Difference between revisions of "Kodi setup"
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* Deja Vu unicode: http://trac.xbmc.org/attachment/ticket/6397/DejaVuSans%2BDriodSansFallback.ttf | * Deja Vu unicode: http://trac.xbmc.org/attachment/ticket/6397/DejaVuSans%2BDriodSansFallback.ttf | ||
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| + | ==Installation guide== | ||
0. Stop your XBMC application | 0. Stop your XBMC application | ||
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5. Restart XBMC | 5. Restart XBMC | ||
| − | Go to XBMC >> Home >> System >> Settings >> Appearance | + | * Go to XBMC >> Home >> System >> Settings >> Appearance >> Skin >> Fonts |
| − | + | * Click the up/down arrow to change the setting to “Arial based”; | |
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| + | '''Bugs fixes''' | ||
| + | * Don't forget to restart XBMC to take on your changes! | ||
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| + | * Chinese characters do not appear! Then you should override ''DejaVuSans.ttf'' by ''arialuni.ttf'' | ||
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| + | <syntaxhighlight lang="bash"> | ||
| + | cd /usr/share/xbmc/addons/skin.confluence/fonts/ | ||
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| + | # Remove previous reference | ||
| + | rm DejaVuSans.ttf DejaVuSans-original.ttf | ||
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| + | # Override | ||
| + | ln -s /usr/share/fonts/truetype/chinese/arialuni.ttf DejaVuSans.ttf | ||
| + | </syntaxhighlight> | ||
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| − | + | ==References== | |
| − | + | You can find more information on the following web sites: | |
| + | * http://jhleoh.blogspot.se/ | ||
| + | * http://immigrationroad.com/blog/how-to-watch-chinese-tv-online-using-xbmc/ | ||
Revision as of 22:00, 16 October 2014
- Official web-site: http://xbmc.org
- Official tutorial: http://kodi.wiki/view/HOW-TO:Install_XBMC_for_Linux
Installation
Requirements
apt-get install python-software-properties pkg-config
apt-get install software-properties-common
apt-get install unrar
Add new repository
add-apt-repository ppa:team-xbmc/ppa
apt-get update
Installation
apt-get install xbmc
Chinese support
Chinese fonts
Download the following fonts:
- Arial unicode font: http://www.font5.com.cn/zitixiazai/1/693.html
- Deja Vu unicode: http://trac.xbmc.org/attachment/ticket/6397/DejaVuSans%2BDriodSansFallback.ttf
Installation guide
0. Stop your XBMC application
1. Download Arial unicode ; you should have a '20090701.rar' archive
2. Copy the archive on your media center
3. Run the following commands
unrar e 20090701.rar
wget http://trac.xbmc.org/attachment/ticket/6397/DejaVuSans%2BDriodSansFallback.ttf
# Copy fonts to system
sudo mkdir -p /usr/share/fonts/truetype/chinese
sudo cp arialuni.ttf /usr/share/fonts/truetype/chinese/
sudo cp DejaVuSans+DriodSansFallback.ttf /usr/share/fonts/truetype/chinese/DejaVuSans_unicode.ttf
# Copy fonts to XBMC
cp arialuni.ttf /usr/share/xbmc/media/Fonts/
cp DejaVuSans+DriodSansFallback.ttf /usr/share/xbmc/media/Fonts/DejaVuSans_unicode.ttf
# Copy fonts to your current skin (default skin = confluence)
cp arialuni.ttf /usr/share/xbmc/addons/skin.confluence/fonts/
cp DejaVuSans+DriodSansFallback.ttf /usr/share/xbmc/addons/skin.confluence/fonts/DejaVuSans_unicode.ttf
4. Replace old Arial and Deja-Vu by Unicode versions
cd /usr/share/xbmc/addons/skin.confluence/fonts/
# Adjust old references
mv DejaVuSans.ttf DejaVuSans-original.ttf
mv arial.ttf arial-original.ttf
# New references
ln -s /usr/share/fonts/truetype/chinese/DejaVuSans_unicode.ttf DejaVuSans.ttf
ln -s /usr/share/fonts/truetype/chinese/arialuni.ttf arial.ttf
5. Restart XBMC
- Go to XBMC >> Home >> System >> Settings >> Appearance >> Skin >> Fonts
- Click the up/down arrow to change the setting to “Arial based”;
Bugs fixes
- Don't forget to restart XBMC to take on your changes!
- Chinese characters do not appear! Then you should override DejaVuSans.ttf by arialuni.ttf
cd /usr/share/xbmc/addons/skin.confluence/fonts/
# Remove previous reference
rm DejaVuSans.ttf DejaVuSans-original.ttf
# Override
ln -s /usr/share/fonts/truetype/chinese/arialuni.ttf DejaVuSans.ttf
References
You can find more information on the following web sites:
