[mythtv-users] Jarod's guide: Installing for the first time

Simon Gade junk1 at simongade.dk
Mon Sep 13 19:04:14 EDT 2004


Hi again

Thanks a bunch, I've gotten to step 9 - installing MythtV (-:

But now it (again) says: Couldn't find package mythtv-suite

What do I do - what do I need to add/change in my sources.list?


Den 12. sep 2004, kl. 23:55, skrev Jarod Wilson:

> On Sunday 12 September 2004 14:39, Nate Thompson wrote:
>> I ended up having to update the kernel to the latest version
>> 2.6.8-something), and then enable at-testing in the short sources.list
>> file. After that I was able to apt-get install medley-package-config 
>> and
>> continue with the installation.
>
> Yeah, I need to get kernel updating instructions back in there in the 
> right
> place... And I need to make some further changes to account for the 
> fact you
> get only a minimal sources.list now. Gotta go mow the lawn, finish 
> insulating
> and caulking around the new screen door I put up, clean out my 
> ferrets' cage
> and umpteen other things before my wife will let me take more than 5 
> minutes
> on the computer. :-p
>
> And yeah, just change at-stable to at-testing in /etc/apt/sources.list,
> apt-get update, apt-get install medley-package-config to get the 
> full-blown
> sources.list. Note that it isn't necessary though, everything that is
> essential for a functionaly MythTV system is in the standard config 
> file,
> once altered to at-testing.
>
>> Note that you probably don't have to update the kernel at this point, 
>> but I
>> couldn't find nvidia drivers against the stock kernel so I updated to 
>> the
>> version Jarod metions in his guide. There are instructions on how to 
>> update
>> the kernel in the last section of the guide, or you can download the 
>> rpm
>> from the Fedora website and install it with 'rpm -Fvh <rpm name>'.
>
> # apt-get install kernel#2.6.8-1.521
>
>> Just got everything up and running on FC2 following this guide. If 
>> you have
>> any more questions, post them here and I'll try to help.
>
> Just a few more changes to make here and there, but it seems the new 
> version
> is pretty close to the mark...
>
> -- 
> Jarod C. Wilson, RHCE
> jcw at wilsonet.com
>
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