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-====== Build A Slackware Mediacenter (HTPC) With XBMC ======+<!-- Reviewed 2013-01-23 by hazel --> 
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 +====== How To Build A Slackware Mediacenter (HTPC) With Kodi (formerly: XBMC======
  
 ====== My Situation ====== ====== My Situation ======
  
-I wanted a **stand alone** media center and everything pointed to XBMC. I tried the various LiveCD versions of XBMC but each had problems that either made to system just not work or were too annoying.  The solution turned out to be a Slackware 14 box that boots right into XBMC.+I wanted a **stand alone** media center and everything pointed to XBMC. I tried 
 +the various LiveCD versions of XBMC but each had problems that either prevented 
 +the system from working or were too annoying.  The solution turned out to be a 
 +lackware 14 box that boots right into XBMC.
  
 ====== Here's What I Did ====== ====== Here's What I Did ======
  
-1) Install Slackware on an old PC. +  - Install Slackware. Optionally, use an old PC; you might be surprised at how powerful even an older PC can be for media playback
- +  - Install [[https://slackbuilds.org/result/?search=kodi&sv=|Kodi]] (formerly known as XBMC), [[https://slackbuilds.org/result/?search=ffmpeg&sv=|ffmpeg]], and dependencies. For automated installs, use [[http://www.sbopkg.org|sbopkg]] or a similar SlackBuilds.org frontend
-1a) Set the default windows manager to TWM. +  - To keep the install as light as possible, use a lightweight GUI environment. You probably don't need a traditional desktop; copy ''/etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.twm'' to ''~/.xinitrc'' to set twm as the default window manager. 
- +  - Create a user named ''kodi'' and login as the user ''kodi'' to create the essential window manager configuration files. 
-2Create user xbmc and login as user xbmc+  Edit ''~/.xinitrc'' to simplify the window manager even further. At the bottom, change: <code bash> 
- +/usr/bin/twm &
-3) Copy /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.twm to ~/.xinitrc +
- +
-4) Edit ~/.xixnitrc and at the bottom, change: +
-<code>/usr/bin/twm &+
 /usr/bin/xclock -geometry 50x50-1+1 & /usr/bin/xclock -geometry 50x50-1+1 &
 /usr/bin/xterm -geometry 80x50+494+51 & /usr/bin/xterm -geometry 80x50+494+51 &
 /usr/bin/xterm -geometry 80x20+494-0 & /usr/bin/xterm -geometry 80x20+494-0 &
-exec /usr/bin/xterm -geometry 80x66+0+0 -name login</code> +exec /usr/bin/xterm -geometry 80x66+0+0 -name login 
-to: +</code> to: <code bash> 
-<code>/usr/bin/twm &+/usr/bin/twm &
 #/usr/bin/xclock -geometry 50x50-1+1 & #/usr/bin/xclock -geometry 50x50-1+1 &
 #/usr/bin/xterm -geometry 80x50+494+51 & #/usr/bin/xterm -geometry 80x50+494+51 &
 #/usr/bin/xterm -geometry 80x20+494-0 & #/usr/bin/xterm -geometry 80x20+494-0 &
 #exec /usr/bin/xterm -geometry 80x66+0+0 -name login #exec /usr/bin/xterm -geometry 80x66+0+0 -name login
-exec /usr/bin/xbmc -geometry +0+0</code>+exec /usr/bin/xbmc -geometry +0+0 
 +</code> 
 +  - Edit /etc/rc.d/rc.local and add: <code>sudo -u kodi startx</code> this is instructing the system to login as the ''kodi'' user on boot and start the default window manager.
  
-5) su back to root+After you reboot the machine, it should boot right into kodi, and you should have 
 + a working media center/HTPC.
  
-6) Install FFMPEG, XBMC and their dependencies via sbopkg. 
- 
-7) Edit /etc/rc.d/rc.local and add: 
-<code>sudo -u xbmc startx</code> 
- 
-After you reboot the machine, it should boot right into XBMC and you should have a working media center/HTPC. 
  
 ====== Some Other Things to Configure ===== ====== Some Other Things to Configure =====
  
-If you keep your media files on other machines and they are accessible via Samba or NFS, make sure you+If you keep your media files on other machines and they are accessible via Samba 
- + or NFS, make sure you enable file sharing:
-To enable Samba file sharing: +
-<code>chmod 755 /etc/rc.d/rc.samba;/etc/rc.d/rc.samba start</code>+
  
-To enable NFS file sharing: +  * To enable Samba file sharing: <code> 
-<code>chmod 755 /etc/rc.d/rc.nfsd;/etc/rc.d/rc.nfsd start</code>+chmod 755 /etc/rc.d/rc.samba;/etc/rc.d/rc.samba start 
 +</code> 
 +  * To enable NFS file sharing: <code> 
 +chmod 755 /etc/rc.d/rc.nfsd;/etc/rc.d/rc.nfsd start 
 +</code>
  
-For NFS, you'll have to do some other configuration but all that is explained in the NFS wiki pages.+For NFS, you'll have to do some other configuration but all that is explained in 
 + the [[howtos:network_services:home_nfs_howto|NFS wiki pages]].
  
  
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