[mythtv-users] building mythtv w/ Fedora 26 - RPM Fusion package dependencies

evade. evade at internode.on.net
Fri Jul 28 21:32:43 UTC 2017



On 28 July 2017 10:44:26 pm AEST, Richard Shaw <hobbes1069 at gmail.com> wrote:
>On Fri, Jul 28, 2017 at 5:05 AM, evade. <evade at internode.on.net> wrote:
>
>>
>>> Hi Richard,
>>
>> Thanks so much for maintaining the mythtv packages on RPM fusion!  I
>rely
>> on them as I don't have time to maintain packages myself (and don't
>want to
>> get stuck on old software!).
>>
>> I wouldn't be running mythtv today if it weren't for you - I have
>limited
>> time and would have just bought a PVR.
>>
>>
>> Could you please answer a question about the dependences of the
>packages?
>> I'd prefer not to have a number of addons included but if I try to
>remove
>> them dnf wants to remove all of mythtv.  Are they incorrectly marked
>as
>> dependencies of the main mythtv packages?
>>
>> For example, I'd prefer not to have the following items because the
>> clutter the menus (my family is not used to having them) and I try to
>> remove software I never use:
>> mythweather
>> mythnews
>> mythgame
>> mythzoneminder
>> mythnetvision
>
>
>There are two meta packages, mythtv and mythplugins, both of which will
>pull in all the plugins. You'll need to remove both of those and dnf
>may
>try to erase the plugins too but you should be able to just install the
>plugins you want afterwards.
>
>Thanks,
>Richard

Excellent!

From memory I used a package group, if not those meta packages and ended up with absolutely everything.
So I'll remove the lot and note the packages, then try to install them separately, with the add-on packages I'd like.

Thanks again!


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