Script modules not in latest osmc?

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Sorry to have got it backwards; very late here.

Again, OSMC doesn’t package any Kodi add-ons, they come from upstream. So can’t be a packaging error from our side…

Let’s take a look…

I can see that we are providing: [script.module.dateutil-2.8.2.zip] in the OSMC (and Kodi) repo, but your add-ons seem to be depending on v2.8.1. Could this be a problem?

If you edit the XML in the ZIP and re-zip; does this help?

Omega is only providing 2.8.2, but Nexus is providing [script.module.dateutil-2.8.1+matrix.1.zip] (presumably a fixup for Nexus and Matrix).

See Files... (Omega) vs Files... (Nexus) on official Kodi mirrors.

Cheers

Sam

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Well, should probably not waste any more of your time on this. I suppose it could be the version. The things that amazes me is not a single report of anyone using nextgen that has the issue. Maybe few new adopters, who knows.

What is confusing to me is on your previous versions, in OSMC, I could browse script modules. In this version, I cannot. Not a single one. If I am wrong on that, where can I see them from within OSMC?

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I will try with a Kodi 21 plugin, if you have one to suggest, and see if the missing modules are proposed automatically to be installed beside

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I’m using Emby for Kodi Next Gen and did an upgrade (as opposed to a clean install) when the new OSMC KODI 21 version came out. Had to reboot a few times but the upgrade was successful. According to Emby for Kodi Next Gen, the currently installed dependencies are python-dateutil v 2.8.2 and six v 1.16.0+matrix .1. I did not manually install either of those dependencies. It was automatic. Just a data point.

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Yeah, that’s the difference, you updated so module was already there.

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Hi Sam,

I don’t think this is the problem, because the Kodi addon.xml specification states that the version is the minimum needed, not the exact version needed

https://kodi.wiki/view/Addon.xml#%3Crequires%3E

The <requires> element contains one or more <import> elements which specify which other add-ons this particular add-on requires, and which version of those add-ons it requires. These add-ons may be part of Kodi itself, or may be parts of other third-party add-ons.

Kodi will only allow the add-on to be run if suitable versions of the (non-optional) add-ons on which this add-on depends are installed. When a user installs your add-on from an online repository via Kodi’s add-on manager, Kodi attempts to resolve these dependencies, and install anything that your add-on relies on first. The dependency must be provided with the minimum version number your script/skin requires.

version attribute

The version attribute specifies the minimum version of the required add-on to be installed.

So a later version in the repository should be okay and auto-installed.

Note: this isn’t so true for the xbmc.* addons, which seem to be used to target the exact version[s] of Kodi that the addon can be installed on (taking in to account ABI version). But I may be reading that wrong.

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That should definitely be the case with binary add-ons which we are obviously not dealing with here.

Is there an add-on that I can install from the Kodi repo to reproduce this?
Sam

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For the Arctic Horizon 2 skin I needed to change ‘Update official add-ons from’ from the default ‘ Official repositories only’ to ‘ Any repository’, maybe something like that?

I know it’s new with Kodi 21.

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I don’t think that is the same, as it is loaded from the author’s own unofficial repository, and the instructions tell you to do what you had to do:

https://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=367352

Instructions:

  1. Enable “Unknown Sources” in Kodi Settings > System > Add-ons
  2. Enable “Update official add-ons from: Any repositories” in Kodi Settings > System > Add-ons
  3. Install my repository using either the zip or file manager source linked above
  4. Install the skin from my repo: Jurialmunkey Alpha Repo > Look and Feel > Skins > Arctic Horizon 2
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Sure, on your latest osmc (Assuming dateutil and six is NOT installed already), so a fresh copy, just install from the repo kodi.emby.tv Public testing/plugin.service.emby-next-gen-11.0.8.zip

I believe this one by itself should trigger the error. If I do not recall which one uses dateutil and if you get past that one, then it might have been the second one so let me know. But I think that is the right one. Shouldn’t matter if you have emby.

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I know, I followed those exactly … but since both are dependencies … thought it could be the same :thinking:

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Hello,

New user of osmc here. I am getting a similar issue with a missing script on a brand new Vero V.

The missing script is “script.module.future” which is Python 2 and 3 compatibility, afaik.

Unfortunately I need this for my use case of the Vero V osmc v21.1.

How can I get this installed, It does not show on the Kodi Addons or on Script Libraries | Category | Omega | Addons

Thanks for any help and sorry if this is not related to the opening post.

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I’m not sure why you aren’t seeing it in the OSMC interface, but it is in the Omega add-on repo:

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We include all add-ons from the Kodi repository (1:1), so I’m not sure why this doesn’t show up.

We will look in to this. For now, you can manually install it.

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Thanks Sam,

As you suggested, I installed the script manually and it worked.

Unfortunately there are now other scripts that seem to be missing, notably script.module.pycaption.

I think that, unfortunately, my purchase of the Vero V was wrong. It does not seem suitable for what I saw as my use case.

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Yeah, this is totally different behavior than previous versions. Never ever had this issue.

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Seems to be an issue with Kodi v21. Why, I can’t tell you. Yet…

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Any news, or at least an ETA for resolution?

Thanks.

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It could be fixed in staging now.

I will do an update on the weekend but for now you could update to staging.

For some reason it seems to be an issue on other devices like PC too…

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Thanks Sam,

I will wait for after the weekend and do it when all settled then.