installing builds on LG Part 1

LG has since deprecated their WebOS IDE - Installing Builds on LG Part 2 contains the most up to date info for installation

WEBOS Tools

For LG we need to use a combination of the webOS TV CLI and webOS TV IDE.

There’s also 2 ways that we can install on LG: one way is via the CLI and IDE. The second way is via the CLI only and requires you to have set up the LG first (again, using the CLI & IDE).

Go to https://webostv.developer.lge.com/develop/tools/sdk-downloading-installer to install the CLI and IDE applications on your computer.

We also need to sign up for a developer account, install the developer mode app on our LG TV, and make sure our TV and computer are on the same network.

Launch the developer mode app on the LG TV and sign into the account you just made and enable dev mode status by clicking on the toggle.

WEBOS CLI & IDE

Run the webOS CLI app on your computer.

Type in “ares-setup-device”.

Select Add.

Enter the info for your TV (give it a name, make sure the IP is correct, remember the password you give it) and select Y to save.

Now on the developer mode app itself, click the Key Server button.

Run the webOS TV IDE app on your computer.

Click New Connection in the bottom right corner.

Enter your TV info (select device type = LG Smart TV) that you just saved in the CLI and click Finish.

Right click on the device in the bottom right corner now and select Generate Key.

Enter the passphrase that you see in the dev mode app on the LG TV.

Right click on the device again and now click on Connect.

Click on webOS Menu in the main menu:

1. Select “Install IPK”.

2. Select your app.

3. Click “Install”.

WEBOS cli only

Run the webOS TV CLI app on your computer.

Type “ares-setup-device —list” to make sure your TV is set to default (otherwise you may have issues).

Download the .ipk file for the app you want to test.

Type “ares-install --(tv name) (path to .ipk file)”.

The app should now be installed on your TV and you can launch it from the home menu.