Kodi: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 22:35, 14 December 2015

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
i used the "unstable" PPA, but if you prefer final releases just replace the "unstable" with "ppa"

sudo apt-get install -y software-properties-common
sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:team-xbmc/unstable
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install -y xinit xserver-xorg-video-radeon kodi libcurl3

you may no need libcec and libmysqlclient, but i do for my setup...

sudo apt-get install -y libcec libmysqlclient18

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

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 == Install Kodi ==
 * make sure you're install the correct driver for your hardware, i need *-radeon
+* i used the "unstable" PPA, but if you prefer final releases just replace the "unstable" with "ppa"
   <nowiki>sudo apt-get install -y software-properties-common
-sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:team-xbmc/ppa
+sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:team-xbmc/unstable
 sudo apt-get update
 sudo apt-get install -y xinit xserver-xorg-video-radeon kodi libcurl3