[mythtv-users] How to run a second MythTV installation on the same box?

[Steven Adeff]

On 2/6/06, John Biundo <johnbiundo at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I couldn't find any information on this topic.
>
> Can anyone outline the issues/approaches to setting up a second MythTV
> installation on the same box?
>
> The goal is to be able to test out a new svn version without making the
> natives restless.
>
> Obviously it would be nice to have things isolated in a way that one
> could switch between the installations easily.  I don't mind sharing the
> same data directories (ringbuffer, recordings, etc).
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Cheers,
> john

have your main installation in /usr with the SVN install going to
/usr/local (--prefix)

have a main database (mythconverg) and an SVN database (mythtest).

create a seperate user account that will run SVN and point its to
mythtest instead of mythconverg.

you won't be able to share databases, but you will be able to get both
running. and play with SVN.

--
Steve