[mythtv-users] Miserable time installing Mythtv

[H P Ladds]

Thanks for all you work!

Thanks for clearing up the apt | yum question, and pointing me in the right
direction.

Thanks Again,

Preston

On 1/18/06, Jarod Wilson <jarod at wilsonet.com> wrote:
>
> On Wednesday 18 January 2006 18:38, H P Ladds wrote:
> > Hey Mythtv-users,
> >
> > I have been trying to follow Jarod's HOWTO to install Mythtv for about a
> 2
> > weeks+ now. No luck! Argh!
>
> Jarod's doc is in need of some love. I know that at least some parts (esp.
> ivtv) are sorely outdated now...
>
> > First I started with Fedora Core 3, Asus AV8 w/AMD64 3500+, Bt878 based
> > card. Couldn't get Mythtv to tune in stations, but everthing else seemed
> to
> > work great. Even TVtime worked great.
> >
> > Now I'm working with Fedora Core 4, Asus P2B-D w/two Pentium III 600s,
> and
> > a Hauppauge 150 -- absolutely no luck this time; my machine doesn't seem
> to
> > recognize the WinTV -150. I switched to the Hauppauge WinTV 150 because
> the
> > Hauppauges seem to be popular with the posters here, but Fedora Core 4
> is
> > not recognizing the WinTV 150 card.
> >
> > Using rpm to install the WinTV 150 drivers leaves me searching the net
> for
> > dependencies. Any suggestions on how to install the drivers using yum?
>
> So far as I know, this should cover it:
>
> # yum install ivtv-kmdl-$kver ivtv ivtv-firmware ivtv-firmware-audio
>
> Just use the ATrpms stable repo though, not the testing one.
>
> > I believe most of my difficulties center around using yum and apt-get.
> I'm
> > just understanding how to use them, but it seems as though the two are
> > related. Do they both use the same repos? Do I need to run apt-get
> update
> > && apt-get dist-upgrade to proper run yum?
>
> apt and yum are two very similar dependency resolver/package installer
> tools
> (as is "smart"). They can use many of the same repositories, if both apt
> and
> yum metadata are provided (and smart can use both apt and yum metadata,
> among
> others). Just pick one or the other and stick with it. Once you have the
> right repositories configured, just "yum|apt-get|smart install <package>"
> and
> package (or packages) should get installed with all their dependencies.
>
> --
> Jarod Wilson
> jarod at wilsonet.com
>
>
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