[mythtv-users] How to run a second MythTV installation on the same box?

[R. G. Newbury]

John Biundo wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I couldn't find any information on this topic.
>
> Can anyone outline the issues/approaches to setting up a second MythTV 
> installation on the same box?
>
> The goal is to be able to test out a new svn version without making the 
> natives restless.
>
> Obviously it would be nice to have things isolated in a way that one 
> could switch between the installations easily.  I don't mind sharing the 
> same data directories (ringbuffer, recordings, etc).
>
> Thanks in advance.
Since you are using svn, you can set 'configure 
--prefix=/usr/wherever/you/want'

The default point is /usr/local  which places binaries in  
/usr/local/bin  and libs in  /usr/local/lib  etc.

ISTR that the  pre-compiled 18.1 version installs to /bin and /lib but I 
may be wrong.

So you may be able to set up a complete system under /usr/local/mine and 
have it exist quite happily.

BUT NOTE:  you will also have to set up a new (re-named) instance of 
mythconverg for mysql to talk to, because your 'new svn version' will 
need its own settings etc. even if all recordings are made to /video..

And I don't think you would really want to have both setups in your 
$PATH. so you will need some scripts to setup things.

Geoff


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