[mythtv] Building, installing and testing different mythtv versions

[Cory Papenfuss]

 	I'm not sure about *exactly* what you're looking for, but I've had 
good success using a pseudo-package manager with mythtv (and every other 
application I install for that matter).  I use Encap (specifically the 
'epkg' tool) to make it appear like an entire directory tree is installed 
into /usr/local, when in reality it's a bunch of symlinks.  Basically:
/usr/local/encap/program1-1.2/{bin,lib,include,...}
/usr/local/encap/program1-1.3/{bin,lib,include,...}
/usr/local/encap/program2-3.4.4/{bin,lib,include,...}
/usr/local/encap/program3-0.34/{bin,lib,include,...}
get mapped into
/usr/local/{bin,lib,include,...}

 	With nothing more than symlinks (via the automatic 'epkg' tool). 
Different versions are resolved to install the latest, or you can force a 
specific version:
epkg -i program1-1.2
 	will uninstall program1-1.3 and install the 1.2 version of it.

  	Aside from the mythv database issues involved with up/downgrading, 
that should work fine.  In general, when you compile a new app, run 
./configure --prefix=/usr/local/encap/newapp-2.3

 	I've also seen mentioned are GNU Stow, which alegedly does roughly 
the same thing, although I haven't tried it.

-Cory

  On Thu, 12 May 2005, Christian Hoehle wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I'm asking myself if there is a way to build and test mythtv without
> installing the binaries and libraries. I would very much like to build a
> mythtv version and test it using the build directory, and install it as soon
> as i have a working version. Otherwhise, I would like to keep my (working)
> mythtv binaries and libraries where they are.
>
> Does anyone know how to achieve that?
>
> Thanks,
> Chris
>
>


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* Cory Papenfuss                                                        *
* Electrical Engineering candidate Ph.D. graduate student               *
* Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University                   *
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