hi, i made up a page for the wiki on installing mythtv, it took me 3 goes (i use virtual computers to test lol), so thought i better write it down.
http://www.salixos.org/wiki/index.php/H ... all_MythTV
it needs some finishing off at the end on how to auto start it etc, i havent done this before so havent sussed it yet.
i also made one up for installing/configuring MySQL, because thats half the drama i was having.
http://www.salixos.org/wiki/index.php/H ... tall_MySQL
i am noob at linux but doing those made it work, but if you know a better way than please tell.
How to install MythTV and MySQL
Re: How to install MythTV and MySQL
Thanks for the howtos.
One thing:
mkdir /tmp/myth-package
make DESTDIR=/tmp/myth-package install
cd /tmp/myth-package
makepkg ../mythtv-1.2.3-i486-1test.txz
One thing:
Please take a look to some SLKBUILD files how this can be done:If you want to be able to easily uninstall later, for example to update to new set of fixes, use "checkinstall" rather than "make install". "checkinstall" identifies all files installed by a "make install", creates a Slackware package with those files and adds it to the installed packages database, allowing for easy package removal or distribution. "checkinstall" will prompt for a package description, and then you must supply a version number by following the prompts.
mkdir /tmp/myth-package
make DESTDIR=/tmp/myth-package install
cd /tmp/myth-package
makepkg ../mythtv-1.2.3-i486-1test.txz
Re: How to install MythTV and MySQL
ah, i tried that checkinstall and it didnt work (forgot to remove text from wiki), it must be a specific command to debian/ubuntu. i will try your suggestion, see how i go.
Re: How to install MythTV and MySQL
Nobody should be using checkinstall anymore. It's old and unmaintained, it has many problems and nobody bothers to fix them. An alternative could be src2pkg (http://www.src2pkg.net/). I read good things about it, but I haven't really tried it myself.