[mythtv-users] What's going on with the mythbuntu PPA?

[James Abernathy]

On Mon, Jan 5, 2026 at 1:04 AM James Linder via mythtv-users <
mythtv-users at mythtv.org> wrote:

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> > On Jan 5, 2026, at 07:21, James Abernathy <jfabernathy at gmail.com> wrote:
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> > On Sun, Jan 4, 2026 at 2:29 PM David Hampton via mythtv-users <
> mythtv-users at mythtv.org> wrote:
> > On Sat, 2026-01-03 at 19:05 -0500, James Abernathy wrote:
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> > > On Sat, Jan 3, 2026, 6:58 PM Scott Theisen <scott.the.elm at gmail.com>
> > > wrote:
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> > > > On 2026/01/03 06:56, James Abernathy wrote:
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> > > > > I've been watching the mythtv-commits and seeing a number of them
> > > > > recently.  When that happens, I normally see updates available
> > > > > from the mythbuntu PPA the next day.
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> > > > > However, I've not seen any updates from the PPA recently and when
> > > > > I check the page I see that all the builds recently have failed.
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> > > > > Can I assume that the right folks are aware of this? I have not
> > > > > tried to build with cmake for Ubuntu because the PPA usually
> > > > > provides what I need for my Ubuntu backend.
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> > > > > Jim A
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> > > >  I removed the `--enable-ffmpeg-pthreads` option from configure
> > > > since it didn't do anything.  configure fails on unknown options
> > > > and the mythbuntu PPA has been using that configure option.
> > > >
> > > >  The build failures were also mentioned on the mythtv-dev list, but
> > > > I don't know who can fix it.
> > > >
> > > >  Scott
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> > > As a possible alternative if needed,  I built for Ubuntu 24.04 using
> > > cmake and it built but can't run due to a missing lib file. Both
> > > mythfrontend and mythbackend failed.  If needed I can provide the
> > > exact error tomorrow.
> >
> > I can run the mythfrontend that was built on my ubuntu 24.04 builder.
> > It gets as far as the screens to enter the backend, which is as far as
> > I can go with my vlan setup for the builders.
> >
> > Does it work if you install the missing library?
> >
> > David
> >
> > I just created a VM of xubuntu 24.04 and cloned mythtv/ansible and
> mythtv/mythtv and did the cmake build with:
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> > sudo cmake --preset qt5
> > sudo cmake --build build-qt5
> >
> > Obviously, there have been some updates since I tried this the other
> day.  One of those must have fixed it.
> >
> > Today, once built, mythfrontend comes to the point where it is looking
> for the database, so it seems to be working.
> >
> > To be an alternative to the PPA build system, I'd need to know the
> options in "sudo cmake" to make it install in /usr/bin/...  What I did puts
> stuff in /usr/local/bin
> >
>
> Jim they must have introduced then fixed the cmake error
> cmake has worked for ages
> james


Thanks, I just completed my upgrade via the PPA for Pre-v36 Master and
things are working, however, I tested mythfrontend on a

AMD Ryzen 7 5700G with Radeon Graphics PC and when you launch mythtv the
initial main menu comes up in stages. Sort of like the brightness is
increased about once every half second until it fully up.


Other than that, it's working.


Jim A
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