[mythtv-users] Mythtv install on Debian 12 (bookworm)

[James]

> On 12 May 2023, at 1:39 am, Roland Ernst <rcrernst at gmail.com> wrote:
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> On Thu, May 11, 2023 at 3:07 PM James <jam at tigger.ws <mailto:jam at tigger.ws>> wrote:
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>> On 11 May 2023, at 7:19 pm, James Abernathy <jfabernathy at gmail.com <mailto:jfabernathy at gmail.com>> wrote:
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>> So if I build the mythtv packages for Debian per:
>> https://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Installing_MythTV_on_Debian <https://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Installing_MythTV_on_Debian>
>> 
>> Except use the following script to to install the packages:
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>> #! /bin/bash
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>> rm /usr/share/my_mythtv_repo/*
>> mv ./*.deb /usr/share/my_mythtv_repo
>> mv ./*.dsc /usr/share/my_mythtv_repo
>> mv ./*.changes /usr/share/my_mythtv_repo
>> cd /usr/share/my_mythtv_repo
>> dpkg-scanpackages . /dev/null | gzip -9c > Packages.gz
>> 
>> That works, but what is the process to update mythtv?  Is it something like?:
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>> git pull
>> build-debs.sh
>> rerun the script above
>> sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade
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> 
> Yes, that's the way to go.
> Additionally, I provide these packages to all of my frontends for installation.
> They run the same OS version.
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> Consider to move the build process into a dedicated "chroot" environment or to a VM.
> This reduces the amount of installed packages on the production server and provides 
> additional security.
> Programs like "fakeroot" should not be installed globally on a production system.
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>  
> Jim as I opined, building packages is just hard work and a waste of time (sure we are just having fun) but I find other things more interesting so I do 
> $ make -j 9 (cores + 1)
> $ sudo make install
> whenever you need to update
> $ git pull
> make n make install
> 
> James
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> 
> At least for Debian bookworm and python 3.11+, you probably will run into problems:
> See this entry on the mailing list:
> http://lists.mythtv.org/pipermail/mythtv-dev/2023-March/079515.html <http://lists.mythtv.org/pipermail/mythtv-dev/2023-March/079515.html>
> or on gossamer threads:
> https://lists.archive.carbon60.com/mythtv/dev/643423 <https://lists.archive.carbon60.com/mythtv/dev/643423>
Heh Heh
You got 2 opinions from opposite ends
James
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