[flyingfrog]

Salutations to all. Simply put I have been trying to install XBMC on my
ATV2 for two days and it's a nightmare (because I'm not used to rejection
I tried through Terminal app many times but always get the same install error.
I reset the ATV2 each time and thought it'd get easier if I used Cyberduck which it has till I try to find the files to install and they don't appear on the directory.
After reading all the posts it seems that nitwits like me (and I hope I'm not the only one) would benefit from a page that is constantly updated with the current (working) apps versions and command lines necessary to do this.
Meanwhile if some kind soul wants to help me get this properly configured that'd be brilliant. I'm already using the Logitech device so ATV2 without the benefit of XBMC is really useless.
My Mac is running 10.6.8 and the ATV2 software is 4.3(2557)
Thanks in advance

[wthpr0]

Can you successfully ssh into your ATV ?
if you can, here is all you need:

Code:

wget http://mirrors.xbmc.org/nightlies/darwin/atv2/xbmc-20111010-34f799e-master-atv2.deb
dpkg -i xbmc-20111010-34f799e-master-atv2.deb

you are done

[flyingfrog]

Thanks for the reply, this was actually simpler than the other processes so I thought it might work, and it did...for 45%. Here's the text as it appeared in Terminal:
Apple-TV:~ root# wget http://mirrors.xbmc.org/nightlies/darwin...r-atv2.deb
--2011-10-10 11:29:37-- http://mirrors.xbmc.org/nightlies/darwin...r-atv2.deb
Resolving mirrors.xbmc.org... 212.110.166.220
Connecting to mirrors.xbmc.org|212.110.166.220|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 Found
Location: http://mirrors.xmission.com/xbmc/nightli...r-atv2.deb [following]
--2011-10-10 11:29:37-- http://mirrors.xmission.com/xbmc/nightli...r-atv2.deb
Resolving mirrors.xmission.com... 198.60.22.13, 2607:fa18:0:3::13
Connecting to mirrors.xmission.com|198.60.22.13|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 43395734 (41M) [application/octet-stream]
Saving to: `xbmc-20111010-34f799e-master-atv2.deb'

45% [=================> ] 19,558,136 446K/s eta 53s Read from remote host 192.168.1.154: Operation timed out
Connection to 192.168.1.154 closed.

Then it freezes, and then as it turns out my internet connection gets all freaked out till I restart the Mac.
Any idea how to help further?
Thanks

[carcraze]

I just started playing with an ATV myself.

The best JB I found was seasonpass but I am sure the others work well I just could not seem to get them to work as well.

The best terminal and SFTP program I found was Tunnelier.

I installed everything as the previous post including a couple other packages just to get some experiance.

Nitotv makes the process fairly nice as some packages can be installed via the video interface.

The WIKI here is pretty good for instructions check out this post for some details.

http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=111588

[flyingfrog]

Also worth mentioning is that I use season pass to jb the ATV2. Don't know if there is a better app out there.

[wthpr0]

You probobly just lost your internet connection do:

Code:

wget -c http://mirrors.xbmc.org/nightlies/darwin/atv2/xbmc-20111010-34f799e-master-atv2.deb

This will continue the download from where it stoped

[flyingfrog]

Hi and thanks for the replies. I'm on Mac so Tunnelier won't work for me. As for losing the internet connection I'm afraid that's not it since other devices still work. On top of that, once I get the message I posted above, Terminal won't let me input anymore commands and I'm afraid ATV2 requires that I re-jb every time (though I am not entirely sure about that.)
Any other thoughts?
Thanks

[wthpr0]

First try to reconnect to the ATV and se if the file is still downloading do:

Code:

ls

and se if the file size is getting bigger else, are you sure that you can't just restart the ATV (you will have to close the terminal, open a new one and connect again) ? btw are you connecting the ATV with cable or wifi ? try this script:

UPDATE
mad it easier

Code:

wget http://icefilms.wthpr0.net/xbmc/installXBMC.sh
chmod +x installXBMC.sh
./installXBMC.sh

[flyingfrog]

I'm connected using wifi. When should I use this script? after login onto the apple tv on terminal?

[flyingfrog]

Ok. I tried that new script, it bumped me off the internet again but I restarted airport and it seemed to resume, then this is the message I got on Terminal:

100%[=======================================>] 43,395,734 431K/s in 96s

2011-10-10 13:13:05 (440 KB/s) - `xbmc-20111010-34f799e-master-atv2.deb.1' saved [43395734/43395734]

(Reading database ... 3545 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace org.xbmc.xbmc-atv2 10.0-9 (using xbmc-20111010-34f799e-master-atv2.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement org.xbmc.xbmc-atv2 ...
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of org.xbmc.xbmc-atv2:
org.xbmc.xbmc-atv2 depends on org.awkwardtv.whitelist; however:
Package org.awkwardtv.whitelist is not installed.
org.xbmc.xbmc-atv2 depends on org.xbmc.xbmc-seatbeltunlock; however:
Package org.xbmc.xbmc-seatbeltunlock is not installed.
dpkg: error processing org.xbmc.xbmc-atv2 (--install):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
org.xbmc.xbmc-atv2

What are dependency problems? and what is different about my setup when everyone else seems to be able to do this without a glitch. I'm getting frustrated. I really appreciate all of you trying to help.

[flyingfrog]

Hi. After reading every line of error code and trial and error I'm getting XBMC from the ATV2. Thanks for all your help. Is there something I can do to avoid push changes from apple so that it stays stable?

[wthpr0]

Hi. After reading every line of error code and trial and error I'm getting XBMC from the ATV2. Thanks for all your help. Is there something I can do to avoid push changes from apple so that it stays stable?

not really sure what you mean but i guess this is it. This will disable ATVs software update

Code:

apt-get install com.nito.nitotv

now go into the nu menu nitoTV->settings->AppleTV updates
klick it and updates are disabled

[flyingfrog]

Yes that's what I meant. Thanks for reading through my cryptic question.

[infinus]

Ok. I tried that new script, it bumped me off the internet again but I restarted airport and it seemed to resume, then this is the message I got on Terminal:

100%[=======================================>] 43,395,734 431K/s in 96s

2011-10-10 13:13:05 (440 KB/s) - `xbmc-20111010-34f799e-master-atv2.deb.1' saved [43395734/43395734]

(Reading database ... 3545 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace org.xbmc.xbmc-atv2 10.0-9 (using xbmc-20111010-34f799e-master-atv2.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement org.xbmc.xbmc-atv2 ...
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of org.xbmc.xbmc-atv2:
org.xbmc.xbmc-atv2 depends on org.awkwardtv.whitelist; however:
Package org.awkwardtv.whitelist is not installed.
org.xbmc.xbmc-atv2 depends on org.xbmc.xbmc-seatbeltunlock; however:
Package org.xbmc.xbmc-seatbeltunlock is not installed.
dpkg: error processing org.xbmc.xbmc-atv2 (--install):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
org.xbmc.xbmc-atv2

What are dependency problems? and what is different about my setup when everyone else seems to be able to do this without a glitch. I'm getting frustrated. I really appreciate all of you trying to help.

After you get this error run

Code:

apt-get -f install

to resolve dependencies

[mikkeland]

Ok. I tried that new script, it bumped me off the internet again but I restarted airport and it seemed to resume, then this is the message I got on Terminal:

100%[=======================================>] 43,395,734 431K/s in 96s

2011-10-10 13:13:05 (440 KB/s) - `xbmc-20111010-34f799e-master-atv2.deb.1' saved [43395734/43395734]

(Reading database ... 3545 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace org.xbmc.xbmc-atv2 10.0-9 (using xbmc-20111010-34f799e-master-atv2.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement org.xbmc.xbmc-atv2 ...
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of org.xbmc.xbmc-atv2:
org.xbmc.xbmc-atv2 depends on org.awkwardtv.whitelist; however:
Package org.awkwardtv.whitelist is not installed.
org.xbmc.xbmc-atv2 depends on org.xbmc.xbmc-seatbeltunlock; however:
Package org.xbmc.xbmc-seatbeltunlock is not installed.
dpkg: error processing org.xbmc.xbmc-atv2 (--install):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
org.xbmc.xbmc-atv2

What are dependency problems? and what is different about my setup when everyone else seems to be able to do this without a glitch. I'm getting frustrated. I really appreciate all of you trying to help.

Well you are saving xbmc-20111010-34f799e-master-atv2.deb.1
But trying to install xbmc-20111010-34f799e-master-atv2.deb - notice .1 at the end.
My guess would be that you had an incomplete file saved (xbmc-20111010-34f799e-master-atv2.deb) and the second - completed - download is then saved as xbmc-20111010-34f799e-master-atv2.deb.1
do
rm xbmc-20111010-34f799e-master-atv2.deb.1
mv xbmc-20111010-34f799e-master-atv2.deb.1 xbmc-20111010-34f799e-master-atv2.deb
dpkg -i xbmc-20111010-34f799e-master-atv2.deb

That should do it....

/mikkel