[mythtv-users] Fresh'n'up

Daryl McDonald darylangela at gmail.com
Sat Oct 31 18:57:16 UTC 2015


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> > Those deb-multimedia repositories are designed for plain Debian. The
> > better approach for ubuntu is to use the Mythbuntu PPA which publishes
> > builds designed for Ubuntu
> > Latest stable version:
> > https <https://launchpad.net/~mythbuntu/+archive/ubuntu/0.27>://
> <https://launchpad.net/~mythbuntu/+archive/ubuntu/0.27>launchpad.net
> <https://launchpad.net/~mythbuntu/+archive/ubuntu/0.27>
> /~mythbuntu/+archive/
> <https://launchpad.net/~mythbuntu/+archive/ubuntu/0.27>ubuntu
> <https://launchpad.net/~mythbuntu/+archive/ubuntu/0.27>/0.27
> <https://launchpad.net/~mythbuntu/+archive/ubuntu/0.27>
> > That page gives instructions for installing (see "Adding this PPA to
> > your system").
> >
> > Also, bear in mind the Wily version of Ubuntu is only supported for 9
> > months. It may be better to wait for the next version 16.04 which will
> > be supported for 5 years.
> >
> > Ubuntu version Wily uses systemd whereas mythtv has up to now been built
> > using Upstart. I don't know if this has been changed in the PPA build
> > yet so you may have some issues with the backend not starting up. This
> > is another reason it may be better to wait for 16.04.
> >
> Debian repositories? Those listed files have 'unbuntu' right in the name!
> The files I pull from
> deb-multimedia certainly don't have that.
>
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>
> Mike Perkins
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> It's recommended to stay on the LTS releases, so 14.04 then 16.04. And
> then, I'm not sure why your trying to install from source (and then
> instructions for Debian multimedia). As others have mentioned, use the ppa
> that is provided.
>
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> Thomas Mashos
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Thanks for the responses, sometimes I learn better by my own mistakes. Upon
trying to restore a db backup I got a message about not being able to
connect to upstart, or some such.
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