How To Install kodi-addons-dev on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install kodi-addons-dev on Debian 12.
What is kodi-addons-dev
kodi-addons-dev is:
This package is a dummy package used in conjunction with kodi-addons-dev to detect if a binary addon should be built for given Debian architecture.
The alternative to introducing this package is marking kodi-addons-dev back as arch:any, but this makes Lintian and multi-arch hinter noisy.
If Kodi upstream starts shipping architecture-specific development libraries again, they will land in this package.
There are three methods to install kodi-addons-dev on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install kodi-addons-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install kodi-addons-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install kodi-addons-dev
Install kodi-addons-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install kodi-addons-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install kodi-addons-dev
Install kodi-addons-dev Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install kodi-addons-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install kodi-addons-dev
How To Uninstall kodi-addons-dev on Debian 12
To uninstall only the kodi-addons-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove kodi-addons-dev
Uninstall kodi-addons-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall kodi-addons-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove kodi-addons-dev
Remove kodi-addons-dev Configurations and Data
To remove kodi-addons-dev configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge kodi-addons-dev
Remove kodi-addons-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove kodi-addons-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kodi-addons-dev
Dependencies
kodi-addons-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install kodi-addons-dev package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
