[mythtv] FYI: Building SVN difficult - dependancies galore.!

[Buzz]

This is what I did prior to running configure: and yes, I've been developing
on linux a while (  I started on slackware with kernel just prior to 1.0 :-)
)
* I read the README's in the SVN.
* I joined the -dev (and -user) lists and mostly lurked for 3 months,
listening carefully.
* I overviewed the : http://www.mythtv.org/modules.php?name=MythInstall
* I read (and followed where relevant) details the:
http://www.mythtv.org/docs/mythtv-HOWTO-4.html and relevant following pages.
* I have a previously installed and fully working 0.18.1 RPM based install (
atrpms mythtv-suite was nice and easy!), which got all the "dependancies"
for me (so I thought initially).

This isn't the problem. :-)   Dependanceis are defficult, but resolvable.
(in my case resolved)    Building a RPM .spec file that automates chapters
4,5 and 13 of the http://www.mythtv.org/docs/ and builds a RPM automagically
isn't really a problem either (it's almost written - will be posted soon)...
What is a problem is when the build process is aparently broken:

CURRENT SVN BUILD PROBLEM(1): 
Following a  'configure --prefix=/usr'
Doing a 'make install' of SVN's mythtv/libs/libmyth/ isn't installing the
header files correctly, it's installing to 'usr/include/mythtv/' not
'/usr/include/mythtv/' as it should . (NOTE THE MISSING LEADING SLASH)

CURRENT SVN BUILD PROBLEM(2)
As a result of the above:  'mythbrowser' not building because it requires
libmyth headers to be installed in /usr/include/mythtv/* and can't find
them.

Buzz.


-----Original Message-----
From: mythtv-dev-bounces at mythtv.org [mailto:mythtv-dev-bounces at mythtv.org]
On Behalf Of Tj
Sent: Thursday, 10 November 2005 3:38 PM
To: Development of mythtv
Subject: Re: [mythtv] FYI: Building SVN difficult - dependancies galore.!

Buzz wrote:

>I, for one, was actually inspired by Isaac's big 'this breaks livetv' 
>commit to actually try and start using SVN/head and see if there were 
>simple/outstanding issues that I could tackle, and give-back.
>
>I found building SVN of mythtv+plugins+themes, and organising all the 
>the dependancies to be quite a challenge, as they don't seem to be 
>documented anywhere except in ./configure breaking/complaining when it
doesn't find
>certain files/libraries/etc.    
>  
>
You did read the docs and install all the dependancies before running
configure right?



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