[mythtv-users] Re: atrpms-kickstart: dist-upgrade !!! (was: mythtv-suite package)

[Jarod C. Wilson]

On Thursday, Oct 23, 2003, at 01:04 US/Pacific, Axel Thimm wrote:

> On Thu, Oct 23, 2003 at 12:08:08AM -0700, Jarod C. Wilson wrote:
>> On Wednesday, Oct 22, 2003, at 23:32 US/Pacific, Axel Thimm wrote:
>>> I think I am going to scrap atrpms-kickstart for a ximian like 
>>> startup
>>> shell script.
>>
>> I like it if it makes it harder for people to not follow instructions.
>> Are you going to build a ximian-esque GUI and everything? ;p
>
> I was thinking of something along the
>   wget -q -O - http://go.ximian.com|sh
> install method of ximian (replace sh with less to see the script)

Which at the very end, kicks off a gui to select the actual packages 
you want to install.

echo "I am now fetching the Ximian Installer."
echo "This can take a few minutes, so please be patient."

> It would have to
>
> o Check the current distribution.
> o Check buggy rpms on it.
> o Download and replace the rpm rpms.
> o Download and install atrpms, apt, libapt-pkg, yum, synaptic.
> o Run apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade
>
> This script could then have variants that add
> o Run apt-get install mythtv-suite.
> to the end of it, or for PVR-xxx people even add kernel modules etc.

It would be VERY cool if it finished up w/a gui like the Ximian 
Installer, and users could simply check the boxes for "I want MythTV" 
and "I have a PVR-x50"...

> Then we could start a benchmark contest about who installs myth on a
> OS-less PC the fastest! (OK, Mythknoppix wins ;)

Well, if you count file download time too... Okay, KnoppMyth still wins.

> Any takers/testers?

Count me in! But I think you already knew that... ;p

--Jarod

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