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.