HOW-TO:Install XBMC on iPad/iPhone/iPod touch

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 iOS you must have a jailbroken iDevice running iOS 4.x or higher.
• For hardware: iPad 1, iPad 2, iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, iPod touch 3rd gen (16GB and 32GB models only), iPod touch 4th gen.
• If you have any issues, be sure to read the iOS FAQ!

Contents 1 Installing from Cydia 2 Updating 3 Nightly builds 3.1 Installing from the command line 3.2 Installing from a GUI 4 Uninstalling 4.1 Uninstalling just XBMC 4.2 Removing settings

1 Installing from Cydia

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  Step 1: Tap the Cydia icon on your homescreen.

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  Step 2-iPhone: Manage - > Sources -> Edit -> Add
  Step 2-iPad: Sources -> Edit -> Add
  Step 3: Type in  http://mirrors.xbmc.org/apt/ios/ 

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  Step 4: Tap on the teamXBMC source.

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  Step 5: Tap on the XBMC-iOS icon.

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  Step 6: Tap install, then confirm.

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  Step 7: Let it install, then exit Cydia. You should now have a new XBMC icon on your screen.

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

2 Updating

Updates for stable releases of XBMC are handled by Cydia and will show up in the "Changes" section when available.

3 Nightly builds

3.1 Installing from the command line

Change history: trac timeline or commit history

NOTE: You MUST install the stable version 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/ios/ in a web browser and copy the url of the most recent file in that listing.

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

2. Open up your terminal/ssh application and enter the following commands:

   ssh root@YOUR.iDEVICE.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

   curl -O -L URL-FROM-STEP-1-HERE

   EXAMPLE: curl -O -L http://mirrors.xbmc.org/nightlies/darwin/ios/xbmc-20111202-6729214-master-ios.deb

   dpkg -i xbmc*.deb

   rm xbmc*.deb

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

3.2 Installing from a GUI

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 Editor note: Basically this is how to download the deb file and open in iFile on the iDevice itself. 

4 Uninstalling

4.1 Uninstalling just XBMC

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  Step 1: Tap the Cydia icon on your homescreen.

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  Step 2: Tap Manage from the bottom of the Cydia menu and then tap Packages

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  Step 3: Find and tap XBMC-iOS in the list of installed packages.

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  Step 4: Tap on Modify in the top right and then choose Remove from the pop up menu.
  Step 5: Let XBMC uninstall and then press Return to Cydia.

You're all done. XBMC will now be uninstalled from your iDevice. If you want you can also uninstall XBMC-IconPack using the same method.

4.2 Removing settings

XBMC will uninstall from your iDevice 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:

From the terminal, run

rm -Rf /private/var/mobile/Library/Preferences/XBMC/

Or

From iFile

Delete /private/var/mobile/Library/Preferences/XBMC/