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Hello all I am trying to get xbmc running on ubuntu 8.10 and I am having some issues figuring out how to install plugins.
Most of the directions I am finding indicate that they are installed from the xbmc gui itself but I dont have the plugins options on the "Add source" dialog. I have tried putting downloaded plugins into the correct directory and I still dont have the option on the "Add source" dialog.
I realize this is probably a pretty noobish question but I have been looking everywhere and I can't seem to find a good description of how to get the plugins installed.
Thank you in advance.
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If you have any plugins in the correct directory, I believe there is supposed to show up a listing for the plugins for that section. "Video plugins" for video, "Music plugins" for music, etc.. double check the manual to make sure you are putting the plugin in the correct folder. I'm not sure where they go on linux.
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Yes I have the plugins in the correct folders.
The plugin options aren't showing up in the "add source" dialog no matter what I do.
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What do you mean by passion?
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Here is the path for the Hulu plugin...
/usr/share/xbmc/plugins/video/Hulu
Here is the path for the SVN plugin...
/usr/share/xbmc/plugins/programs/SVN Repo Installer
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Why can't I get into the .xbmc folder from the ubuntu gui? I can see it in the terminal.
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you have to enable show hidden files in some setting somewhere. that's best left to google. ctrl+h is the shortcut key I think. or you could manually type it in nautilus's browser bar.
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Thank you very much rwparris I was looking in the wrong folder. I have the plugins showing up in xbmc now. Now I just have to get some to work.
Do you have any suggestions for some good simple plugins that I could test to make sure I have this figured out?
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Yeah, for some reason I can't get the SVN Repo installer to work. I got the xbmc favorites installer to work though.
Any tips for getting the SVN Repo to work?