[mythtv-users] mythtv-setup gksu not found

[Jim Abernathy]

On 11/1/18 7:33 AM, Greg wrote:
>
> On 10/31/18 9:00 PM, James Abernathy wrote:
>>> On Oct 31, 2018, at 5:07 PM, Andy Smith <hastymind at googlemail.com> 
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> On Wed, 31 Oct 2018 at 20:28, James Abernathy 
>>> <jfabernathy at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> I was running mythtv-setup from a terminal console and it appeared 
>>>> to work, but when I exited I see these errors in the console output.
>>>>
>>>> Problem? I know gksu has been eliminated in 18.04
>>>>
>>>> /usr/bin/mythtv-setup: 54: /usr/bin/mythtv-setup: gksu: not found
>>>> /usr/bin/mythtv-setup: 68: /usr/bin/mythtv-setup: gksu: not found
>>>>
>>>> Jim A
>>>>
>>> The best workaround I found was published here :
>>>
>>> https://askubuntu.com/questions/1030054/how-to-install-an-application-that-requires-gksu-package-on-ubuntu-18-04 
>>>
>>>
>>> and boiled down to this :
>>>
>>> wget 
>>> http://mirrors.kernel.org/ubuntu/pool/universe/libg/libgksu/libgksu2-0_2.0.13~pre1-9ubuntu2_amd64.deb
>>> sudo apt install ./libgksu2-0_2.0.13~pre1-9ubuntu2_amd64.deb
>>>
>>> wget 
>>> http://mirrors.kernel.org/ubuntu/pool/universe/g/gksu/gksu_2.0.2-9ubuntu1_amd64.deb
>>> sudo apt install ./gksu_2.0.2-9ubuntu1_amd64.deb
>>>
>>> -- 
>>> Andy
>> I wonder what is missing on mythtv-setup because I don’t have gksu 
>> installed?
>>
>> Jim A
>>
>> For what ever reason, gksu was removed from Ubuntu 18.04.. I use it 
>> alot..  I have been using the work around above since 18.04 came out, 
>> and it works great...

Thanks.

I've seen called out that mythtv-setup can't add user $USER to the 
'mythtv' group.  I'm guessing this is because gksu isn't in 18.04.

So the debate in my mind is to I add gksu to 18.04 myself or just 
adduser $USER to mythtv. I wonder what else mythtv uses gksu for.

I know I don't use gksu, and most likely will not now that it's gone 
"officially".

Jim A