[mythtv-users] Simple upgrading question (to CVS)

[Keith C]

I did a full removal of the rpms of mythtv, then followed the standard
docs for building from cvs.  Worked fine, all my settings and recordings
carried over fine as well.

Keith C

On Fri, 2003-10-03 at 05:08, Jarod C. Wilson wrote:
> On Thursday, Oct 2, 2003, at 23:11 US/Pacific, Neil Konouchi wrote:
> 
> > I did a lot of looking around, and I just wanted to ask a very simple
> > question: can I install CVS by following the instructions in Ian's post
> > about upgrading from .8 to CVS?
> >
> >  http://www.gossamer-threads.com/perl/mailarc/gforum.cgi?post=63326
> >
> > I followed those instructions exactly, but on make I got several error
> > messages to the effect of:
> >
> >  nuppeldecoder.h:85: syntax error before `*' token
> >  make[2]: *** [NuppelVideoPlayer.o] Error 1
> >  make[2]: Leaving directory
> > `/usr/local/src/myth/cvs/mythtv/libs/libmythtv'
> >  make[1]: *** [sub-libmythtv] Error 2
> >  make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/src/myth/cvs/mythtv/libs'
> >  make: *** [sub-libs] Error 2
> >
> > The errors are one thing, but my main question here is geared towards
> > finding out that if I follow the directions in the above link properly
> > that I should be able to run the latest CVS.
> 
> Some things changed in how you build from source, so those directions 
> won't quite work. Look in the official docs for the steps needed.
> 
> > (My current setup followed Jarod C's step-by-step to the letter and is
> > working so far. Used "apt-get install mythtv-suite" for my initial
> > installation).
> 
> You're going to run into issues. The rpms install stuff in /usr/bin, 
> while source-based installs result in having that stuff in 
> /usr/local/bin. You'll end up with multiple copies of all sorts of 
> stuff floating around. I'd say either completely uninstall the rpms 
> (this should leave your config info, recordings, etc intact, because 
> all that is in your mysql database) and then install from CVS source, 
> or build your own rpms off the CVS source and install them w/rpm -Uvh. 
> The second route is the one I'm going.
> 
> --Jarod