[mythtv-users] Moving from package to compile from source

[Jay Ashworth]

----- Original Message -----
> From: "Doug Lytle" <support at drdos.info>

> Mark Perkins wrote:
> > I'm kind of hoping it is as simple as just sudo apt-get remove
> > mythfrontend / mythbackend / mythbuntu-control-centre and then git
> > pull / ./configure, make, make install
> 
> 
> There are always options you'll want to pass to configure, depending
> on
> if you're compiling a frontend, backend or combined.
> 
> My compile line for my backend is:
> 
> ./configure --enable-libx264 --enable-libfaac --enable-nonfree
> --disable-joystick-menu --enable-libxvid --enable-libmp3lame
> --disable-mythlogserver --disable-libcec
> 
> You'll also have to compile any plugins that you'll want to use. I
> don't use plugins any more, but when I did, my compile line was:
> 
> ./configure --disable-mythbrowser --disable-mythgallery
> --disable-mythgame --disable-mythnews --disable-mythzoneminder

Back around .16 or so, when I was building from source because no one was
packaging, my approach was to create a script in the toplevel directory
called "build" and put all my commands into it, so I always knew how the 
current build was done and could recreate it if necessary, a tactic I 
recommend for any source build of anything.

Cheers,
-- jr './build' a
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