on folders in /opt/retropie so it will ignore Jessie Kodi)

                              Actually it does (checked this before upgrading and it clearly said KODI wasn't installed). I've dealt with this several times removed pipplewares repro before updating to make sure. I hope you now understand my initial anoyance.

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                                toto Banned @BuZz
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                                @BuZz said in Is it really necessary to force users to use pippleware's KODI?:

                                I have updated the Kodi script so removal via RetroPie-Setup will remove pipplware repository.

                                Thanks, I will try that later this week, maybe tomorrow.

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                                  BuZz administrators @toto
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                                  @toto probably because you still had the repository installed. I don't understand your annoyance. We do this for free and have been trying to help. Perhaps you can try and be a little more understanding

                                  To help us help you - please make sure you read the sticky topics before posting - https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

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                                    toto Banned @BuZz
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                                    @BuZz said in Is it really necessary to force users to use pippleware's KODI?:

                                    @toto probably because you still had the repository installed. I don't understand your annoyance. We do this for free and have been trying to help. Perhaps you can try and be a little more understanding

                                    I understand that and I really appreciate the efforts of everybody involved with RetroPie.

                                    But you really can't say I'm not understanding. I haven't been rude, even posted a solution that works fine and even took the time to try it again and provide you people with a log file (which is on it's way as soon as I can find a good solution, something where I don't have to sign up. Any other suggestions?).

                                    So please don't say that, maybe you should be more understanding.

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                                      toto Banned
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                                      Wasted space...

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                                        toto Banned
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                                        KODI logfile part two:

                                        Mmhhh, appearantly part two isn't gone happen this way, flagged as spam.

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                                        • herb_fargusH
                                          herb_fargus administrators @toto
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                                          @toto use pastebin.com as requested

                                          If you read the documentation it will answer 99% of your questions: https://retropie.org.uk/docs/

                                          Also if you want a solution to your problems read this first: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

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                                            toto Banned @herb_fargus
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                                            @herb_fargus

                                            Thanks, now I see you don't have to sign in to paste something.

                                            KODI log file

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