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Hi. I got XBMC up and running on my ATV and love it. Some of the skins look amazing. So now I would like to start playing around with some of the scripts and plugins out there. If I understand it right, I need to install python on my appletv in order for plugins/scripts to work. I've read the instructions on Awkwardtv, but they are pretty extensive and fairly complicated (I'm not a linux/unix guy). Is there any other way to get Python setup? I typically transfer files to and from my Appletv using SFTP (using Panic's Transmit software for the mac).
Any hints or tips would be appreciated.
Thanks...
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Didnt work for me either. I was able to transfer the file.txt and execute the sudo command. It failed when it got to the "wget" and "pax" commands. I assume that wget and pax needs to be installed prior to running the script?
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I think the person who offered the advice was offering a shortcut to typing, not to the actual process.
Apparently, you need to install an unarchiver, which i went to the website to do, from awkward wiki, but AGAIN complex coding and instructions.
I dont know what the developer disc 4 thing is all about....
*shrug*
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2008-11-14, 23:18
(This post was last modified: 2008-11-15, 14:50 by dafranca.)
pax is installed on all ATV.
If you got error is because you don't have wget binary installed:
wget is used to download files from www
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2008-11-14, 23:35
(This post was last modified: 2008-11-14, 23:39 by [email protected].)
I used method 2....
file.txt: line 22: syntax error: unexpected end of file
Any ideas?
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2008-11-14, 23:39
(This post was last modified: 2008-11-14, 23:44 by [email protected].)
ok, was error in copying.....
Now it just returns to 'bash
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Yes, it was a copying error.... and no its a txt file.
I am using a ppc mac.
Anything else i need to do?
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test if it is working:
type: python --version
You should get this:
Python 2.5
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Nope.
bash: python: command not found
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Maybe you need to reboot atv...
if doesn't work... run the script again... copy and paste the error here.