How to install XBMC on Apple TV 2

To install the popular XBMC media center on Apple TV 2 (ATV2), you first need to jailbreak it then install the xbmc remotely using ssh.

1. Jailbreak ATV2
    SeasOnPass is a Mac application that allows you to easily jailbreak ATV2.
    Just follow the step on this page.

2. Install XBMC
On XBMC offical site, there are steps to install XBMC. I extracted as below:

$ ssh root@<your ATV2 IP address> 

(The password should be "alpine" if you haven't changed it)

$ apt-get install wget

$ wget -O- http://apt.awkwardtv.org/awkwardtv.pub | apt-key add -

$ echo "deb http://apt.awkwardtv.org/ stable main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/awkwardtv.list

$ 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 

3. Verify that your ATV2 now have XBMC on the menu