[mythtv-users] Ubuntu Package Roundup

[Matt Mossholder]

On Sat, 2006-07-15 at 19:11 -0600, Chad wrote:

> Seriously though, getting all the dependencies worked out using a
> distro's package manager, but for Myth (or a lot of other "end
> products") I tend to believe that building from source is the best way
> to get something to work like you expect it to.  Installing MythTV and
> it's brethren (the plugins and themes) are, IMHO, actually easier to
> do from source (because I don't have to worry about what a package
> manager might call something, or where it looks for files, or if it
> finds them...) than using precompiled binaries.
> 
> -Chad


I tend to take the middle road... I download the source packages for
Ubuntu (formerly hunter's debs), and use those to build my own
packages... That way I get them customization I want, ensure I have all
the dependancies met, and can pull the package in and out as needed.

		--Matt