Kodi

Install OS

• Ubuntu 15.10
• New User: Kodi
• Choose
  • [x] Basic Ubuntu server
  • [x] OpenSSH server

Install Kodi

• make sure you're install the correct driver for your hardware, i need *-radeon and *-ati
• i used the "unstable" PPA, but if you prefer final releases just replace the "unstable" with "ppa"

sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:team-xbmc/unstable
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install -y xinit xserver-xorg-video-radeon xserver-xorg-video-ati mesa-vdpau-drivers pulseaudio upower libcurl3 kodi 

• allow "anybody" to start the X server

sudo sed -i 's/allowed_users=console/allowed_users=anybody/' /etc/X11/Xwrapper.config

• grant the "kodi" user access to serial devices (CEC) and the soundcard and enable audio passthrough

sudo usermod -aG dialout,audio kodi
pactl set-sink-formats 0 "pcm; ac3-iec61937; dts-iec61937; eac3-iec61937"

Enable Audio

• create /etc/asound.conf

pcm.!default {

   type plug
   slave {
       pcm "iec958"
   }

}

Autostart Kodi

• create /etc/systemd/system/kodi.service

[Unit]
Description=Job that runs Kodi
After=default.target graphical.target getty.target sound.target

[Service]
User=kodi
Restart=always
RestartSec=1s
ExecStart=/usr/bin/xinit /usr/bin/kodi --standalone -- -nocursor

[Install]
WantedBy=default.target

• enable the startup script

sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl enable kodi

• test it

sudo service kodi start
sudo service kodi stop