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Windows Download Instructions

phil65 edited this page Oct 15, 2010 · 9 revisions

Download Instructions:

Using GitBash

To download initially

  1. Download and install msysgit
    *http://code.google.com/p/msysgit/downloads/detail?name=Git-1.7.3.1-preview20101002.exe&can=2&q=
  2. Create an empty directory somewhere
  3. Launch GitBASH in that folder (right-click on the new folder —> git bash here)
  4. Type “git clone —depth 1 git://github.com/pix/aeon.git” (two minuses in front of depth)
    or “git clone git://github.com/pix/aeon.git” to have full commit history, only for developers.
  5. There should be a folder called Aeon in your previously created folder now
  6. You can now rename the directory “Aeon” to skin.aeon65 and move it to the addon folder in XBMC

To update thereafter

  1. Right-Click On your skin.aeon65 folder and click on “Git Bash Here”
  2. Type “git pull”

Alternative download instructions (TortoiseGIT):

To download initially

  1. Download and install TortoiseGIT. Reboot
  2. Download and install msysgit
    *Git-1.7.0.2-preview20100309.exe
  3. In Windows, go to Start\All Programs\TortoiseGIT\Settings
  4. In general, locate MSysGit at the bottom of the screen. Under Path, put in “C:\Program Files\Git\bin”
  5. Create a new folder anywhere you want
  6. Right click on the folder and select GITclone
  7. paste git://github.com/pix/aeon.git to URL of repository
  8. Hit OK
  9. When download is done, you can rename the aeon folder to skin.aeon65. Move the skin to XBMC addon

To update thereafter

  1. Right click on skin.aeon65 and select gitsync