[mythtv-users] Unable to install MythTV on UbuntuMATE Linux 16.04

[Bret Busby]

On 13/05/2018, Stephen Worthington <stephen_agent at jsw.gen.nz> wrote:
> On Sun, 13 May 2018 14:58:43 +0800, you wrote:
>
>
>>One extra thing that gets me, about this, is that, apparently, mariadb
>>will not install and run on a system, that has mysql installed.
>>
>>If I can have postgresql and mysql concurrently installed, why can
>>mariadb not also be concurrently installed with mysql?
>>
>>It sounds like a proprietary software restriction imposed by mariadb.
>
> MySQL and MariaDB are mutually exclusive.  They perform the same job -
> MariaDB installs itself as though it was MySQL, including using the
> same names for the mysql command line programs.  MythTV will install
> if the right version of either MySQL or MariaDB is installed.  I
> recommend that you install MariaDB, which will uninstall MySQL, then
> install MythTV from the PPA.

So, what happens if I have any application installed, that relies on mysql?

I do not know that I have any application installed, that relies on
mysql, but, it had not occured to me, that mythtv would rely on
mariadb, or, any other database, so, I assume that it is possible that
I have some application(s) installed, that rely on mysql.

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Bret Busby
Armadale
West Australia

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