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2013-01-30, 14:00
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Hi All,
What is the simplest way to upgrade this, I have seen advice to run the XBMC install disc but this seems overly complex, cant this be done using apt-get?
Also I thought from Eden onwards it was supposed to be able to installl updates on its own??
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http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=153900
How many topics on the same thing you guys think is enough? So far I count +10 on this subject.
to a moderator please merge
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what reverent said should work for you, if you have xbmcbuntu 11 stable. If you used some other ppa, see my howto from that thread and adjust the removal according to the ppa you have now.
And then again: if docs are so bad and upgrade is so utterly difficult - grab a new ISO and reinstall.
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sy278
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2013-01-30, 15:18
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Thanks, wsnipex thats all I was asking, will try that and report back.
I just think that an ISO and reinstall is much more troublesome, if the FAQ said:
Upgrade XBMCbuntu v11 (Eden) stable to XBMCbuntu v12 (Frodo) Stable
run the below commands from SSH:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
Thats all that would be needed and would stop the questions.
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something is definitely wrong. Those package should be available.
provide the output of:
apt-cache policy xbmc libmp3lame*
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Just trying the same thing myself, how could I tell if the upgrade was successfull.
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On Main menu goto SETTINGS >> SYSTEM Information
or Look at a XBMC log
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Just to add further information to this, I did a clean install of XBMCBuntu Eden and then upgraded to Frodo. I was hoping to use this method to get around the 'black cursor in the middle of the screen' problem that makes XBMCBuntu Frodo a no-go clean install for some Intel users (RC6 is the problem - there's a whole other thread about this).
Anyway, clean install of Eden went fine, then I ssh'ed into it and did the following:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
I can confirm that this did NOT install Frodo. I then did the following:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:team-xbmc/ppa
sudo apt-get remove xbmc xbmc-bin
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get install xbmc xbmc-bin
This did install Frodo. And it also appears to have cured the 'black cursor' crash, presumably because I'm still on a different kernel to the one used in a clean XBMCBuntu Frodo install.
Hope this helps someone.
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I did this and it worked great, but now it doesn't automatically boot into XBMC. Where do I set that?