How To: Install XBMC on Apple TV 2G

On January 22, 2011, by Guest

This iJailbreak.com How To tutorial will show you how to install the latest XBMC on your Apple TV 2G.

SUPPORTED DEVICES:
Apple TV 2G

OS(s) NEEDED:
Computer: Mac OS X (Windows support coming soon)
Apple TV 2: iOS 4.1+

PROGRAMS REQUIRED:
Seas0nPass

HARDWARE REQUIRED:
Apple TV 2

STEP 1: Jailbreak your Apple TV 2G
This can be accomplished by using Seas0nPass. For a guide on how to use Seas0nPass, click here.

STEP 2: SSH to the root of your Apple TV 2 using Terminal
To open Terminal, navigate to your Applications folder, open Utilities, and double click on Terminal. Once Terminal is open, type: ‘ssh root@apple-tv.local' . When prompted for a password, use “alpine”, the default password. If you changed your root password, use it instead.
*Note*: If ‘ssh root@apple-tv.local' doesn’t work, use your Apple TV’s local IP address instead.

STEP 3: Install XBMC
Paste the following commands into Terminal one by one:

echo "deb http://mirrors.xbmc.org/apt/atv2 ./" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/xbmc.list

apt-get update

apt-get install org.xbmc.xbmc-atv2

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Enjoy!


  • Dacaconstruct

    does the atv have to plugged in to your mac ?????

  • Patrick McCrea

    what is the appletv root#?

  • Blah

    The default password is “alpine” not “Alpine”

  • http://www.ijailbreak.com/ Dusty

    Changed to “alpine”, thanks.

  • Mickieblueyes

    no it must be plugged into the tv and wireless onto network

  • http://twitter.com/Fralaxis Fralaxis

    IT works great with APTV 2 4.2.2

  • Majd

    thumbsup

  • Odissine

    Thanks for this tuto ;) very easy … but in beginning, I’m looking for terminal in application folder … on apple TV … not on my iMac :( … Yes I know what you’ll say ;)
    Thanks anyway I successful installed all what I needed ;)

  • Dnap02

    worked fine after its unstalled what can i do with 4.4.4

  • Mouse

    my terminal say:
    Last login: Sun Feb  5 01:59:58 on ttys000Mi…s-MacBook-Pro:~ Pr….t$ ssh root@192.168.1.237@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@    WARNING: REMOTE HOST IDENTIFICATION HAS CHANGED!   @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@IT IS POSSIBLE THAT SOMEONE IS DOING SOMETHING NASTY!Someone could be eavesdropping on you right now (man-in-the-middle attack)!It is also possible that the RSA host key has just been changed.The fingerprint for the RSA key sent by the remote host is01:ff:73:db:d1:97:a8:93:fa:f8:5a:af:91:84:db:21.Please contact your system administrator.Add correct host key in /Users/ProShot/.ssh/known_hosts to get rid of this message.Offending key in /Users/ProShot/.ssh/known_hosts:1RSA host key for 192.168.1.237 has changed and you have requested strict checking.Host key verification failed.Mi….s-MacBook-Pro:~ P……t$ help:(

  • Nathan Rich

    This process doesn’t at all require OSX, just did it on windows no problem.

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