KODI.BIN(1)

📦 version 21.3, in debian bookworm, debian trixie, ubuntu jammy, ubuntu noble, ubuntu questing, ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

💖 NAME 💖

kodi.bin — the main executable of Kodi, aka the thing that actually runs the whole vibe ✨

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

kodi.bin [OPTION]... [FILE]...

👑 DESCRIPTION 👑

Bestie. Listen. This right here is the main executable — the one that runs Kodi. That's it, that's the job, and it does it beautifully. 💅

🎀 Arguments 🎀

  • -fs — runs Kodi in full screen. Maximum main character energy, no window chrome, just vibes filling your entire display 🔥
  • --standalone — Kodi runs in a stand alone environment, no window manager and no supporting applications. For example, that enables network settings. It's giving "I don't need anybody, I'm self-sufficient" 🧚
  • -p or --portable — Kodi will look for configurations in the install folder instead of ~/.kodi. So like, instead of going home to ~/.kodi, it stays right where it lives. Portable queen 🎀
  • --version — print version information. Just a lil flex of who it is and what it's running 💁‍♀️
  • --test [FILE] — enable test mode. Heads up though: FILE must be readable or this whole thing is not gonna slay 😭
  • --settings=<filename> — loads the specified file after advancedsettings.xml, replacing any settings specified. The filename must exist in special://xbmc/system/. No wandering off to other directories, it knows exactly where it belongs 📁✨
  • --windowing=<system> — select which windowing method to use. Available window systems are: x11 wayland gbm. Pick your fighter, all three are iconic in their own way 🌈
Lowkey important reminder: those are the only three windowing systems listed, so don't go inventing a fourth one, bestie 🙈

And that's the whole page, fr fr. This was kodi.bin from the User Commands manual, dated October 2014, filed under KODI.BIN(1). Obsessed with her, honestly. 💖✨🫶

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