[mythtv-users] Unable to install MythTV on UbuntuMATE Linux 16.04

Bret Busby bret.busby at gmail.com
Sat May 12 22:33:20 UTC 2018


On 13/05/2018, George Poulson <george.poulson at gmail.com> wrote:
> My understanding is that he *buntu packages want to install MariaDB, which
> will conflict with MySQL.
>
> Unless you really need MySQL then I would uninstall it and use the
> recommended packages.
>
> Also the *buntu packages will give you a less-than-up-to-date version of
> MythTV (I have just installed 0.29-fixes on a LUuntu 16.04.1 base.
>
> There is some very good information here: Installing MythTV on Ubuntu -
> MythTV Official Wiki
> <https://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Installing_MythTV_on_Ubuntu>
>
> George
>
>
>
> On 12 May 2018 at 21:19, Bret Busby <bret.busby at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hello.
>>
>> I have just unsuccessfully tried, using the Ubuntu Software Centre, to
>> download and install MythTV, on UbuntuMATE Linux 16.04.x .
>>
>> The version of MythTV that I tried to install, from the Ubuntu
>> Software Centre, is shown as
>> mythtv 2:0.28.0+fixes.20160413.15cf421-0ubuntu2.16.04.1
>>
>> The error message showed
>>
>> "
>> To install MythTV Backend Setup, these items must be removed:
>> Mysql database server binaries
>> mysql-server-core-5.6
>> "
>>
>> Is it correct that MythTV conflicts with MySQL, and that the two are
>> mutually exclusive?
>>
>> Thank you in anticipation.
>>
>> --
>> Bret Busby
>> Armadale
>> West Australia
>> ..............
>>
>> "So once you do know what the question actually is,
>>  you'll know what the answer means."
>> - Deep Thought,
>>  Chapter 28 of Book 1 of
>>  "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy:
>>  A Trilogy In Four Parts",
>>  written by Douglas Adams,
>>  published by Pan Books, 1992
>>
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Hello.

That wiki from the link that you posted, in adding the ppa, and trying
to install using the ppa, still requires eliminating mysql.

Yet, that wiki web page states that mythtv uses muysql, and,
installing mythtv, creates a mysql database for mythtv.

So, that wiki web page appears to be obsolete.

So, it appears that mythtv and mysql are mutually exclusive.


-- 

Bret Busby
Armadale
West Australia

..............

"So once you do know what the question actually is,
 you'll know what the answer means."
- Deep Thought,
 Chapter 28 of Book 1 of
 "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy:
 A Trilogy In Four Parts",
 written by Douglas Adams,
 published by Pan Books, 1992

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