[mythtv-users] backends without tuners (was Re: Transcoding is being done on frontends, not backend)

Craig Sanders cas at taz.net.au
Fri Jan 9 03:37:10 UTC 2009


On Thu, Jan 08, 2009 at 09:14:12PM -0500, Krzysztof Adamski wrote:
> The Debian-media package installs the frontend without backend without
> any problems.

yep. probably due to the mythtv-common package which contains the stuff
(themes etc) needed by both mythtv-frontend and mythtv-backend, and also
the libmyth-0.21 package which contains the shared libs needed by both.

Christian's packages mythtv packages are, like all of his packages, of
excellent quality. well thought-out, and well made.

> The only thing that is does wrong is that it forces mysql server to be
> installed on a frontend only machine.

no it doesn't. it doesn't even Recommend the mythtv-database package,
let alone Depend on it.

not even the mythtv-backend package depends on that (it Recommends it,
but doesn't depend on it).

apt-get will, by default, treat a Recommends the same as Depends so the
mythtv-backend package will pull in mythtv-database unless you force it
not to (and mythtv-database Recommends mysql-server, so will cause that
to be installed too). easily fixed with a line in /etc/apt/apt.conf:

    APT { Install-Recommends "False";};

(IMO, "Install-Recommends: False" should be the default behaviour for
apt-get. it used to be. but it got changed a few years ago)


Package: mythtv-frontend
Maintainer: Christian Marillat <marillat at debian.org>
Version: 0.21.svn20090101-0.0
Depends: mythtv-common (= 0.21.svn20090101-0.0), libc6 (>= 2.7-1), libgcc1 (>= 1:4.1.1), libmyth-0.21 (>= 0.21.svn20090101), libqt3-mt (>= 3:3.3.8b), libstdc++6 (>= 4.2.1), adduser, debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0
Suggests: mythtv-backend, mythmusic, mythweather, mythgallery, mythdvd, mythvideo, mythgame
Description: A personal video recorder application (client)
 MythTV provides a unified graphical interface for recording and viewing
 television programs. Refer to the mythtv package for more information.
 .
 This package contains only the client software, which provides a front-end
 for playback and configuration. It requires access to a mythtv-backend
 installation, either on the same system or one reachable via the network.
 .
 A database is also required. The mythtv-database package must be installed,
 either on the same system, or one reachable via the network.
 .
 The powerpc packages were compiled with altivec and sparc packages with
 ultra-sparc support.
 .
 For a complete installation of all MythTV components, install the 'mythtv'
 package.

craig

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