Kodi

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

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