The Dharma Guide: Download and install XBMC

Dharma Guide Introduction Download and install XBMC Keyboard binding Setup the sources Organization of your media files Movies TV shows Advanced library configuration Additional settings Library settings Customization (skins!) Networking and external access Setup additional add-ons Extras Advanced Launcher Logo & tunes-skins

Download and Install XBMC

You can get the XBMC here:

http://xbmc.org/download/

Windows

Click the Windows-Logo to get the newest stable Windows-Build for your machine. Download the Setup-File and install it. It will also install the needed libraries (DirectX, C++), so it will take a little bit to complete.

Mac OS

Download the current Mac-Version by clicking on the OSX-Logo (or – if you run a PPC – on the OSX- PPC-Link beneath the logo) and save the DMG-File to your drive. Install the DMG by clicking on it. Drag XBMC to your application folder as usual. You can delete the DMG-File after installation.

Linux

The installation varies between the different distributions of Linux. You may want to search the XBMC-Wiki; you’ll find instructions for the various distributions

---

After the installation launch your XBMC. You will be presented with the following screen:

You will notice that you cannot do anything right now, the Videos-Section is completely empty and so is everything else. We are going to change that in the next step.