SlaXBMC 14.0 Frodo 12.1 upgrade

Following up the currently stable XBMC Frodo release cycle we present you the Frodo 12.1 upgrade package for the currently available SlaXBMC 14.0 flavors x86, x86_64 and ARM (more specific Raspberry Pi)
ArchitecturePackageMD5 Hash
x86 (32bit)xbmc-12.1-i486-1xsb.txzc10a8e2683d2d39c764061552e8a7f7d
x86_64 (64bit)xbmc-12.1-x86_64-1xsb.txz447185fda617bf3e2293a315aeef5ddf
ARM (Raspberry Pi)xbmc-12.1-arm-1xsb.txz9301f714c1828baf159a99594cee3586

If you have peripherals (keyboard/mouse) connected on your HTPC you can upgrade to the latest XBMC 12.1 as follows:
  • Exit from XBMC to Desktop
  • Start a console window on the Desktop (try right mouse click -> XTERM or Alt+F1)
  • Download the upgrade package for your architecture using one of the following (one liner!) commands
    • x86 (32bit)
      wget -c http://slackware.org.uk/slaxbmc/14.0/slaxbmc-14.0/updates/frodo/xbmc-12.1-i486-1xsb.txz
    • x86_64 (64bit)
      wget -c http://slackware.org.uk/slaxbmc/14.0/slaxbmc64-14.0/updates/frodo/xbmc-12.1-x86_64-1xsb.txz
    • ARM (Raspberry Pi)
      wget -c http://slackware.org.uk/slaxbmc/14.0/slaxbmcrpi-14.0/updates/frodo/xbmc-12.1-arm-1xsb.txz
  • Apply the upgrade package downloaded earlier and remove it afterwards.
    upgradepkg xbmc-12.1*.txz; rm xbmc-12.1*.txz
  • Start-up XBMC Frodo 12.1 from the right mouse click menu or by rebooting your system

If on the other hand you run the HTPC in headless mode then follow the remote access upgrade instructions below:
  • Write down your HTPCs network IP address. That can be found from within XBMC under System -> System Info -> Summary
  • From a second PC/Laptop connected on your network use SSH to connect to your HTPC as follows (if your secondary machine is Win* you can use the freeware PuTTY ssh client):
    ssh [your HTPCs IP here]
    (Login using your set username/password combination)
  • After login, download the upgrade package for your architecture using one of the following (one liner!) commands
    • x86 (32bit)
      wget -c http://slackware.org.uk/slaxbmc/14.0/slaxbmc-14.0/updates/frodo/xbmc-12.1-i486-1xsb.txz
    • x86_64 (64bit)
      wget -c http://slackware.org.uk/slaxbmc/14.0/slaxbmc64-14.0/updates/frodo/xbmc-12.1-x86_64-1xsb.txz
    • ARM (Raspberry Pi)
      wget -c http://slackware.org.uk/slaxbmc/14.0/slaxbmcrpi-14.0/updates/frodo/xbmc-12.1-arm-1xsb.txz
  • Force the running XBMC instance to stop on the GUI
    QuitXBMCtoDesktop
  • Finally apply the upgrade package downloaded earlier, remove it afterwards and reboot the HTPC for the changes to take effect.
    upgradepkg xbmc-12.1*.txz; rm xbmc-12.1*.txz; reboot

Enjoy,
Analekto

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