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I just started using XBMC (so I'm on 13.1) and I'm trying to get more add-ons. However, after I select XMBC.org Add-ons, I'm missing a lot of the sections. For example, I don't even have a movie information section. I tried check for updates and force refresh but nothing has changed. I also tried deleting the userdata/addons folder and the addons16.db. Again, nothing has changed.
What's going on here, and how should I try to fix this?
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Hitting 'get addons' should bring up the screen for XBMC.or addons, at which point the command key © should bring a menu with force refresh. I that doesn't give you the listings, then something is interfering or corrupted this process. My suggestion would be to uninstall non official XBMC repository add-on's and try refresh again (looking at the debug log doing this process might reveal a blockage, or failure.) failing that a full re-install to restore functionality to this part of the program.
Proper debug log posted to a paste bin and linked back to this forum would help.
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Forcing a refresh of the repository would likely have cured it. You have 'script.module.simplejson', 'script.module.beautifulsoup', 'script.common.plugin.cache' missing to name but three. You can't install any addons, because they depend on these missing scripts. Just re-install it. Back up your databases (music & video) if you want to, but it's probably just as easy to rebuild them anyway. XBMC will not overwrite them anyway, I don't think, just put back what is missing.
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