[mythtv-users] Miserable time installing Mythtv

[Jarod Wilson]

On Jan 18, 2006, at 20:32, Maverick wrote:

>> What do you mean by "installed individually"?
>
> I installed myth packages from Alex's repo individually, leaving out a
> bunch of the plugins... So I pretty much only have MythTV and the
> Weather plugin. A far cry from what I had using Knoppmyth...

You may actually be all x86_64 then...

>>> or can I just install myth-suite and it'll make everything happy?
>>
>> Installing mythtv-suite won't work, since it doesn't explicitly  
>> require all
>> the latest components, meaning having any 0.18.x version installed  
>> satisfies
>> its deps. Probably best to specifically request each package to  
>> make sure you
>> get the latest. If you happen to have i386 packages installed on  
>> x86_64 (rpm
>> -q --qf='%{name}.%{arch}\n' \*myth\*), you may have to remove them  
>> first.
>> Keep in mind that all your settings are in your db, so entirely  
>> removing
>> everything and then reinstalling won't cost you anything (and you  
>> can install
>> mythtv-suite, in that case).
>
> $ rpm -q --qf='%{name}.%{arch}\n' \*myth\*
> package *myth* is not installed

Aw, crap, missed an option there. Should have been:

rpm -qa --qf='%{name}.%{arch}\n' \*myth\*

> so, uh, I think I installed i686 versions. I was just hoping yum
> install myth-suite would just pull in everything to get a 'complete'
> mythtv package... Oh well. It'll probably stay just the way it is for
> the rest of eternity, or until there's a compelling new version of
> MythTV.

You *might* be okay with just a yum install mythtv-suite...

> Even though I consider myself a competent user, been using SCO
> (*work related, snicker-boo-hiss if you will*) for years

I've had the displeasure of dealing with OSR5 for work-related  
reasons too. :)

> and Linux
> for years longer. The fact is, if I blow up our now working mythbox,
> in any way shape or form, my girlfriend will have my head.

Heh.


-- 
Jarod Wilson
jarod at wilsonet.com


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