[mythtv-users] mythtv-setup --- Does a CLI Exist?

[jim]

An example would be running a channel scan and adding the discovered 
channels. The user doesn't need to make any decision. A channel edit 
could be used later to eliminate any unwanted channels.

On 05/06/2015 12:46 PM, Mike Perkins wrote:
> On 06/05/15 17:04, Justin Alcorn wrote:
>> I think I've seen this discussed a few times, but it sure would be 
>> nice to
>> have a web or CLI option for config.  I don't have X running on any 
>> other
>> computers.
>>
> Let's get this straight: You don't have X running on any of your other 
> computers *at all*? Not even the ones with frontends on them?
>
> You do *not* need to have X running on any backend where you need to 
> run mythtv-setup, just the one you are accessing it from. Trust me, 
> I've run my setup this way for fifteen years or so. 'ssh -Y 
> <hostname>' will get you there with X forwarding.
>
> Almost all of the screens in mythtv-setup require user decisions, so 
> I'm not sure why a CLI would be useful. Other than updating storage 
> directory locations or downloading channel icons, a user has to make a 
> decision practically everywhere.
>