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Can anyone help on how I update XBMC on my apple tv2?
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2012-02-14, 22:24
(This post was last modified: 2012-02-14, 22:27 by Wendo.)
Surprisingly I expected this to be in the FAQ post, but it's not. It is buried in the iOS specific FAQ but it's not labelled as the upgrade procedure specifically, just listed under "Software updates from Apple will crash XBMC" which isn't exactly intuitive.
In any case, SSH into your ATV2 and run the below commands
apt-get update && apt-get upgrade
reboot
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You can update XBMC through NitoTv. Go to NitoTv settings and update NitoTV. After that is complete go back into NitoTV and go the installed items lists, find XBMC and click install. It will install XBMC beta 3.
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Will my XBMC settings and libraries remain if I update, or will I have to back it up?
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They will still be there, the only time you would lose them is if you had to jailbreak the device again
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to install nano
apt-get install nano
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2012-02-15, 07:21
(This post was last modified: 2012-02-15, 07:33 by Ned Scott.)
Wendo Wrote:Surprisingly I expected this to be in the FAQ post, but it's not. It is buried in the iOS specific FAQ but it's not labelled as the upgrade procedure specifically, just listed under "Software updates from Apple will crash XBMC" which isn't exactly intuitive.
Why would upgrading for the ATV2 be in the general FAQ? The iOS FAQ sure as heck isn't buried anywhere when there's a link on almost every single wiki page, as well as the main page, marked "iOS/ATV2 FAQ".
The iOS FAQ is actually the only complete FAQ on the wiki, and is the model for the other FAQs once they are finished. Since anyone can edit and help out, no one is allowed to bitch about it. The wiki and FAQs are made by the community.
The instructions are under the installation page. How do you update a new version of something? You install a new version over the old version. Just like every other platform that XBMC is on.
The mention under Apple Software updates is just to make sure Update-Be-Gone is updated, but the command will update all available software when the repo's have new versions of stuff (including XBMC). In any case, that's not meant to be the update instructions.