How to download & install directly from github.io

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Luckily, there are no stupid questions, because this certainly feels like one. At the very least, it shows my tech ignorance. Downloading and installing repos & addons starting with github without the specific instructions Troypoint gives for recommended addons is something that I haven’t been able to figure out.

Let me use the latest example of what I’m trying to do as an example. I want to download the most recent version of the Amber skin from the GitHub - bartolomesoriano/repo.amber.matrix: Repository for the Matrix version of the Amber skin repository. (The skin is available from the official Kodi repository, but it appears that the latest version is only to be found in the github repo.) When I go to the repo I see:

bartolomesoriano Version 3.4.32

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repository.amber.matrix

Repo version 1.0.2. Fix GitHub URLs

2 years ago

skin.amber

Version 3.4.32

5 months ago

LICENSE

Amber version 3.3.37 (Matrix)

2 years ago

README.md

Initial commit

2 years ago

addons.xml

Version 3.4.32

5 months ago

addons.xml.md5

Version 3.4.32

5 months ago

create_repository.py

Amber version 3.3.37 (Matrix)

2 years ago

README.md

repo.amber.matrix

Repository for the Matrix version of the Amber skin

None of this appears to be a downloadable zip file. There is a “Go to File” button. I click it and get:

repo.amber.matrix /

Plus a lot of changelogs. If click on what looks like the most likely candidate (repo.amber.matrix/repository.amber.matrix/repository.amber.matrix-1.0.2.zip.md5 at master · bartolomesoriano/repo.amber.matrix · GitHub), I will get to xml code, but nowhere do I see how I can download anything.

Any general or specific help would be vastly appreciated. Thanks.

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That is a github repo for and used by programmers for use within the kodi app. Unless you are a programmer and know what you are doing it is useless to you. All add ons etc should be done within kodi or you risk corrupting the file base. If you deem this a must have skin I would hit up the kodi devs in their forum for help/guidance.

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So, does this mean that though I know there is a new version of the Amber skin out there, there is no way for me to download/install it?

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Not at all. I would contact the kodi devs and ask whats up? How to? Its possible its just not ported or if it is and they can tell you how to grab it.

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Hi @Mac6
So, my question to you would that you can download Amber skin in Kodi without going out to GitHub, but the one on GitHub is more recent?

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@Jayhawks659 might have a better answer…see if I cant wake him up :sweat_smile:

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Hi Sbrowne126,

Yes, exactly. I looked at the developer’s comments on Forum.kodi.tv, where he and some of the other commenters talked about the newer version. They also said he doesn’t always update the version number when he makes changes, which is why you should always get the latest from github.

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Oh, ok. Good to know.
Thanks :+1:

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These are probably all beta. As stated above, developers tweak stuff all the time and post it online for others to test. There may be several bugs still to work out. The most up to date official version does work on Matrix and is in the Kodi repository. Unless you specifically know of a feature that this person added in their version on github that you just have to have now, use the official version. You can customize the skin however you want after you switch to it. Learn how to setup widgets and such.

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I have customized the Amber version I use quite a bit, and am almost entirely satisfied with it, but there are some things about the latest version(s) that look like they might help with some aspects that bother me a bit. Nothing I can’t live without but little stuff that might make it more convenient to use. Thanks for the help.

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