Kodi-send command error

[cubimol]

SSH kodi-send command does not work, the error is this:

x96air1:~ # kodi-send
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/kodi-send", line 27, in <module>
    from kodi.xbmcclient import *
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'kodi'

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/kodi-send", line 30, in <module>
    from xbmcclient import *
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'xbmcclient'

(Tested on CoreELEC 19.4-Matrix_rc3 (February 18th, 2022)

[vpeter]

Do you have entware installed and python inside?

[cubimol]

Is the same

x96air1:~ # opkg remove python3 --force-remove
Removing package python3 from root...
x96air1:~ # kodi-send
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/kodi-send", line 27, in <module>
    from kodi.xbmcclient import *
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'kodi'

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/kodi-send", line 30, in <module>
    from xbmcclient import *
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'xbmcclient'

[vpeter]

Then some other python environment variable is still set?

env | paste

[cubimol]

x96air1:~ # env | paste
http://ix.io/3RcE

Another CE 9.2.8 device with S912 CPU and same configuration Kodi works fine with python3 and kodi-send:

mxq:~ # kodi-send
Usage
	kodi-send [OPTION] --action=ACTION
	kodi-send [OPTION] --button=BUTTON
Example
	kodi-send --host=192.168.0.1 --port=9777 --action="Quit"
Options
	-?, --help			Will bring up this message
	--host=HOST			Choose what HOST to connect to (default=localhost)
	--port=PORT			Choose what PORT to connect to (default=9777)
	--keymap=KEYMAP			Choose which KEYMAP to use for key presses (default=KB)
	--button=BUTTON			Sends a key press event to Kodi, this option can be added multiple times to create a macro
	-a ACTION, --action=ACTION	Sends an action to XBMC, this option can be added multiple times to create a macro
	-d T, --delay=T			Waits for T ms, this option can be added multiple times to create a macro

[vpeter]

You can try

export PATH=/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/storage/.kodi/addons/service.aml-vnc/bin:/storage/.kodi/addons/service.system.docker/bin
kodi-send

[cubimol]

You are right, now it works:

x96air1:~ # which kodi-send
/usr/bin/kodi-send
x96air1:~ # export PATH=/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/storage/.kodi/addons/service.aml-vnc/bin:/storage/.kodi/addons/service.system.doc
ker/bin
x96air1:~ # kodi-send
Usage
	kodi-send [OPTION] --action=ACTION
	kodi-send [OPTION] --button=BUTTON
Example
	kodi-send --host=192.168.0.1 --port=9777 --action="Quit"
Options
	-?, --help			Will bring up this message
	--host=HOST			Choose what HOST to connect to (default=localhost)
	--port=PORT			Choose what PORT to connect to (default=9777)
	--keymap=KEYMAP			Choose which KEYMAP to use for key presses (default=KB)
	--button=BUTTON			Sends a key press event to Kodi, this option can be added multiple times to create a macro
	-a ACTION, --action=ACTION	Sends an action to XBMC, this option can be added multiple times to create a macro
	-d T, --delay=T			Waits for T ms, this option can be added multiple times to create a macro

[vpeter]

The problem is script /opt/etc/profile which set the environment.
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[cubimol]

I have added “/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:” to the beginning of the content of the PATH variable in /opt/etc/profile, now system commands will take precedence Now after a reboot kodi-send works like a charm.