Is it possible to build a PVR add-on from source on the RPi itself? Id like to install this fork: GitHub - simphax/pvr.iptvsimple: Kodi's IPTV Simple client addon since it can record from iptv streams.
But according to Develop PVR addons with new cmake build system it looks like you need a full IDE, Eclipse or VS.
I’ve looked for hours for a step-by step tutorial for pulling and building a PVR add-on, to no avail. Can someone point me in the right direction?
Many thanks.
@subaquatic
Try this.
sudo apt-get install git autoconf cmake zip build-essential -y cd /tmp mkdir src cd src git clone https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc --depth 1 -b Jarvis git clone https://github.com/simphax/pvr.iptvsimple.git -b recording cd pvr.iptvsimple/ mkdir build cd build cmake -DADDONS_TO_BUILD=pvr.iptvsimple -DADDON_SRC_PREFIX=/tmp/src -DPACKAGE_ZIP=1 -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/tmp/src/install /tmp/src/xbmc/project/cmake/addons make -C /tmp/src/pvr.iptvsimple/build sudo make -C /tmp/src/pvr.iptvsimple/build install cd /tmp/src/install zip -r ../pvr.iptvsimple-recording-Jarvis-20160509.zip pvr.iptvsimple ls -alh /tmp/src/ pvr.iptvsimple-recording-Jarvis-20160509.zip
bberski
Brilliant! It worked perfectly.
Until OSMC moves to Debian Stretch, I had to build ffmpeg too.
sudo aptitude remove ffmpeg
cd /usr/src
sudo mkdir ffmpeg
sudo chown `whoami`:users ffmpeg
git clone git://source.ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg.git ffmpeg
cd ffmpeg
./configure
make && sudo make install
Thanks for the help!
Great…
I’m trying to get this PVR addon working too
On line 10, i’m getting this error.
CMake Error: The source directory “/tmp/src/pvr.iptvsimple/build/-” does not exist.
Specify --help for usage, or press the help button on the CMake GUI.
Any ideas?
*=new line
*sudo apt-get install git autoconf cmake zip -y
*cd /tmp
*mkdir src
*cd src
*git clone GitHub - xbmc/xbmc: Kodi is an award-winning free and open source home theater/media center software and entertainment hub for digital media. With its beautiful interface and powerful skinning engine, it's available for Android, BSD, Linux, macOS, iOS, tvOS and Windows. --depth 1 -b Jarvis
*git clone GitHub - simphax/pvr.iptvsimple: Kodi's IPTV Simple client addon -b recording
*cd pvr.iptvsimple/
*mkdir build
*cd build
*cmake -DADDONS_TO_BUILD=pvr.iptvsimple -DADDON_SRC_PREFIX=/tmp/src -DPACKAGE_ZIP=1 -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/tmp/src/install
*/tmp/src/xbmc/project/cmake/addons
*make -C /tmp/src/pvr.iptvsimple/build
*sudo make -C /tmp/src/pvr.iptvsimple/build install
*cd /tmp/src/install
*zip -r …/pvr.iptvsimple-recording-Jarvis-20160509.zip pvr.iptvsimple
bberski
Thanks so much for your help.
I’ve copied CMakelists.txt to tmp/src/pvr.iptvsimple/build but i’m getting this error.
CMake Error: Error in cmake code at
/tmp/src/pvr.iptvsimple/build/CMakeLists.txt:5:
Parse error. Expected a command name, got unquoted argument with text “<!DOCTYPE”.
– Configuring incomplete, errors occurred!
remove * on all rows
not *cmake
but cmake
Lol sorry, i do understand that i don’t include the star, i’m not that stupid, well, maybe a little 
I’ve been getting errors and figuring out how to fix them but this one has me stumped.
It appears after this command
cmake -DADDONS_TO_BUILD=pvr.iptvsimple -DADDON_SRC_PREFIX=/tmp/src -DPACKAGE_ZIP=1 -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/tmp/src/install
CMake Error: CMake was unable to find a build program corresponding to “Unix Makefiles”. CMAKE_MAKE_PROGRAM is not set. You probably need to select a different build tool.
CMake Error: Error required internal CMake variable not set, cmake may be not be built correctly.
Missing variable is:
CMAKE_C_COMPILER_ENV_VAR
CMake Error: Error required internal CMake variable not set, cmake may be not be built correctly.
Missing variable is:
CMAKE_C_COMPILER
CMake Error: Could not find cmake module file: /tmp/src/pvr.iptvsimple/build/CMakeFiles/3.0.2/CMakeCCompiler.cmake
CMake Error: Error required internal CMake variable not set, cmake may be not be built correctly.
Missing variable is:
CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ENV_VAR
CMake Error: Error required internal CMake variable not set, cmake may be not be built correctly.
Missing variable is:
CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER
CMake Error: Could not find cmake module file: /tmp/src/pvr.iptvsimple/build/CMakeFiles/3.0.2/CMakeCXXCompiler.cmake
CMake Error at CMakeLists.txt:1 (project):
No CMAKE_C_COMPILER could be found.
Tell CMake where to find the compiler by setting the CMake cache entry
CMAKE_C_COMPILER to the full path to the compiler, or to the compiler name
if it is in the PATH.
CMake Error at CMakeLists.txt:1 (project):
No CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER could be found.
Tell CMake where to find the compiler by setting the CMake cache entry
CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER to the full path to the compiler, or to the compiler
name if it is in the PATH.
CMake Error: CMAKE_C_COMPILER not set, after EnableLanguage
CMake Error: CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER not set, after EnableLanguage
– Configuring incomplete, errors occurred!
lol, sorry. You’re probably banging your head against a table thinking up imaginative ways to choke me
Pasted as all one line.
I get this. Do i now copy the pvr.iptvsimple simple folder into .kodi/addons?
http://imgur.com/a/2GVEW
No problem’s.
Head stays still 
check out what you have in the /tmp/src folder.
You must run all commands.
Then you have a zip file in /tmp/src.
Or try
Remove /tmp/src
Run all command again.
I did a completely fresh install of OSMC and ran the command from there.
Everything seems to go okay but still no zip file. This is how it ends.
http://imgur.com/a/sjAAk
You got errors…
Try to install build-essential
sudo apt-get install build-essential
Then run all commands again.
Worked!!!
Thanks so much, this is brilliant 
Great.
I change the post 2.
Hi all,
sorry for reopening an old thread, but I didn’t want to start a new one.
Everytime I try to run the cmake comand it stops with an error.
As far as I can tell the most relevant part of the error message is that one:
[quote]-- Build files have been written to: /tmp/src/pvr.zattoo/build/build/bootstrap
Scanning dependencies of target binary-addons
[ 12%] Creating directories for ‘binary-addons’
[ 25%] Performing download step (git clone) for ‘binary-addons’
Klone nach ‘binary-addons’…
Bereits auf ‘master’
Ihr Branch ist auf dem selben Stand wie ‘origin/master’.
[ 37%] No patch step for ‘binary-addons’
[ 50%] Performing update step for ‘binary-addons’
Current branch master is up to date.
[ 62%] No configure step for ‘binary-addons’
[ 75%] No build step for ‘binary-addons’
[ 87%] Performing install step for ‘binary-addons’
– Bootstrapping following addons: pvr.zattoo
[100%] Completed ‘binary-addons’
[100%] Built target binary-addons
CMake Error at CMakeLists.txt:220 (message):
No addons available to be built[/quote]
– ---- Preparing general dependencies ----
– Processing /tmp/src/xbmc/cmake/addons/depends/common/kodi-platform/kodi-platform.txt
– kodi-platform url: GitHub - xbmc/kodi-platform: Kodi platform support library
– kodi-platform depends: tinyxml;p8-platform
– Processing /tmp/src/xbmc/cmake/addons/depends/common/p8-platform/p8-platform.txt
– p8-platform url: GitHub - Pulse-Eight/platform: Platform support library used by libCEC and binary add-ons for Kodi
– Processing /tmp/src/xbmc/cmake/addons/depends/common/tinyxml/tinyxml.txt
– tinyxml url: http://mirrors.kodi.tv/build-deps/sources/tinyxml-2.6.2_2.tar.gz
– No platform specific file /tmp/src/xbmc/cmake/addons/depends/linux/CMakeLists.txt found
– Bootstrapping all default repositories as no addons were found…
– The C compiler identification is GNU 4.9.2
– The CXX compiler identification is GNU 4.9.2
– Check for working C compiler: /usr/bin/cc
– Check for working C compiler: /usr/bin/cc – works
– Detecting C compiler ABI info
– Detecting C compiler ABI info - done
– Detecting C compile features
– Detecting C compile features - done
– Check for working CXX compiler: /usr/bin/c++
– Check for working CXX compiler: /usr/bin/c++ – works
– Detecting CXX compiler ABI info
– Detecting CXX compiler ABI info - done
– Detecting CXX compile features
– Detecting CXX compile features - done
– Bootstrapping all repositories
– Bootstrapping following addons: pvr.zattoo
– Bootstrapping addons from binary-addons (GitHub - xbmc/repo-binary-addons: Official repository for Kodi binary add-ons master)…
– Configuring done
– Generating done
– Build files have been written to: /tmp/src/pvr.zattoo/build/build/bootstrap
Scanning dependencies of target binary-addons
[ 12%] Creating directories for ‘binary-addons’
[ 25%] Performing download step (git clone) for ‘binary-addons’
Klone nach ‘binary-addons’…
Bereits auf ‘master’
Ihr Branch ist auf dem selben Stand wie ‘origin/master’.
[ 37%] No patch step for ‘binary-addons’
[ 50%] Performing update step for ‘binary-addons’
Current branch master is up to date.
[ 62%] No configure step for ‘binary-addons’
[ 75%] No build step for ‘binary-addons’
[ 87%] Performing install step for ‘binary-addons’
– Bootstrapping following addons: pvr.zattoo
[100%] Completed ‘binary-addons’
[100%] Built target binary-addons
CMake Error at CMakeLists.txt:220 (message):
No addons available to be built
– Configuring incomplete, errors occurred![/details]
Anyone got the same problem or knows how to fix it?
robotrumble
It’s a bug in Kodi with separate_arguments in CMakeLists.txt
Depending on whether you’re building for Kodi v16 or v17, you will need to pick the appropriate patch from GitHub.
Sam
