[Solved] Kodi - Broken packages

Netrunner Netrunner Desktop 17.06
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[code]sudo apt-get install kodi -o “Debug::pkgProblemResolver=1”
Reading package lists… Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information… Done
Starting pkgProblemResolver with broken count: 2
Starting 2 pkgProblemResolver with broken count: 2
Investigating (0) kodi:amd64 < none -> 5:17.4-dmo2 @un puN Ib >
Broken kodi:amd64 Depends on kodi-bin:amd64 < none | 5:17.4-dmo2 @un uH > (>= 5:17.4-dmo2)
Considering kodi-bin:amd64 0 as a solution to kodi:amd64 9999
Reinst Failed early because of libmariadbclient18:amd64
Investigating (0) kodi-data:amd64 < none -> 5:17.4-dmo2 @un uN Ib >
Broken kodi-data:amd64 Depends on kodi-bin:amd64 < none | 5:17.4-dmo2 @un uH > (>= 5:17.4-dmo2)
Considering kodi-bin:amd64 0 as a solution to kodi-data:amd64 0
Holding Back kodi-data:amd64 rather than change kodi-bin:amd64
Investigating (1) kodi:amd64 < none -> 5:17.4-dmo2 @un puN Ib >
Broken kodi:amd64 Depends on kodi-bin:amd64 < none | 5:17.4-dmo2 @un uH > (>= 5:17.4-dmo2)
Considering kodi-bin:amd64 0 as a solution to kodi:amd64 9999
Broken kodi:amd64 Depends on kodi-data:amd64 < none | 5:17.4-dmo2 @un uH > (>= 5:17.4-dmo2)
Considering kodi-data:amd64 0 as a solution to kodi:amd64 9999
Reinst Failed because of kodi-bin:amd64
Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
kodi : Depends: kodi-bin (>= 5:17.4-dmo2) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: kodi-data (>= 5:17.4-dmo2) but it is not going to be installed
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
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I am not sure where you get this packages from but these package versions aren’t in debian.
It looks like you added the deb-multimedia sources which aren’t officially supported by debian or netrunner in this case.

So my recommendation is to stick to the official packages provided by debian even if they are a little bit older. If you need the newer ones you need to compile it yourself or try to find an appimage somewhere.

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Thank you! I forgot I added the deb-multimedia repo. The maintainer posted a notice today in regards to installing kodi. The required package libmariadbclient18 10.1.28-1 is found in unstable. I followed the instructions and all is well.