HOW-TO:Install XBMC on Apple TV 2

iOS: FAQ ★ ATV (black) ★ Installing XBMC for ATV2 ★ Installing XBMC for iDevice ★ Install 3rd party add-ons ★ XBMC.log

The current stable release of XBMC for iOS is v11 (Eden).

Requirements

• To install XBMC for Apple TV (black) you must have a jailbroken Apple TV 2 that is running any ATV iOS between versions 4.1 and 4.4.4
• It is highly recommended to be on an iOS version on or before ATV iOS 4.3
• See here for ATV iOS 5.0
• Look here to find out which version you are currently running.
• If you have any issues, be sure to read the iOS FAQ!

Contents 1 Installing from the command line 2 Installing from NitoTV 3 ATV iOS 5.0 4 Updating 5 Nightly builds 6 Uninstalling

1 Installing from the command line

This is the same build installed from the nitoTV menu, if installed.

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: ssh root@192.168.1.5

2. You will be asked for a password: default password is alpine
3. Continue to enter the following commands:
4. Issue these commands in your Terminal window, in sequence:

   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

   reboot

And you're done! You should now be running XBMC v11 (Eden) for Apple TV 2. See here to verify your XBMC version.

2 Installing from NitoTV

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3 ATV iOS 5.0

With the tethered jailbreak of the ATV2 running ATV iOS 5.0, testing has started on getting XBMC to run on it. See this XBMC forum post for download and instructions for the 5.0 test build.

 Editor note: At a point where we can make more formal instructions for iOS 5.0? Seems mostly stable. 

ATV2 iOS 5.0 video guide

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dX1bsSL9bUw

4 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: ssh root@192.168.1.5

2. You will be asked for a password: default password is alpine
3. Continue to enter the following commands:

   apt-get update

   apt-get install org.xbmc.xbmc-atv2

And you're done! You should now be running XBMC v11 (Eden) for Apple TV 2. See here to verify your XBMC version.

5 Nightly builds

NOTICE: Nightly builds have not started back up for Apple TV 2 just yet, but should be re-enabled sometime this month.

Change history: trac timeline or 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: http://mirrors.xbmc.org/nightlies/darwin/atv2/xbmc-20111202-6729214-master-atv2.deb

2. Open up your terminal/ssh application and enter the following command to log in to your ATV2:

   ssh root@YOUR.ATV2.IP.ADDRESS

   EXAMPLE: ssh root@192.168.1.5

3. You will be asked for a password: default password is alpine
4. Continue to enter the following commands:

   rm -f xbmc*.deb

   wget URL-FROM-STEP-ONE-HERE

   EXAMPLE: wget http://mirrors.xbmc.org/nightlies/darwin/atv2/xbmc-20111202-6729214-master-atv2.deb

   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.

6 Uninstalling

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