[mythtv-users] MythTV setup program

Allan Stirling Dibblahmythml0015 at pendor.org
Sun Oct 10 12:20:32 UTC 2004


>>>Steve Quezadas wrote: 
>>> Where the hell is the mythTV setup program? I finally got the damn thing
>>>compiled and the howto tells me to "run the setup program" but neglects to
>>>tell me where it is! I checked google and can't seem to find a binary that
>>>says "mythtv-setup" or "mythtvsetup" or whatever. 
>>> 
>>>I am using MythTV .16. Where is it?
>>> 
>>>- Steve
>> On Sat, 2004-10-09 at 20:30 -0400, William wrote:
>> 
>>
>>Try this to make your install feel like the atrpms version:
>>
>>From your mythtv dir:
>>
>>cd setup
>>cp setup /usr/local/bin/mythtvsetup
>>
>Adam Felson wrote:
> Can't you read?
> 
> "cd setup"  <-- that means go to the setup directory
> "cp setup /user/local/bin/mythtvsetup"  <-- do you understand the 'cp'
> utility?  It copies the first parameter "setup" to the second parameter
> "/usr/local/bin/mythtvsetup".  
> 
> Hint:  if it's copying something called setup, then duh perhaps there's
> a program called, drum roll please, setup.
> 

And this is what the thread _should_ have looked like, if everyone 
wasn't being contrary and top-posting. Does your answer still look sane, 
sensible and reasoned?

Please, at least have some civility.

Cheers,

Allan.


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