Kodi and OSMC Update
In general, enable auto update and this will never be required.
Find latest version of Kodi
Open a browser and go to
scroll down and click on Raspbery Pi and a pop-up will show latest version number
Display installed version of Kodi
Open a terminal window and run the command:
$ grep Kodi .kodi/temp/kodi.log | head -3
Starting Kodi (18.3)
Find latest version of OSMC
Open a browser and go to
Scroll down and click on Disk Images
find the latest release for your device (which is year.month-build)
Display installed version of OSMC
Open a terminal window and run the command:
$ grep VERSION_ID /etc/os-release
Update OSMC
Note: For whatever reason, OSMC and Kodi updates frequently fail with my skin of choice. These commands seem to fix the issue without needing to reflash the micro SD card.
Open a terminal window, and run the commands
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
$ sudo apt autoremove
# sudo reboot
Troubleshooting
ID KEY
If sudo apt-get update displays a message like this:
There is no public key available for the following key IDs: ♣id_key♣
Then run the command and rerun the update:
$ sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys KEY_ID ♣id_key♣
$ sudo apt-get update
5GHz, 802.11ac not working in connmanctl
$ sudo iw reg set US
$ sudo reboot