[mythtv-users] Fresh'n'up

[Peter Bennett (cats22)]

On 10/31/2015 10:52 AM, Daryl McDonald wrote:
> Greetings Mythizens, Pro-actively, and without time pressures, I've
> been preparing for the next System upgrade. I've created a second
> bootable partition on my OS drive and installed "Wily Werewolf" on it
> and then followed these instructions:
>
>
>           Debian
>
> Build-dependencies for MythTV can be satisfied by adding the following
> to your /etc/apt/sources.list
>
>     # Christian Marillat's packages (mplayer, lame)
>     deb http://www.deb-multimedia.org sid main
>     deb-src http://www.deb-multimedia.org sid main
>
> and executing:
>
>     # apt-get build-dep mythtv
>     # apt-get source mythtv --compile
>
>     for Mythtv, a lot of lib* zip files are now resident in Home, is
>     this normal/necessary?
>
>     The files are: 
>
>     trieli at mythtv:~$ ls ~
>
>     Desktop                                                        
>      mythtv_0.27.1+fixes.20140624.aa822f5-0ubuntu6.debian.tar.gz
>
>     Documents                                                      
>      mythtv_0.27.1+fixes.20140624.aa822f5-0ubuntu6.dsc
>
>     Downloads                                                      
>      mythtv_0.27.1+fixes.20140624.aa822f5.orig.tar.gz
>
>     examples.desktop                                                
>     mythtv-backend_0.27.1+fixes.20140624.aa822f5-0ubuntu6_amd64.deb
>
>     libmyth-0.27-0_0.27.1+fixes.20140624.aa822f5-0ubuntu6_amd64.deb
>      mythtv-backend-master_0.27.1+fixes.20140624.aa822f5-0ubuntu6_all.deb
>
>     libmyth-dev_0.27.1+fixes.20140624.aa822f5-0ubuntu6_amd64.deb    
>     mythtv-common_0.27.1+fixes.20140624.aa822f5-0ubuntu6_amd64.deb
>
>     libmyth-python_0.27.1+fixes.20140624.aa822f5-0ubuntu6_all.deb  
>      mythtv-database_0.27.1+fixes.20140624.aa822f5-0ubuntu6_all.deb
>
>     libmythtv-perl_0.27.1+fixes.20140624.aa822f5-0ubuntu6_all.deb  
>      mythtv-dbg_0.27.1+fixes.20140624.aa822f5-0ubuntu6_amd64.deb
>
>     Music                                                          
>      mythtv-doc_0.27.1+fixes.20140624.aa822f5-0ubuntu6_all.deb
>
>     mytharchive_0.27.1+fixes.20140624.aa822f5-0ubuntu6_amd64.deb    
>     mythtv-frontend_0.27.1+fixes.20140624.aa822f5-0ubuntu6_amd64.deb
>
>     mythbrowser_0.27.1+fixes.20140624.aa822f5-0ubuntu6_amd64.deb    
>     mythtv-theme-mythbuntu_0.27.1+fixes.20140624.aa822f5-0ubuntu6_all.deb
>
>     mythgallery_0.27.1+fixes.20140624.aa822f5-0ubuntu6_amd64.deb    
>     mythtv-transcode-utils_0.27.1+fixes.20140624.aa822f5-0ubuntu6_amd64.deb
>
>     mythgame_0.27.1+fixes.20140624.aa822f5-0ubuntu6_amd64.deb      
>      mythweather_0.27.1+fixes.20140624.aa822f5-0ubuntu6_amd64.deb
>
>     mythmusic_0.27.1+fixes.20140624.aa822f5-0ubuntu6_amd64.deb      
>     mythweb_0.27.1+fixes.20140624.aa822f5-0ubuntu6_all.deb
>
>     mythnetvision_0.27.1+fixes.20140624.aa822f5-0ubuntu6_amd64.deb  
>     mythzoneminder_0.27.1+fixes.20140624.aa822f5-0ubuntu6_amd64.deb
>
>     mythnews_0.27.1+fixes.20140624.aa822f5-0ubuntu6_amd64.deb      
>      php-mythtv_0.27.1+fixes.20140624.aa822f5-0ubuntu6_all.deb
>
>     mythplugins_0.27.1+fixes.20140624.aa822f5-0ubuntu6_all.deb      
>     Pictures
>
>     mythtv-0.27.1+fixes.20140624.aa822f5                            
>     Public
>
>     mythtv_0.27.1+fixes.20140624.aa822f5-0ubuntu6_all.deb          
>      Templates
>
>     mythtv_0.27.1+fixes.20140624.aa822f5-0ubuntu6_amd64.changes    
>      Videos
>
>     trieli at mythtv:~$ 
>
>     Do I need to unpack/install these now?
>
>       
>
>
>

Those deb-multimedia repositories are designed for plain Debian. The
better approach for ubuntu is to use the Mythbuntu PPA which publishes
builds designed for Ubuntu
Latest stable version:
https://launchpad.net/~mythbuntu/+archive/ubuntu/0.27
That page gives instructions for installing (see "Adding this PPA to
your system").

Also, bear in mind the Wily version of Ubuntu is only supported for 9
months. It may be better to wait for the next version 16.04 which will
be supported for 5 years.

Ubuntu version Wily uses systemd whereas mythtv has up to now been built
using Upstart. I don't know if this has been changed in the PPA build
yet so you may have some issues with the backend not starting up. This
is another reason it may be better to wait for 16.04.

Peter

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