[maocul]

OK this is such a noob question I'm embarrassed to ask, but I have NO linux knowledge and had no luck with googlying.

I've installed XBMC Live on my laptop since that all it does and I'm loving not having windows.

BUT - How do I see the XBMC directory in order to install skins, plugins etc? It must be a piece of cake but its doing my head in!

With questions like this I'm beginning to think I deserve to be a Apple user

[andyblac]

you need to open a SFTP session on another computer.

sftp://XBMCLive.local/home/xbmc/

if it does not find it then just use your ip for that computer.

if you are indeed a mac user (as i am) then use an app called Cyberduck it's free

if you want to beable to use the host name instead of the IP (if your using a DHPC server), then once you have cyberduck installed and connected your xbmclive click on the Terminal icon (this will open a terminal session) then copy and paste the follwing into that session window

PHP Code:

sudo apt-get install avahi-daemon -y --force-yes 


this will install the required software for Live to beable to use DNS names localy.

[AuXBoX]

If you don't have another computer you can sftp in from you can go to the terminal by pressing CTRL+ALT+F1 and type:
sudo apt-get install mc

it will install a browser for you
then once installed just type
mc
to open it

to get back to xbmc press CTRL+ALT+F2