Kodi upgrading inputstream adaptive

[rlongfield]

I'm liking Retropie, I've tried many times to get retro gaming up and running and often either the setup is a nighmare or things just don't work right.
So far RetroPie has been painless. So much so in fact that I decided that I'd install Kodi and merge multiple devices.

After a bit of a hiccup accessing my Samba shares things are looking up with only 1 more hurdle to clear. Upgrading inputstream adaptive to 2.4.4.

I have a Kodi plugin that needs inputstream adaptive 2.4.4 and when I prompt for an update I'm informed that 2.3.17 (the one installed) is the most current.

I performed a complete update last night from the Retropie menu's and said Yes to the base OS update. When I checked the version I get:

Release: 9.11
Codename: stretch

I added 'raspbian buster' to my sources list with no improvement.

When I do an apt update I see:
raspbian stretch
raspbian buster
and
pipplware/dists/stretch/main/binary

I don't know what pippleware is, it's not in my sources list.

I did check http://pipplware.pplware.pt/pipplware/dists/ and noticed there was a buster distro listed which had the inputstream adaptive 2.4.4 deb file.
I grabbed that file and tried to install it but I was told it was for Buster and not Stretch.

How can I get inputstream adaptive upgraded to 2.4.4?

[mitu]

@rlongfield said in Kodi upgrading inputstream adaptive:

I performed a complete update last night from the Retropie menu's and said Yes to the base OS update. When I checked the version I get:
Release: 9.11
Codename: stretch

That's because the previous version of the RetroPie image (4.5) was based on Raspbian Stretch. If you install the latest image (4.6), you'll be running on a Raspbian Buster image and the package could possibly work.

How did you install RetroPie ?

I added 'raspbian buster' to my sources list with no improvement.

That's strongly not recommended and could break some of your packages.