2013-11-20, 20:05
I have been moving a lot of add ons and their config files from system to system. In My case from ATV2 to ATV1 (running Crystalbuntu), Raspberry Pi (running Xbian).
As I grew tired of re-configuring add ons every time, I arrived to the following solution
This may also be useful for those who want to try to share add ons and their configurations across distros/platforms
Home folder locations for versions I use, yours may be different......
Xbian
/home/xbian
Crystalbuntu
/home/atv
xbmcbuntu
/home/xbmc
ATV2
/private/var/mobile (has a symlink to use /var/mobile
Therefore
on xbian we create symlinks
/var/mobile
/home/xbmc
/home/atv
These would all point to /home/xbian
on crystalbuntu we create symlinks
/var/mobile
/private/var/mobile/home/xbmc
/home/xbian
These should point to /private/home/atv
on xbmcbuntu we create
/var/mobile
/home/atv
/home/xbian
These should all point to /home/xbmc also
On ATV2
/home/xbmc
/home/atv
/home/xbian
These should point to /private/var/mobile
Might want to make /home point to /private/var
If exchanging add ons between atv2 and others you may want to make a symlink for "private" that points to "/" on non-atv2 systems as well so if you (or an add on) go to /private/var/mobile you will go to /home/<username> on that system
As I grew tired of re-configuring add ons every time, I arrived to the following solution
This may also be useful for those who want to try to share add ons and their configurations across distros/platforms
Home folder locations for versions I use, yours may be different......
Xbian
/home/xbian
Crystalbuntu
/home/atv
xbmcbuntu
/home/xbmc
ATV2
/private/var/mobile (has a symlink to use /var/mobile
Therefore
on xbian we create symlinks
/var/mobile
/home/xbmc
/home/atv
These would all point to /home/xbian
on crystalbuntu we create symlinks
/var/mobile
/private/var/mobile/home/xbmc
/home/xbian
These should point to /private/home/atv
on xbmcbuntu we create
/var/mobile
/home/atv
/home/xbian
These should all point to /home/xbmc also
On ATV2
/home/xbmc
/home/atv
/home/xbian
These should point to /private/var/mobile
Might want to make /home point to /private/var
If exchanging add ons between atv2 and others you may want to make a symlink for "private" that points to "/" on non-atv2 systems as well so if you (or an add on) go to /private/var/mobile you will go to /home/<username> on that system