XBMC 11.0 Eden for Apple TV 2 5.0 (iOS 5.1) released (+how to install tutorial)

by umOuch on April 2, 2012

XBMC 11 Eden for apple tv XBMC 11.0 Eden for Apple TV 2 5.0 (iOS 5.1) released (+how to install tutorial)

Just days after the tethered jailbreak of 5.0 for the Apple TV 2 was released, we have XBMC working hard to ensure that we don’t get left behind! If you were one the many users who happened to update your ATV2 firmware to iOS 5.1 you were likely saddened to discover that there was not yet a working version of XBMC 11.0 “Eden”. Well, your day has come. Memphiz and Davilla, a developers and team members of XBMC, has been working hard to patch the issues caused when trying to install XBMC over the latest 5.0 firmware update.

If you are an FireCore fan, and aTV Flash (black) user, you have likely noticed their list of working, and broken, packages:

  • Couch Surfer (works)
  • Last.fm (works)
  • Maintenance (works)
  • Media Player (works)
  • NitoTV (works)
  • RSS Feeds (works)
  • Weather (works)
  • Overflow (not working)
  • Plex (not working)
  • Remote HD (not working)
  • Rowmote (not working)
  • XBMC (not working)

You can clearly see that, via FireCore’s tools, there is currently no option to install a working build of XBMC. Primarily the issue is that the 5.0 jailbreak hit XBMC a bit too late in the game, and iOS 5.1 ended up changing too much to be compatible with the current CYDIA version that is available to the public.

To be fair, this will not likely last long. As soon as there is a stable build released by the team over @XBMC, the folks over at FireCore will have the means to install it to your Apple TV. In the meantime, with a little SSH efforts, you can get XBMC Eden working on your Apple TV 2 yet again.

NOTE WORTHY: Memphiz has mentioned, in the release notes, that there has been at least one example of a problem with this process:

xbmc forum XBMC 11.0 Eden for Apple TV 2 5.0 (iOS 5.1) released (+how to install tutorial)

Though there is this case particular case, there are many whom have achieved this installation successfully. It is well worth your time, and efforts, to walk through these steps and get back to enjoying your Apple TV 2!

THE STEPS:

1. Download the following, just in case:

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/14341410/org.xbmc.xbmc-atv2_11.0-3_iphoneos-arm.deb

2. Open your terminal application (or PuTTY on Windows)

3. SSH into your Apple TV 2, by using the following command (make sure you use the IP address of your Apple TV. This is located in the Network information under the Settings menu on your Home Screen):

ssh root@YOUR.ATV2.IP.ADDRESS

You will be asked for a password: default password is alpine

4. Continue to enter, or simply COPY & PASTE the following commands (ONE LINE AT A TIME):

This will install the official CYDIA version or XBMC… which installs all the needed dependencies. It then updates the install with the version of XBMC Eden that we downloaded in Step #1.

  • apt-get update
  • mkdir -p /Applications/AppleTV.app/Appliances
  • apt-get install org.xbmc.xbmc-atv2
  • mkdir -p /Applications/XBMC.frappliance
  • wget <a href="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/14341410/org.xbmc.xbmc-atv2_11.0-3_iphoneos-arm.deb">http://dl.dropbox.com/u/14341410/org.xbmc.xbmc-atv2_11.0-3_iphoneos-arm.deb</a>
  • dpkg -i org.xbmc.xbmc-atv2_11.0-3_iphoneos-arm.deb
  • rm org.xbmc.xbmc-atv2_11.0-3_iphoneos-arm.deb

5. Enjoy your working build of XBMC!

If you have any problems, issues, or concerns you can simply log into forum.xbmc.org to find support for this specific build.

Our tutorial on how to jailbreak Apple TV 2 5.0 with Seas0nPass can be found here.

umOuch (Andrew Brasher) of XBMCHUB

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You may also want to read:
How to jailbreak Apple TV 2 5.0 (iOS 5.1) with Seas0nPass (tethered)
nitoTV: Apple TV 3 jailbreak will be an uphill battle
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    • Siphonx

      Nice tutorial. Just holding out for the untethered jailbreak. 

    • Ryan A Gonzalez

      After I enter this line, it syntac error near unexpected token `newline

      wget http://dl.dropbox.com/u/14341410/org.xbmc.xbmc-atv2_11.0-3_iphoneos-arm.deb

      Any thoughts?

    • joe

      Same problem for me.

    • joe

      Use this website for instruction. It fixes whatever syntax error this line had.
      http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=127369

    • Quinrc

      Just read and saw a video that showed apple tv 3 jailbroken is this fakehttp://seas0npass.blogspot.ca/

    • Andrew umOuch

      Yes it is! Sorry. If it happens, you will see the news here, or at XBMCHUB.com.

    • Anonymous

      Make sure that when doing a copy paste that you are not picking up any extra spaces at the beginning or the end of the line.

    • Anonymous

      Aren’t we all!

    • Noobi

      I follow the instruction here & ssh it to my atv2 & an icon for xbmc is there but if I click on it nothing happen? Did I miss something? I would appreciate if someone could help me out? Thanks.

    • guest100

      I am trying to complete this but everytime I enter the password it says access denied – I have done a complete new jailbreak under 5.0 any ideas how to get round this?

    • I0sen

      Here is a Video Tutorial : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47bDV4cBBHU

    • http://www.facebook.com/people/Anonimu-Anonimi/100002820031263 Anonimu Anonimi

      there is no need fo untethered jailbreak as long as you always have your appletv connected to the plug.

    • http://twitter.com/orbix42 David James

      Ryan, before you paste this line into your terminal/PuTTY window, try pasting it into TextEdit/Notepad. In my case, the copy included some extra HTML, namely “<a href=" and such. If you're getting that in the pasted copy, delete the extra text until it reads exactly as your comment shows it- just wget and then a full URL.

      Hope this helps!

    • http://twitter.com/orbix42 David James

      Thanks for a great walkthrough Andrew- much appreciated!

      One FYI, at least in Chrome on OSX, the wget line displays (and copies) including some html garbage in addition to the correct URL, so you might want to clean that up as I see some people are having issues at that step.

    • john

      Exactly. When your done put it to sleep. When your ready to use it again wake it up and your good to go.

    • Gary-edgar

      got the xbmc icon on front screen but when I click on it – it takes me to second XBMC screen – I click on that and it takes me back to the opening screen with all the options on it ie movies, tv shows, music computers and settings etc –
      any ideas what I have done wrong. ?
      copied and pasted all above in to putty in the order as above – but no joy :-(

    • Kingbottrop65

      Can someone tell me what I have to do with the .deb-file I downloaded at step1?

    • HerpDerp

      Anybody else having problems with scraping? 

    • cm123

      tried downloading xbmc but got letters(xbmc)in atv2 5.0.no files were in side just blank.

    • Flappie

       Errors were encountered while processing:
       org.xbmc.xbmc-atv2_11.0-3_iphoneos-arm.deb

      What do i do?

    • Lucio1

      I did this yesterday, without any problems…. I just need to run all the commands twice

    • Zero_terry

       copy that file to root.. and then run commands

    • Marcelruiter

      my problem is that it can’t find the package from XMBC

    • Marcelruiter

      Please help..
      When i hit apt-get update it gave me errors like cannot find etc… anyone has a answer??

    • Mab5oot

      tried it, didn’t work.
      Any body that has success with this please come back and comment.
      Thanx

    • Mab5oot

      People I think I figured it out.
      those of you trying to run it on an updated apple Tv , just give up.
      Since I’m getting this message then I have the correct XBMC and it’s simply not working.
      org.xbmc.xbmc-atv2 is already the newest version.
      0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
      You get a picture less Icon that takes you to the one behind it, that returns you to the main screen.
      So just wait on firecore to figure it out.
      If you’ve had aTV Flash (black) pre 4.4.4 then you can restore your Apple TV to an earlier date when XBMC was working.

    • Anonymous

      YOU RULE!!!

      Thanks !!!

    • Totocabron

      i got XBMC to work with this commands that i made 

      XBMC install

       

      apt-get update

      mkdir -p /Applications/AppleTV.app/Appliances

      apt-get install org.xbmc.xbmc-atv2

      mkdir -p /Applications/XBMC.frappliance

      wget
      http://dl.dropbox.com/u/14341410/org.xbmc.xbmc-atv2_11.0-3_iphoneos-arm.deb

      dpkg -i
      org.xbmc.xbmc-atv2_11.0-3_iphoneos-arm.deb

      rm org.xbmc.xbmc-atv2_11.0-3_iphoneos-arm.deb

    • Totocabron

      i got  error when i put the commands that  are posted on top before i start to make some changes to the commands.

    • Totcabron

      i hope my commands helps you guys.

    • Gaby

      It’s working. At least for the moment. Many thanks dude.

    • Carl Stephens

      This works, as I have just installed it.

      apt-get updatemkdir -p /Applications/AppleTV.app/Appliancesapt-get install org.xbmc.xbmc-atv2mkdir -p /Applications/XBMC.frappliancewget http://dl.dropbox.com/u/14341410/org.xbmc.xbmc-atv2_11.0-3_iphoneos-arm.debdpkg -i org.xbmc.xbmc-atv2_11.0-3_iphoneos-arm.debrm org.xbmc.xbmc-atv2_11.0-3_iphoneos-arm.deb

    • Rikkileigh

      hi, is this all input in one line? I got an error about -p being not known. Also is there anything after -i and before org?

    • http://twitter.com/nesoxy Nebojsa M.

      I did it as instructed, and there is XBMC in main menu. It works BUT there is no sound, even after I changed audio output from analog to optical, as suggested in ios specific issues at xbmc forum. Second problem I have is I am unable to copy files to Apple TV. I am using cyberduck ftp, and upload of to mobile/applications begins but after a minute or two there is “socket error” and file transfer interrupts. Pleas help. 

    • Jwschraft

      I am getting  syntax error near unexpected token `newline’    after I put in the wget http://dl.dropbox.com/u/14341410/org.xbmc.xbmc-atv2_11.0-3_iphoneos-arm.deb

      Please help

    • 40STBLACK

      same here i cant get pass intial ssh passwrd keeps sayin denied access HELLLPPP HELLLPP US

    • 40STBLACK

      no they didnt the line aftr wetdrop is all confusing

    • moox

      The steps above worked for me except for the wget which said “token newline not recognized”. I then figured out that wget just wants a bare URL, not that HTML thing, so do:

      wget http://dl.dropbox.com/u/14341410/org.xbmc.xbmc-atv2_11.0-3_iphoneos-arm.deb

      instead for the 5th command. 

    • Vasetousa

      Eh, how to copy file to root??
      thanks

    • Bamby2291

      Help got ice films install but when I play film it’s plays for a minute then stops do I need to change the setting cheers lee

    • Geo Dk

      Login as ___ root
      password should be  ___ alpine

    • Geo Dk

      If its a rapidshare link, the problem is from them. You need a paid rapidshare account, because of the 2 mb limit for free users… maybee that helps

    • Geo Dk

      search for ssh apple tv putty apple tv  or 
      ssh apple tv winSCP apple tv - Windows
      Cant remember those for mac, but you can find it if you search ssh apple tv mac……

    • Geo Dk

      Go To this link! 
      http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=127369

      If you get a black XBMC logo on apple tv, you did i wrong……. and then do it again…

    • tkp20
    • Vitransd

      Vincent
       I have apple TV2 software version 5.0. I try to get XBMC but it doesn’t work Can some one please help me how to install XBMC? Thank you

    • Beans!

      moox – thanks very much!
      Just jailbroken mine, painless enough, then running through the steps above encountered a syntax error.  Wonder if different browsers interpret that 5th command differently?  Anyway, did as you did and used the command…

      wget http://dl.dropbox.com/u/14341410/org.xbmc.xbmc-atv2_11.0-3_iphoneos-arm.deb

      …which worked a treat.  Thanks!

    • http://twitter.com/i0sen i0sen

      Easy to use program and VIDEO TUTORIAL

      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bH-bc2A5FHc

    • sjc3

      Hey Guys, 

      Thanks for all the help. I see the XMBC icon and once I click it, I see the loading animation, but then it just goes back to the main apple tv home screen. Have I missed something?

    • sjc3

      Thanks for all the help. 

      I followed the steps and I see the XBMC icon on the home screen but when I click on it, it takes me to a screen where my only option is XMBC, after clicking that, the loading animation comes on but then it just goes back to the home screen. 

      Have I missed something? Thanks.