[mythtv-users] Can't install mythtv-suite on Redhat 9

[Simon Gornall]

James Pifer wrote:

>Could the problem be MySQL? I have it installed, but I do not know how
>to set it up and haven't found any instructions. I installed it using
>apt.
>
>After installing mythtv-backend it says to use the mc.sql file. Well,
>there's no database, so of course that fails. 
>
>I don't know much about MySQL, can someone give me some steps to follow
>on getting the database setup correctly?
>
>  
>
on RH9, and assuming you have it installed from Redhat RPM's:

 as root:
       /sbin/chkconfig mysqld on
       /sbin/service mysqld start

then cd to ${MYTH_SOURCEDIR}/database and do
   
    mysql < mc.sql

... at least, that's all I did.

ATB,
    Simon