[mythtv-users] mythtvlight and mythtv python bindings

[John]

On 25/06/2022 21:05, Peter Bennett wrote:
>
> On 6/25/22 13:54, John wrote:
>> https://www.mythtv.org/wiki/MythTV_Light
>>
>> I use Mythtv Light to build from source as I find it a convenient way 
>> of building a single package to distribute among frontends.
>>
>> On my production server I also use it to install the Backend.
>>
>> Just used it to update my system to Ubuntu 22.04 and all went well 
>> with the Front and Backend.
>>
>> Obviously had to install Mythweb separately using 
>> https://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Build_from_Source#Install_MythWeb.
>>
>> This required some intervention the possible culprit being the python 
>> bindings.
>>
>> If I use the python build scripts in 
>> https://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Python3_Conversion then mythpithon ends 
>> up in /usr/local/bin whereas the mythtvlight puts the Backend in 
>> /usr/bin/mythbackend.
>>
>> Is that going to work?
>>
>>
>>
>>
> What is the problem you experienced? I use mythtv-light to build my 
> fronntends and backends and there is no problem with mythweb or with 
> python scripts, such as the metadata lookup.
>
> There is a package python-is-python3 in Ubuntu 22.04 to create a link 
> so that you can run python and it will call python3, or you can create 
> a link that does the same. I did that, I don't know if it is necessary.
>
> I did not run any python3 conversion.
>
> Peter
>
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Your right - was just getting confused - many thanks.