[mythtv-users] VPDAU enabled mythtv repository for Fedora 10?
William
william_munson at comcast.net
Thu Apr 23 01:54:25 UTC 2009
Bill Williamson wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 8:40 PM, Jean-Yves Avenard
> <jyavenard at gmail.com <mailto:jyavenard at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> 2009/4/22 William <william_munson at comcast.net
> <mailto:william_munson at comcast.net>>:
> > I have found a repo for Ubuntu but so far no luck finding a repo
> for F10.
> > Does one exist?
>
> Yes.
>
> Check ATrpms.net
>
> They have a package with VDPAU ; called Bijou, maintained by a regular
> poster here
>
> >
> > If no repo exists, what is the recommended way to convert the
> Ubuntu .debs
> > to Fedora compatible rpms? I am thinking about switching to
> MythDora to get
> > the new, more reliable, firewire stack.
>
> I don't think you can convert deb into rpms ; way too many
> dependencies issues
>
>
> You can convert them, but there's no point for complex software like
> mythtv as it simply truncates most of the dependancies, and
> postinstall scripts are not usually run correctly.
>
With a ready repo it makes no sense to try to roll my own. Thanks for
the info
Bill
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