[mythtv-users] Fresh'n'up

[Thomas Mashos]

On Sat, Oct 31, 2015, 10:04 AM Mike Perkins <mikep at randomtraveller.org.uk>
wrote:

On 31/10/15 16:59, Peter Bennett (cats22) wrote:
> 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:// <http://www.deb-multimedia.org>www.deb-multimedia.org
sid main
>>      deb-src http:// <http://www.deb-multimedia.org>
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 <https://launchpad.net/~mythbuntu/+archive/ubuntu/0.27>://
<https://launchpad.net/~mythbuntu/+archive/ubuntu/0.27>launchpad.net
<https://launchpad.net/~mythbuntu/+archive/ubuntu/0.27>/~mythbuntu/+archive/
<https://launchpad.net/~mythbuntu/+archive/ubuntu/0.27>ubuntu
<https://launchpad.net/~mythbuntu/+archive/ubuntu/0.27>/0.27
<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.
>
Debian repositories? Those listed files have 'unbuntu' right in the name!
The files I pull from
deb-multimedia certainly don't have that.

--

Mike Perkins

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It's recommended to stay on the LTS releases, so 14.04 then 16.04. And
then, I'm not sure why your trying to install from source (and then
instructions for Debian multimedia). As others have mentioned, use the ppa
that is provided.


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Thomas Mashos
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