[mythtv-users] Compiling MythTV on a computer instead of the Xbox

[kanetse@gmail.com]

> > On 3/11/08, Ryan <wyild1 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Have tried that......but its the xbox that keeps failing with "Assembler
> >
> > I'll try to update the Xebian mythtv packages by this weekend and
> > document the process for you (if no one beats me to it).
> >
> That would be awesome!  wouldnt mind doing it myself so i can maybe keep up
> with SVN updates!
>

Unfortunately, this seems to happen every time a new release comes
out.  Many people, including myself, have to wait until some kind soul
out there makes the packages available for Xebian-1.1.4.    That
usually works for awhile... but anyone who decide to upgrade to
MythTV-0.21 later on will be asked for the repos to be put back up.

I would love to figure out how to compile this thing and post the
instructions for all; so that anyone who tries to "join the 0.21
party" later on, won't have to hope that someone out there can fire up
their repo.

I tried to reinstall Xebian-1.1.4 today and compile the packages
myself, following a few of the wiki-pages out there, but I failed.  If
you do an "apt-get upgrade" with the current version of Xebian-1.1.4
(pointing to 'sarge' instead of 'stable', apt will attempt to install
libc6... which seems to be uninstallable.  It complains that xdm is
still running, and if I tell it to turn off xdm, apt-get seems to
crash... because something can't run.  Does anyone know how to tell
apt not to install libc6?

If I do get MythTV-0.21 successfully compiled on my XBox/Xebian-1.1.4,
I will post step-by-step instructions.

Thanks all!