[mythtv-users] Mythtv on Slackware 9.1 ??

[Scott LeBrun]

Hi Paul.

I've got Myth running just fine on Slackware 9.1. The default MySQL and
QT installations were fine for me.  You did remember to create the
initial database? Here's a snippet from rc.mysqld as shipped in Slack
9.1

# To start MySQL automatically at boot, be sure this script is
executable:
# chmod 755 /etc/rc.d/rc.mysqld

# Before you can run MySQL, you must have a database.  To install an
initial
# database, do this as root:
#
#   su - mysql
#   mysql_install_db


After doing the above MySQL worked fine. QT didn't even need the
environment changing :-)
Try using the default ones as shipped on the CD's.

Scott


>>> paulk at parlorcity.com 27/02/2004 2:26:25 pm >>>
Hello, I hope this doesn't duplicate...

  I'm trying to get Mythtv to run on my Slackware 9.1. I can't seem to
get it right. I *think* I have all the requirments met, but seem to get
hung on one compile or another. The furthest I've been was that I think
I made it all the way through compiling myth and try to run setup and it
complains it can't load the SQL driver. I figure it's because I didn't
configure QT with the -qt-sql-mysql option. Didn't know about that
before!

  Now, I have a fresh Slackware install. Removed both the MYSQL and the
QT that comes with Slackware (mainly because of their install
locations). I have mysql-standard-4.0.17-pc-linux-i686.tar.gz installed
under /usr/local and is running per INSTALL file instructions. I then
open up qt-x11-free-3.3.0b1.tar.bz2 under /usr/local. I feel I have my
paths set right to the new location and have the old references removed
from the slackware install. QT configure seems to go OK, but 'make'
barfs after a little while. complaining something about the mysql.h file
not found. 

  Can anyone give me a hand as to what I need to do? I would appreciate
it very much. Do I need to find the mysql-devel and qt-devel packages? I
can't seem to find the tarballs, but I see some RPM's. Do I need the
full source for mysql instead of the binary package? Any leads would be
great.

  Thank you in advance!

Paul