[mythtv-users] Myth frontend on SteamOS with Suse 13.1 backend

[Eric Sharkey]

On Fri, May 2, 2014 at 4:33 PM, Gordon McCrae <gordon.mccrae at gmail.com> wrote:
> Has anyone had experience of installing MythTV on SteamOS

No, but I'll talk about it as if I have.  ;)

> Secondly, what about integrating two different
> distributions for backend / frontend; would I be best just to compile from
> source to ensure version match?
>
> I'm completely new to Debian based distributions, so again, any pointers on
> compiling from source etc. would be appreciated for the SteamOS side.

I wouldn't bother with compiling from source.  If SteamOS does not
provide MythTV natively, then I would just add the URL for the
deb-multimedia site to the apt sources configuration for SteamOS.  You
can see the details here:

http://www.deb-multimedia.org/

These packages are designed to work with Debian, but SteamOS is
probably close enough that it should just work.

Of course, I haven't actually tried it.

Eric