[Buildroot] Building Kodi; dependencies

[Sjoerd Venema]

Thanks! I managed to select it :)

On 25 February 2018 at 16:01, Bernd Kuhls <bernd.kuhls at t-online.de> wrote:

> Hi Sjoerd,
>
> Am Sun, 25 Feb 2018 11:59:05 +0100 schrieb Sjoerd Venema:
>
> > Coming from:
> >
> > comment "kodi needs python w/ .py modules, a uClibc or glibc toolchain
> w/
> > C++, threads, wchar, dynamic library, gcc >= 4.8, host gcc >= 4.6"
> > depends on BR2_PACKAGE_KODI_ARCH_SUPPORTS
> > depends on !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP || !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS\
> > || !BR2_USE_WCHAR || BR2_STATIC_LIBS \
> > || !BR2_HOST_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_6 \
> > || !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_8 \
> > || BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_MUSL \
> > || !BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON \
> > || BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_PYC_ONLY
> >
> > First off, I assume the ! means a Not, so, for example  !BR2_USE_WCHAR
> > means that BR2_USE_WCHAR must be [=n]. Correct?
>
> technically yes, but the dependencies you are looking at are only valid
> for the comment telling you why Kodi can not be selected atm. To build
> Kodi you need to enable all necessary options for the comment to
> disappear. For example: You need a wchar-enabled toolchain.
>
> The positive list of Kodi dependencies can be found here:
> https://git.buildroot.net/buildroot/tree/package/kodi/Config.in#n36
>
> > Secondly, can I set all these dependencies via make menuconfig? Or do I
> > have to configure things outside of that environment?
>
> Yes. No. ;)
>
> > Now, a "catch 22" seems to be for example: BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
> (must
> > be false) is selected by BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_MUSL (must be true).
>
> You need a toolchains with threads, and a musl-based toolchain can not be
> used for Kodi, only uClibc & glibc.
>
> Here is the list of minimal menuconfig options needed to enable Kodi for
> x86_64 in an otherwise unaltered buildroot base directory:
>
> Target options, "Target Architecture", "x86_64"
>
> Toolchain, "Enable WCHAR support", "Enable C++ support"
>
> Target packages
> - Interpreter languages and scripting, "Python", "python module format to
>   install", ".py sources only"
> - Graphic libraries and applications (graphic/text), "X.org X Window
>   System"
> - Graphic libraries and applications (graphic/text), "mesa3d", "DRI
>   swrast driver", "OpenGL EGL"
> - Audio and video applications, "kodi"
>
> Please adjust these options for your personal needs.
>
> Regards, Bernd
>
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