running this on RaspiOS is easier than README suggests

[equinox0815]

I think the notes for RaspiOS users are outdated. To get Kodi running on the latest RaspberryPI OS Lite Images all there is to do is to run these commands as root:

apt install kodi libgl1-mesa-dri git
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/graysky2/kodi-standalone-service
cd kodi-standalone-service
make install
systemd-sysusers
systemd-tmpfiles --create
systemctl enable kodi.service
systemctl set-default graphical.target
reboot

I have tested this using a CM4 with both 32bit and 64bit images.

[graysky2]

I think the getting the code as you did with git and then calls to systemctl are implied in the readme ... not sure about which packages beyond kodi these folks need.

[equinox0815]

Yes of course. I only included that for completeness. The things that took me a while to figure out was the minimal list of packages that actually need to be installed to get it working. Also the line Set the boot preference to boot to the console confused me for a while. Especially since it links to a comment that says to switch to graphical.target which is IMHO the opposite. If you would use raspi-config to accomplish this you need to select Desktop not Console to switch to the graphical.target. Finally, at least for the current RaspiOS images, it is no longer necessary to replace /usr/bin/kodi. I was almost scared off because of this since maintaining such manual changes can be quite cumbersome.

[graysky2]

I do not use that distro. Is the use of raspi-config the distro recommended method?

[equinox0815]

Yeah i think so. It comes up quite often in tutorials. Also most tools and scripts make use of it. Personally i don't like it too much because i usually deploy stuff using ansible and for idempotence reasons it is much better to do the changes directly rather than calling a script. But i almost always take a look at this script and try to mimic it's behaviour when developing ansible roles.

In this case i looked at this. Switching to the graphical.target could be to either done by running raspi-config interactively and go to System Options -> Boot / Auto Login -> Desktop or by using the non-interactive mode of the tool:

raspi-config nonint do_boot_behaviour B3

Essentially this does the same as systemctl set-default graphical.target. At least for now.

[graysky2]

Do you mind preparing a PR modifying the readme with a minimal set of instructions targeted at RPiOS? I don't want to cherry pick from this conversation since I do not have experience with that distro.

[graysky2]

ping @equinox0815

[graysky2]

@equinox0815 plz open a PR

[jack-mil]

Hello, I regularily use RpiOS and just successfully installed these services using the information in this issue and the readme. I am happy to document some of the details to help others. I will open a PR and reference this issue soon

[graysky2]

@jack-mil - Sounds great, thanks.

[equinox0815]

@jack-mil Thanks from me as well. Every time i start working on this i get side-tracked. So thanks for taking this off my plate!