dh_kodiaddon_depends command not found

Introduction

When you run more command in linux terminal / console, you get the following error message

dh_kodiaddon_depends: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: dh_kodiaddon_depends: command not found

Solutions to dh_kodiaddon_depends: command not found

How To Fix dh_kodiaddon_depends: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu dh_kodiaddon_depends is provided by kodi-addons-dev-common package.

kodi-addons-dev-common is:

Kodi, formerly known as XBMC is an award winning free and open source software media-player and entertainment hub for all your digital media. Kodi is available for Linux, Mac OS X (Leopard, Tiger and Apple TV) and Microsoft Windows, as well as the original Xbox game console. Created in 2003 by a group of like minded programmers, Kodi is a non-profit project run and developed by volunteers located around the world. More than 50 software developers have contributed to Kodi, and 100-plus translators have worked to expand its reach, making it available in more than 30 languages.

While Kodi functions very well as a standard media player application for your computer, it has been designed to be the perfect companion for your HTPC. Supporting an almost endless range of remote controls, and combined with its beautiful interface and powerful skinning engine, Kodi feels very natural to use from the couch and is the ideal solution for your home theater. Once installed, your computer will become a fully functional multimedia jukebox.

This is the development package for Kodi Addons.

This package contains independent headers for building addons without the need to keep a whole Kodi source tree.

To fix this problem, we can install more using the command below.

sudo apt-get -y install kodi-addons-dev-common

This command might take some time to finish depending on your machine internet connection.

You can also use apt command to install kodi-addons-dev-common.

sudo apt -y install kodi-addons-dev-common

Or if you have aptitude installed you can use the following command.

sudo aptitude install kodi-addons-dev-common

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to fix dh_kodiaddon_depends command not found error in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux or Raspbian distribution.