Well I just had one of these eye opening moments, and my failure to read the complete introduction could have saved me quite a bit of time. Well thank you everyone who helped(the 4 people who cared to reply) and it looks like I will be on my way, thanks again.
<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 12/29/05, <b class="gmail_sendername">Phil Bridges</b> <<a href="mailto:gravityhammer@gmail.com">gravityhammer@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
On 12/29/05, James Ayoub <<a href="mailto:jra2003@gmail.com">jra2003@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>> > I did follow the instructions and here is what happend:<br>><br>> [root@localhost root]# yum install mythtv-0.18.1
<br>> Gathering header information file(s) from server(s)<br>> Server: Fedora Core 2 - i386 - Base<br>> Server: Fedora Core 2 - i386 - Released Updates<br>> Finding updated packages<br>> Downloading needed headers
<br>> Cannot find a package matching mythtv-0.18.1<br>> No actions to take<br>><br>> Also: if I am to use apt-get, and the FC2 instructions, where are they? And<br>> the reason I am using FC2 and not FC4 is because FC3&4 have problems with my
<br>> SATA controller and it was too hard to fix and found a posting that FC2<br>> worked just fine with it.<br>><br>><br>> On 12/29/05, Robert Anderson <<a href="mailto:riznob@gmail.com">riznob@gmail.com
</a>> wrote:<br>> ><br>> ><br>> ><br>> ><br>> > On 12/29/05, Michael J. Lynch < <a href="mailto:mlynch@gcom.com">mlynch@gcom.com</a>> wrote:<br>> > ><br>> > > Kevin Kuphal wrote:
<br>> > > > James Ayoub wrote:<br>> > > ><br>> > > >> Please bare with me as I am new to linux. My intentions are to<br>> > > >> install mythtv on fedora core 2 by following Jarod Wilson guide found
<br>> > > >> here: <a href="http://wilsonet.com/mythtv/fcmyth.php">http://wilsonet.com/mythtv/fcmyth.php</a><br>> > > >> < <a href="http://wilsonet.com/mythtv/fcmyth.php">http://wilsonet.com/mythtv/fcmyth.php
</a>><br>> > > >><br>> > > >> I installed Fedora Core2, upgraded it, installed NVidia drivers,<br>> > > >> installed sound card drivers and am now at step 9. which is to<br>
> install<br>> > > >> mythtv.<br>> > > >><br>> > > >> I went to <a href="http://mythtv.org">mythtv.org</a> < <a href="http://mythtv.org">http://mythtv.org</a>> and downloaded ver
0.18 and<br>> > > >> extracted the tar file but haven't found out how to install it via<br>> the<br>> > > >> yum command.<br>> > > ><br>> > > ><br>> > > > Well, you're not really reading the instructions then, are you?
<br>> > > ><br>> > > > Read step 9 again.<br>> > > ><br>> > ><br>> > > And use the FC2 instructions instead of the FC4 instructions.<br>> > ><br>> > > --
<br>> > > Michael J. Lynch<br>> > ><br>> > > What if the hokey pokey IS what it's all about -- author unknown<br>> > ><br>> > ><br>> > ><br>> > > _______________________________________________
<br>> > > mythtv-users mailing list<br>> > > <a href="mailto:mythtv-users@mythtv.org">mythtv-users@mythtv.org</a><br>> > > <a href="http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users">http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
</a><br>> > ><br>> > ><br>> > ><br>> ><br>> > The FC2 instructions use apt-get instead of yum. You should be sure to use<br>> the instructions for the dist you are using. I would highly recommend using
<br>> FC4, since it is the latest at this point. In either case, the package<br>> management program (yum or apt-get) will download and install MythTV and all<br>> the dependencies. You do not need to download MythTV from
<a href="http://www.mythtv.org">www.mythtv.org</a>.<br>> The instructions are very explicit. Follow them to the letter and you should<br>> be fine.<br>> ><br>> > --<br>> > Rob Anderson<br>> >
<a href="mailto:riznob@gmail.com">riznob@gmail.com</a><br>> > _______________________________________________<br>> > mythtv-users mailing list<br>> > <a href="mailto:mythtv-users@mythtv.org">mythtv-users@mythtv.org
</a><br>> > <a href="http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users">http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users</a><br>> ><br>> ><br>> ><br><br>They're linked in the "Introduction" section.
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