[mythtv-users] mythtv-setup gksu not found

[Jim Abernathy]

On 11/1/18 9:56 AM, Mike Bibbings wrote:
> On 01/11/2018 11:45, Jim Abernathy wrote:
>>
>> On 11/1/18 7:33 AM, Greg wrote:
>>>
>>> On 10/31/18 9:00 PM, James Abernathy wrote:
>>>>> On Oct 31, 2018, at 5:07 PM, Andy Smith <hastymind at googlemail.com> 
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, 31 Oct 2018 at 20:28, James Abernathy 
>>>>> <jfabernathy at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>> I was running mythtv-setup from a terminal console and it 
>>>>>> appeared to work, but when I exited I see these errors in the 
>>>>>> console output.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Problem? I know gksu has been eliminated in 18.04
>>>>>>
>>>>>> /usr/bin/mythtv-setup: 54: /usr/bin/mythtv-setup: gksu: not found
>>>>>> /usr/bin/mythtv-setup: 68: /usr/bin/mythtv-setup: gksu: not found
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Jim A
>>>>>>
>>>>> The best workaround I found was published here :
>>>>>
>>>>> https://askubuntu.com/questions/1030054/how-to-install-an-application-that-requires-gksu-package-on-ubuntu-18-04 
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> and boiled down to this :
>>>>>
>>>>> wget 
>>>>> http://mirrors.kernel.org/ubuntu/pool/universe/libg/libgksu/libgksu2-0_2.0.13~pre1-9ubuntu2_amd64.deb
>>>>> sudo apt install ./libgksu2-0_2.0.13~pre1-9ubuntu2_amd64.deb
>>>>>
>>>>> wget 
>>>>> http://mirrors.kernel.org/ubuntu/pool/universe/g/gksu/gksu_2.0.2-9ubuntu1_amd64.deb
>>>>> sudo apt install ./gksu_2.0.2-9ubuntu1_amd64.deb
>>>>>
>>>>> -- 
>>>>> Andy
>>>> I wonder what is missing on mythtv-setup because I don’t have gksu 
>>>> installed?
>>>>
>>>> Jim A
>>>>
>>>> For what ever reason, gksu was removed from Ubuntu 18.04.. I use it 
>>>> alot..  I have been using the work around above since 18.04 came 
>>>> out, and it works great...
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> I've seen called out that mythtv-setup can't add user $USER to the 
>> 'mythtv' group.  I'm guessing this is because gksu isn't in 18.04.
>>
>> So the debate in my mind is to I add gksu to 18.04 myself or just 
>> adduser $USER to mythtv. I wonder what else mythtv uses gksu for.
>>
>> I know I don't use gksu, and most likely will not now that it's gone 
>> "officially".
>>
>> Jim A
>
>
> I do not recommend trying to add gksu back in.
>
> This how I handle the situation on  *Ubuntu 16.04,16.10,18.04,18.10 etc.
>
> After installing mythtv, run "sudo adduser $USER mythtv" and then 
> either logout or reboot for it to take effect.
>
> Always use terminal session to stop mythtv-backend  "sudo systemctl 
> stop mythtv-backend" before using mythtv-setup
>
> Always use terminal session for  mythtv-setup, do not allow 
> mythfilldatabase or start mythbackend when exiting mythtv-setup.
>
> Always use terminal session to start mythtv-backend "sudo systemctl 
> start mythtv-backend"
>
> I use ssh -X ... when connecting to mythtv-backend machine from 
> another *Ubuntu system.
>
> If you need to run mythfilldatabase  manually, there are two ways :
>
> Tip you can give user mythtv a bash shell to make life easier in a 
> terminal session "sudo chsh -s /bin/bash mythtv"
>
> 1. open a terminal session "sudo su mythtv" then mythfilldatabase, 
> exit from session when finished back to the original user.
>
> 2. Just run "sudo -u mythtv mythfilldatabase"
>
>
> Mike
>
Thanks for the tips.  I'm coming around to doing things exactly as you 
suggest. Not restarting the backend or filling the database within 
mythtv-setup will be my standard and mythfilldatabase will always be run 
as 'mythtv'.  I think this is particularly important if you do XMLTV 
json SchedulesDirect.

Jim A


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