[ashughes]

I cannot seem to install any skins manually. I've tried several (Aeon, MediaStreamer, Focus, etc). I've searched around several sites for a couple days now and have not found a solution to my problem.

Common advice I have received is to either copy the file to ~/Library/Application Support/XBMC/skin/<skin_name> or /Applications/XBMC/Contents/MacOS/Resources/addons/skin.<skin_name>

However, when I launch XBMC and go to System/Appearance/Skin, I can only select the default skin. I can install the default provided skins with the Get More button, but these are the only ones I can seem to install.

My XBMC version is the nightly:
XBMC PRE-10.5 r35383M (Dec 11, 2010)

My version of Aeon is the DJH Nightly.

I'm not sure why this does not work at all. Everything I have been reading and researching is telling me it should be.

I hope someone here can help me.

Thanks.

[ashughes]

After posting this I came across another post:
http://forum.xbmc.org/showpost.php?p=646...tcount=176

I'll try this, but if it fails, I'm doomed to continue using Confluence, as the rest of the default skins are uglier (IMO). The time I have wasted so far really is not worth it.

I'll let you know how it works out.

[ashughes]

That worked. It's really hard, from a first-time user perspective, to learn to install these skins (especially with so many different versions). It's a huge barrier to getting people to use your skins. The documentation on the wiki needs to reflect the linked comment. Also, I think the comment itself should be stickied somewhere.

Anyway, thanks.

[jmarshall]

With Dharma, you simply click on Aeon in the addons manager and it's installed for you.

Similarly you can install from zip from inside the app.

[angryeye]

I had a very quick look at Dharma today(looks awesome) but couldn't see Aeon under the 'Skin' directory in the add-ons section...?

[Jezz_X]

Its not you will need to go to the aeon forum and find aeon65 or aeon-mq2 (dharma versions) then download them and select "install from zip" in the addons menu