[mythtv-users] Compiling mythtv on OS X Lion using mac Homebrew
Jason Lewis
jasonblewis at gmail.com
Mon Oct 3 04:25:42 UTC 2011
Hi Guys,
I have written a homebrew formula for compiling mythtv.
I have got it to a point where it compiles and installs cleanly for
.24-fixes and HEAD.
However when I run the resulting binaries there seems to be strange
issues with the UI not accepting key presses after entering a menu.
To use the script, first install mac homebrew:
http://mxcl.github.com/homebrew/
then once it is installed, you can try building mythtv using the
following commands:
1. brew install brew install qt --with-qt3support
2. brew install
https://github.com/jasonblewis/homebrew/raw/master/Library/Formula/mythtv.rb
You have to install qt first using the above command as mythtv requires
qt be installed with qt3support and currently brew does not have a way
to force that requirement in a formula (but it looks at though that
feature may be added some time soon). Along the way, brew will prompt
you with requiring to install various dependencies.
I found that installing the python requirements worked much better using
pip rather than as brew suggests, using easy_install
If you want to install mythtv HEAD then do the following:
1. if you haven't already, build the fixes version of mythtv (to ensure
all deps are satisfied)
> brew install mythtv
2. then uninstall mythtv .24fixes
> brew uninstall mythtv
3. then install mythtv head using
> brew install --ignore-dependencies --HEAD mythtv
If you do give it a go, please let me know how the build goes? Also, I
don't understand why the resulting build has these input issues. can
anyone shed any light on that?
Thanks
Jason
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