HOW-TO:Install XBMC on Apple TV 2

The current stable release of XBMC for iOS is v12 Frodo.
 * Requirements:


 * If you have any issues, be sure to read the iOS FAQ!

Installing from the command line
And you're done! You should now be running XBMC v12 Frodo for Apple TV 2. See here to verify your XBMC version.
 * 1) Open up your terminal/ssh application and enter the following command to log in to your ATV2. Note, you need to replace "YOUR.ATV2.IP.ADDRESS" with the IP address of the Apple TV:
 * ssh root@YOUR.ATV2.IP.ADDRESS
 * EXAMPLE:
 * 1) You will be asked for a password: default password is alpine
 * 2) Continue to enter the following commands:
 * apt-get install wget
 * wget -O- http://apt.awkwardtv.org/awkwardtv.pub | apt-key add -
 * echo "deb http://apt.awkwardtv.org/ stable main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/awkwardtv.list
 * echo "deb http://mirrors.xbmc.org/apt/atv2 ./" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/xbmc.list
 * apt-get update
 * mkdir -p /Applications/AppleTV.app/Appliances
 * apt-get install org.xbmc.xbmc-atv2
 * mkdir -p /Applications/XBMC.frappliance
 * reboot

Installing from NitoTV
And you're done! You should now be running XBMC v12 Frodo for Apple TV 2. See here to verify your XBMC version.
 * NitoTV on the Apple TV 2
 * 1) Scroll right to the NitoTV menu on the Apple TV and choose the first option "Install Software".
 * 2) Scroll down the list until you see "XBMC-ATV2" and click on that.
 * 3) From that menu press "install" and your Apple TV will install XBMC and then do a SOFT reboot (no tethered boot required).
 * 4) XBMC will now be in your Apple TV menu, scroll right to it, click and enjoy.

Updating
Either update through NitoTV or issue the following commands to update:
 * 1) Open up your terminal/ssh application and enter the following command to log in to your ATV2:
 * ssh root@YOUR.ATV2.IP.ADDRESS
 * EXAMPLE:
 * 1) You will be asked for a password: default password is alpine
 * 2) Continue to enter the following commands:
 * apt-get update
 * apt-get install org.xbmc.xbmc-atv2

Nightly builds
Nightly builds are unstable test builds that have the latest bug fixes and feature additions. Nightly builds work with both ATV2 software version 4.x and 5.x. They are not fully tested, so anticipate issues and be sure to backup your userdata folder.


 * Change history: commit history

NOTE: You MUST install the stable version (see above) before you can install a nightly build. You only need to install the stable version once and you don't need to uninstall previous versions to upgrade (or downgrade) XBMC.


 * 1) Open http://mirrors.xbmc.org/nightlies/darwin/atv2/ in a web browser and copy the url of the most recent file in that listing.
 * EXAMPLE:
 * 1) Open up your terminal/ssh application and enter the following command to log in to your ATV2:
 * ssh root@YOUR.ATV2.IP.ADDRESS
 * EXAMPLE:
 * 1) You will be asked for a password: default password is alpine
 * 2) Continue to enter the following commands:
 * rm -f *xbmc*.deb
 * wget URL-FROM-STEP-ONE-HERE
 * EXAMPLE:
 * dpkg -i *xbmc*.deb
 * rm *xbmc*.deb

And you're done! You should now have the latest nightly build of XBMC for ATV2. See here to verify your XBMC version.

Beta builds
To install v13 beta, follow the nightly build instructions above with one exception:
 * replace the url in step 1 with

Uninstalling just XBMC
SSH into your Apple TV (Using the same instructions from above to login). Then run:

apt-get remove org.xbmc.xbmc-atv2 It will ask you if you want to continue: The following packages will be REMOVED: org.xbmc.xbmc-atv2 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 5 not upgraded. After this operation, 0B of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue [Y/n]? Just enter "Y" to accept and continue.

Removing settings
XBMC will uninstall from your Apple TV but will leave certain things (databases and everything in your userdata folder) behind to make it easier if you wanted to reinstall. To delete those also run: rm -Rf /private/var/mobile/Library/Preferences/XBMC This will then be completely clear and XBMC will be removed.

Deleting XBMC dependencies
XBMC has three dependencies that it installs along with itself when you first install XBMC (org.xbmc.xbmc-seatbeltunlock, gawk, bsdiff). After uninstalling XBMC you can also uninstall these 3 dependencies by running this command: apt-get remove org.xbmc.xbmc-seatbeltunlock && apt-get remove gawk && apt-get remove bsdiff