Archive:Install Kodi on Apple TV 2

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The following how-to requires you to have a jailbroken ATV2 running:

Newer versions may also work but aren't officially supported.

Installing from Cydia

To install the Cydia build:

  1. Open up your terminal/ssh application and enter the following command to log in to your ATV2 (the password will be alpine by default):
    2. ssh root@<YOUR.ATV2.IP.ADDRESS>
  2. Issue these three commands in your Terminal window, in sequence:
    3. 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 apt-get install org.xbmc.xbmc-atv2

After XBMC is successfully installed, the ATV2 will restart, and XBMC should then be available as an option in the ATV2's main menu:

ATV2.jpg

Installing the latest nightly build

Here's an example of a successful install (where the ATV2 had an IP of 192.168.1.100 and the .deb package file was from Sept 10)
A list of the changes in each nightly build can be found at https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/commits

Nightly builds incorporate the latest program code from developers and are created by an automated build bot; each night's build constitutes the "latest" version of XBMC that is publicly available.

NOTE: You must install the Cydia version before you can install nightly builds. You only need to install the Cydia version once.
  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.
  2. In that url you just copied, make note of the file name after "../atv2/". For example it will look something like "xbmc-20110822-e391fde-master-atv2.deb".
  3. Open up your terminal/ssh application and enter the following command to log in to your ATV2: 
    ssh [email protected]
  4. You will be asked for a password: default password is alpine
  5. Continue to enter the following commands: 
    wget URL-FROM-STEP-ONE-HERE
    dpkg -i FILENAME-FROM-STEP-TWO-HERE
    rm FILENAME-FROM-STEP-TWO-HERE
  6. You should now have the latest nightly build of XBMC for ATV2.

Note: If the dpkg -i command hangs, stop it with CTRL+C so it can proceed to use the updated removal script in the new package.

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