Skin.helper.service errors on VERO4K+

[david7]

I just got my VERO 4K+ and am getting an error for the skin.helper.service

Looking through the log it seems as though it can’t load it, there seems to be a problem with not finding the source path?

I have upgraded to KODI18 but I recall it was also happening under the version it shipped with, but would not want to be held to that

9.48 is around boot time

then I tried to update

then I uniisntalled and reinstalled

http://paste.osmc.io/mucetoxuxo.vhdl

[joakim_s]

I doubt skin.helper.service have been updated for Leia(v.18) since there has been no action on its github repo for 7 months. And that was to change the README.txt to mention he needed help to maintain it.

[roidy]

ERROR: Requested path http://download.osmc.tv/kodi/addons/krypton/script.skin.helper.service/script.skin.helper.service-1.1.3.zip not found in known repository directories

@david7 That error has nothing to do with skin.helper.service and is a generic error saying the the addon can’t be found in the repository. I’m guess you’ll get this error no matter what addon you try to install. Try installing any other addon to see.

RPi 3 B, Kodi 18, Addons do not install from repository

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I had the exact same problem when I upgraded to v18, deleting the .kodi directory fixed it, but means you need to set up your Vero again.

@joakim_s skin.helper.service works fine under Leia

[joakim_s]

@roidy Thanks, I stand corrected. I just remember issues early in leia’s life. But it might have been some other addon.

[Chillbo]

I’ve just noticed that Kodi v18 seems to be installing an old version of the skin.helper.service that is not compatible with v18 (maybe this behaviour is new and therefore it’s not an issue for those who’ve installed a newer version before ). The Kodi repo does not seem to be up to date atm. Installing the beta repo of the maintainer/coder of that script and installing the newest version from there should do the trick:

https://marcelveldt.github.io/repository.marcelveldt/repository.marcelveldt/repository.marcelveldt-1.0.1.zip (install this via Settings/add-on browser/Install from zip file and update the script.skin.helper.service afterwards)

[david7]

Thanks everyone, away travelling for a week so will try in the weekend.