Execute shell script inside XBMC? e.g. apt-get?

blubberx · 2012-06-15 13:12

Has anyone an idea if it is possible to execute shell scripts from inside XBMC?

I want to be able to install/remove the XBMC autobooter from inside XBMC as from time to time I want to use the AirPlay Mirror function of my Ipad3 which is unsupported yet in xbmc.

So i need to be able to execute:

Code:

apt-get install org.tomcool.xbmc-booter

and

Code:

apt-get remove org.tomcool.xbmc-booter

from inside XBMC.

g-off · 2012-06-16 12:48

Nope. Xbmc runs as user mobile who can't do diddly.

blubberx · 2012-06-16 16:04

Hmm well if sudo is available on ATV then this shouldn't be a problem.
But is xbmc able to execute command line scripts at all?

Cranial · 2012-06-20 02:10

Hmmm, I seem to remember reading somewhere that sudo isn't sudo in iOS.

Best to test under user mobile then see if you can integrate into Xbmc.

**Ned Scott** · 2012-06-20 02:30

I think I asked once and was told that it wasn't possible, but I could be mistaking it for another question.

**davilla** · 2012-06-20 03:09

sudo does not help while in a sandbox Smile

The kernel gods will just shake their finger and say 'silly rabbit, sudo is for kids"

Cranial · 2012-06-20 03:48

Kernel Sanders?

Mmmmmm.... chicken.....

g-off Fan Posts: 635 Joined: Aug 2011 Reputation: 3	2012-06-16 12:48 Post: #2 Nope. Xbmc runs as user mobile who can't do diddly. HOW-TO post about a XBMC for iOS problem (AKA YOU MUST POST XBMC.LOG SO WE CAN HELP) I bet you can't read the FAQ
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blubberx Junior Member Posts: 28 Joined: Apr 2012 Reputation: 0 Location: Germany	2012-06-16 16:04 Post: #3 Hmm well if sudo is available on ATV then this shouldn't be a problem. But is xbmc able to execute command line scripts at all? The cake is a lie!
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Cranial Fan Posts: 731 Joined: Aug 2008 Reputation: 3 Location: Sydney, Australia	2012-06-20 02:10 Post: #4 Hmmm, I seem to remember reading somewhere that sudo isn't sudo in iOS. Best to test under user mobile then see if you can integrate into Xbmc. http://www.xbmc4xbox.org
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Ned Scott Team-XBMC Wiki Guy Posts: 12,566 Joined: Jan 2011 Reputation: 138 Location: Arizona, USA	2012-06-20 02:30 Post: #5 I think I asked once and was told that it wasn't possible, but I could be mistaking it for another question. You can make easy links to the XBMC wiki using double brackets around words: [[debug log]] = debug log, [[Add-on:YouTube]] = Add-on:YouTube, [[Adding videos to the library]] = Adding videos to the library, [[userdata]] = userdata, etc
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davilla Team-XBMC Developer Posts: 10,506 Joined: Feb 2008 Reputation: 58	2012-06-20 03:09 Post: #6 sudo does not help while in a sandbox The kernel gods will just shake their finger and say 'silly rabbit, sudo is for kids" MediaInfo : http://mediainfo.sourceforge.net/ Do not e-mail XBMC-Team members directly asking for support. Read/follow the forum rules.
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Cranial Fan Posts: 731 Joined: Aug 2008 Reputation: 3 Location: Sydney, Australia	2012-06-20 03:48 Post: #7 Kernel Sanders? Mmmmmm.... chicken..... http://www.xbmc4xbox.org
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