Steamlink Launcher for Kodi

Plugin for Kodi to launch Steamlink.

Requirements

• Raspbian >=9 already installed.

• Install kodi package:

  sudo apt-get update
  sudo apt-get install -y kodi

• A kodi user is created and used to start kodi-standalone service:

  sudo useradd -a -m -U -G "audio,bluetooth,input,plugdev,video" -s /bin/bash -u 999 kodi

• Systemd service unit is being installed to start kodi-standalone service:

  cat <<EOF | sudo tee /etc/systemd/system/kodi.service
  [Unit]
  Description = Kodi Media Center
  After = systemd-user-sessions.service network.target sound.target
  
  [Service]
  User = kodi
  Group = kodi
  Type = simple
  ExecStart = /usr/bin/kodi-standalone
  Restart = always
  RestartSec = 15
  
  [Install]
  WantedBy = multi-user.target
  EOF
  
  sudo systemctl daemon-reload
  sudo systemctl enable kodi
  sudo systemctl start kodi

• Install steamlink debian package with:

  sudo apt-get update
  sudo apt-get install -y steamlink

Plugin installation

• Log into ssh on your Kodi installation.

• Download the zip of the launcher and install it via Kodi (Extension → Install from Zip file). You must allow untrusted sources in system settings prior to this.

• Setup sudo rules to allow kodi user to run steamlink:

  cat <<EOF | sudo tee /etc/sudoers.d/steamlink-kodi
  kodi ALL=(root) NOPASSWD: /bin/systemctl stop kodi, /bin/systemctl restart kodi, /bin/openvt
  EOF

Want to contribute ?

Submit your contributions through pull requests.

Acknowledgement

Steam Copyright 2003-2018 Valve Corp. All rights reserved. Use of Steam Link software is subject to the Steam Subscriber Agreement, https://store.steampowered.com/subscriber_agreement/.

Inspiration

• grimlokason/osmc-steamlink - scripting logic
• swetoast/steamlink-launcher - addon resources

License

Steamlink Launcher for Kodi is licensed under GPLv2, see LICENSE.txt.