SlaXBMC 13.37 (x86_64) Eden Upgrade (Beta 1)

As of 24th of December 2011 the XBMC team made available the very first preview release of the latest XBMC version with codename Eden. Naturally the decision was made this beta release cycle become available to all SlaXBMC users wishing to test/use and upgrade to the latest and (IMO) greatest XBMC version.

The upgrade steps below are based on the assumption you have SlaXBMC64 13.37 installed on your HTPC and the upgrade process is taking place there; however the upgrade would work equally well on a full Slackware64 13.37 configured system with the extra (xbc/xsc) packages from the SlaXBMC64 13.37 distribution ISO.

So lets get on with it...

1. Revert the current XBMC skin back to the XBMC default (Confluence) where applicable


2. Exit XBMC to desktop


3. Right click on the Desktop and start-up an XTerm console


4. Install the latest Slackware64 security patches
   

   root@SlaXBMC64:~#slackpkg update

   If you get the following information message:
   "  You do not have any mirror selected in /etc/slackpkg/mirrors
      Please edit that file and uncomment ONE mirror. Slackpkg
      only works with ONE mirror selected."
   Then perform the following bullet-point process and try again on completion:

   • root@SlaXBMC64:~#cd /etc/slackpkg root@SlaXBMC64:~#mc

   • Browse to the file mirrors using the arrow keys and press F4
   • Use the arrow keys to navigate down the list of Slackware64 13.37 FTP and HTTP mirrors
   • Delete the # character at the beginning of ONE FTP or HTTP mirror listing
   • Press on F2 and select Save
   • Press twice F10 followed by Yes

   • root@SlaXBMC64:~#cd

   Finalize the security patch installation process by issuing:

   root@SlaXBMC64:~#slackpkg upgrade patches

   
   
5. Remove obsolete packages
   

   root@SlaXBMC64:~#removepkg xbmc-10.1-x86_64-1xsb.txz libmms-0.6.2-x86_64-1xsb.txz a52dec-0.7.4-x86_64-1xsb.txz faac-1.28-x86_64-1xsb.txz faad2-2.7-x86_64-1xsb.txz



6. Install required package from the official Slackware repositories
   

   root@SlaXBMC64:~#slackpkg install ruby-1.9.1_p431-x86_64-1 root@SlaXBMC64:~#slackpkg install jdk-6u25-x86_64-1



7. Download the upgrade files shown below in a local folder of your choice (for the purpose of this manual we'll assume /lost+found)
   

   apache-ant-1.8.2-x86_64-1xsb.txz	51ed7ad1b8bc1ceac4ef63427b135d95
   junit-4.10-x86_64-1xsb.txz	6dbe4c7fbc5cf2fefb74d0cee074f7de
   libbluray-04012012-x86_64-1xsb.txz	53911ffe222dec91ad11fae626d1a1ed
   libcec-1.1.0-207-gf962137-x86_64-1xsb.txz	0af9a8d245f1c15de687873f2a6d53d3
   libusb-1.0.8-x86_64-1xsb.txz	5fa81ea84ad18c7b3645bf3d6a038245
   libva-1.0.15-x86_64-1xsb.txz	1750f05285b5b13c9d27022f3cc1661d
   lloyd-yajl-2.0.1-0-gf4b2b1a-x86_64-1xsb.txz	c1e017c2a7a554427f53338bbbaee19d
   rtmpdump-2.4-x86_64-1xsb.txz	8d87ab51aa640f52320e9c10976b6004
   xbmc-11.0-Eden_beta1-x86_64-1xsb.txz	89a5dcabc37cac246b1d5b200839b37a
   ConfData-1.0-x86_64-1xsb.txz	69b60a9fb9b0a6aac9f35a4635020f38



8. Install the packages (from /lost+found)
   

   root@SlaXBMC64:~#cd /lost+found root@SlaXBMC64:~#installpkg l*.txz root@SlaXBMC64:~#installpkg junit-4.10-x86_64-1xsb.txz apache-ant-1.8.2-x86_64-1xsb.txz rtmpdump-2.4-x86_64-1xsb.txz xbmc-11.0-Eden_beta1-x86_64-1xsb.txz ConfData-1.0-x86_64-1xsb.txz

Right click on the desktop and select Start XBMC to get a glimpse of Eden ;)

NOTE: A complete list of the Packages shown above and their Source (including Slackbuild scripts) is also available here.