Kodi apple tv how to#

If i wanted to download a different version i would simply type wget then the address of the deb I wished to download.ĭpkg -i *xbmc*.deb – This will install the XBMC 13.2 Gotham version i just downloaded.Īpt-get install -booter – This installs the XBMC booter which automatically boots in to XBMC instead of the default Apple TV 2 user interface. Wget – this would download the XBMC 13.2 Gotham version to my Apple TV. So if for example if you wanted to install the final version of XBMC which is 13.2 Gotham I would do the following: You can download any past version of XBMC / Kodi you desire here, the Vim.org repository has all of the past XBMC / Kodi versions at the moment. Rm -Rf /private/var/mobile/Library/Preferences/Kodi – Removes any previous user settings for Kodi Installing a specific version of XBMC or Kodi: Rm -Rf /private/var/mobile/Library/Preferences/XBMC – Removes any previous user settings for XBMC Rm -f *xbmc*.deb – Deletes any previous XBMC .deb files you might have downloadedĪpt-get remove -atv2 – removes XBMC if you have installed it from the repositoryĪpt-get remove -atv2 – removes Kodi if you have installed it from the repository Rm -f *kodi*.deb – Deletes any previous Kodi. Work you way down the list below and copy / paste the commands which are highlighted in bold to remove and clean-up from any previous Xbmc / Kodi installs. Now do: apt-get update – This updates the packages available from the repositories, it wont hurt to do this. Another reason might be you want to boot in to boot Kodi / XBMC directly when the Apple TV is powered on for ease of use by family members, this is not possible with the latest version of Kodi.įirst ssh in to your Jailbroken Apple TV, the default username is root and the default password is alpine. However development of Kodi for the Apple TV 2 platform has come to an end, so eventually you might no longer be able to do this. That would install the latest version of Kodi, which normally wouldn’t be a problem.

You might be wondering why would you not simply do:

Kodi apple tv how to#

So you have a Jailbroken Apple TV 2 and want install a specific version of XBMC or Kodi, this mini tutorial will show you how to do so.