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)
If you have peripherals (keyboard/mouse) connected on your HTPC you can upgrade to the latest XBMC 12.1 as follows:
If on the other hand you run the HTPC in headless mode then follow the remote access upgrade instructions below:
Enjoy,
Analekto
| Architecture | Package | MD5 Hash |
| x86 (32bit) | xbmc-12.1-i486-1xsb.txz | c10a8e2683d2d39c764061552e8a7f7d |
| x86_64 (64bit) | xbmc-12.1-x86_64-1xsb.txz | 447185fda617bf3e2293a315aeef5ddf |
| ARM (Raspberry Pi) | xbmc-12.1-arm-1xsb.txz | 9301f714c1828baf159a99594cee3586 |
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):
(Login using your set username/password combination)ssh [your HTPCs IP here] - 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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