Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex Installation

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See Ubuntu Installation Guides for installing on other Ubuntu versions.

This will allow you to build and install the latest build on ubuntu 8.10.

I personally suggest installing xubuntu over ubuntu - it boots just that much faster - but thats a personal opinion.

Prerequesites

First install required packages (split in two parts because Terminal doesn't like pasting long lines):

 sudo apt-get install build-essential liblircclient-dev libasound2-dev libdts-dev libdvdnav-dev \
 libxv-dev libxxf86vm-dev transcode libmp3lame-dev subversion qt4-dev-tools libqt4-dev libsamplerate0 \
 libxvidcore4 liba52-0.7.4-dev libfame-dev libcdio-dev msttcorefonts libasound2-doc libmad0-dev
 sudo apt-get install libid3tag0-dev libvorbis-dev libflac-dev libcdaudio-dev libcdparanoia0-dev \
 fftw3-dev libfaad-dev libsmpeg-dev libmp4v2-dev libtag1-dev mysql-server libvisual-0.4-dev libexif-dev 

To install css support use:

/usr/share/doc/libdvdread3/install-css.sh

If you want mythweb as well - you need

 sudo apt-get install apache2 php5 libapache2-mod-php5 php5-mysql

How do I get and compile the source code?

svn co http://svn.mythtv.org/svn/trunk/mythtv
svn co http://svn.mythtv.org/svn/trunk/mythplugins
svn co http://svn.mythtv.org/svn/trunk/myththemes

then simply go in each directory and run:

./configure
make
sudo make install

if you dont want some modules you might want to disable then in mythplugins (ie. flix support)

./configure --disable-mythnetflix

optional/post install tasks

creating the mythtv user

to run mythtv as its own user I created one (so the backend doesnt run as root)

sudo useradd mythtv

mythtv database setup

You have to create a file for mythtv for databse connections ~mythtv/.mythtv/mysql.txt

DBHostName=localhost

# By default, Myth tries to ping the DB host to see if it exists.
# If your DB host or network doesn't accept pings, set this to no:
#
DBHostPing=no

DBHostName=localhost
DBUserName=mythtv
DBName=mythconverg
DBPassword=mythtv

# Set the following if you want to use something other than this
# machine's real hostname for identifying settings in the database.
# This is useful if your hostname changes often, as otherwise you
# will need to reconfigure mythtv (or futz with the DB) every time.
# TWO HOSTS MUST NOT USE THE SAME VALUE
#
LocalHostName=MYCOOLMYTHTVHOST

# If you want your frontend to be able to wake your MySQL server
# using WakeOnLan, have a look at the following settings:
#
#
# The time the frontend waits (in seconds) between reconnect tries.
# This should be the rough time your MySQL server needs for startup
#
#WOLsqlReconnectWaitTime=0
#
#
# This is the number of retries to wake the MySQL server
# until the frontend gives up
#
#WOLsqlConnectRetry=5
#
#
# This is the command executed to wake your MySQL server.
#
#WOLsqlCommand=echo 'WOLsqlServerCommand not set'

Then you have to create a database and let the user set above access it

mysql -u root -p
create database mythconverg;
set password for 'mythtv'@'%' = password('mythtv');
set password for 'mythtv'@'localhost' = password('mythtv');
flush privileges;

Run mythbackend to test. This will automatically upgrade your previous mythconverg database schema to the latest version:

mythbackend

If mythbackend is running OK, test mythfrontend:

mythfrontend

running mythtv on start

I use a slightly modified script from mythbuntu for that. Just copy the content to /etc/init.d/mythtv-backend - chmod it with sudo chmod 755 /etc/init.d/mythtv-backend

To start every time you still have to add it to the rc: update-rc.d mythtv-backend defaults

Also create a log directory for mythtv:

sudo mkdir /var/log/mythtv
sudo chown mythtv:mythtv /var/log/mythtv
#! /bin/sh
### BEGIN INIT INFO
# Provides:          mythtv-backend
# Required-Start:    $local_fs $remote_fs $network
# Required-Stop:     $local_fs
# Default-Start:     2 3 4 5
# Default-Stop:      0 1 6
# Short-Description: Start/Stop the MythTV server.
### END INIT INFO

PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
DAEMON=/usr/local/bin/mythbackend
NAME="mythbackend"
DESC="MythTV server"

test -x $DAEMON || exit 0

. /lib/lsb/init-functions

set -e

prime_firewire()
{
    if [ "$ENABLE_FIREWIRE" = "TRUE" ]; then
        log_daemon_msg "Priming Firewire "
        su - $USER -c "/usr/bin/mythprime"
        log_end_msg $?
    fi
}

USER=mythtv
USER_HOME=$(grep ^$USER /etc/passwd | awk -F : '{print $6}')
RUNDIR=/var/run/mythtv
ARGS="--daemon --logfile /var/log/mythtv/mythbackend.log --pidfile $RUNDIR/$NAME.pid"
EXTRA_ARGS=""
NICE=0

if [ -f /etc/default/mythtv-backend ]; then
  . /etc/default/mythtv-backend
fi

ARGS="$ARGS $EXTRA_ARGS"

mkdir -p $RUNDIR
chown -R $USER $RUNDIR

unset DISPLAY
unset SESSION_MANAGER

#create a symbolic link for mysql.txt so it can't be overwritten
mkdir -p $USER_HOME/.mythtv
chown -R $USER $USER_HOME/.mythtv
if [ ! -e $USER_HOME/.mythtv/mysql.txt ]; then
        ln -s /etc/mythtv/mysql.txt $USER_HOME/.mythtv/mysql.txt
fi

case "$1" in
  start)
        if [ -e $RUNDIR/$NAME.pid ]; then
                PIDDIR=/proc/$(cat $RUNDIR/$NAME.pid)
                if [ -d ${RUNDIR} -a "$(readlink -f ${RUNDIR}/exe)" = "${DAEMON}" ]; then
                        log_success_msg "$DESC already started; use restart instead."
                        exit 1
                else
                        log_success_msg "Removing stale PID file $RUNDIR/$NAME"
                        rm -f $RUNDIR/$NAME.pid
                fi
        fi
        prime_firewire
        log_daemon_msg "Starting $DESC: $NAME "
        start-stop-daemon --start --pidfile $RUNDIR/$NAME.pid \
                --chuid $USER --nicelevel $NICE --exec $DAEMON -- $ARGS
        log_end_msg $?
        ;;
  stop)
        log_daemon_msg "Stopping $DESC: $NAME "
        start-stop-daemon --stop --oknodo --pidfile $RUNDIR/$NAME.pid \
                --chuid $USER --exec $DAEMON -- $ARGS
        log_end_msg $?
        test -e $RUNDIR/$NAME.pid && rm $RUNDIR/$NAME.pid
        ;;
  restart|force-reload)
        log_daemon_msg "Restarting $DESC: $NAME "
        start-stop-daemon --stop --oknodo --pidfile $RUNDIR/$NAME.pid \
                --chuid $USER --exec $DAEMON -- $ARGS
        sleep 3
        prime_firewire
        start-stop-daemon --start --pidfile $RUNDIR/$NAME.pid \
                --chuid $USER --nicelevel $NICE --exec $DAEMON -- $ARGS
    log_end_msg $?
        ;;
  status)
        # We want to maintain backward compatibility with Hardy,
        # so we're not going to use status_of_proc()
        pidofproc -p $RUNDIR/$NAME.pid $DAEMON >/dev/null && status=0 || status=$?
        if [ $status -eq 0 ]; then
                log_success_msg "$NAME is running"
        else
                log_failure_msg "$NAME is not running"
        fi
        exit $status
        ;;
  *)
        N=/etc/init.d/$NAME
        echo "Usage: $N {start|stop|restart|force-reload|status}" >&2
        exit 2
        ;;
esac

exit 0

autostart frontend in xubuntu

Create a file in ~/.config/autostart/mythfrontend.desktop:

[Desktop Entry]
Encoding=UTF-8
Version=0.9.9
Type=Application
Name=MythTV Frontend
Comment=
Exec=mythfrontend
StartupNotify=false
Terminal=false
Hidden=false

mythweb

For mythweb I just created a symlink to the checked out mythweb in the /var/www:

sudo ln -s /usr/local/src/mythtv/mythplugins/mythweb /var/www/mythweb
# make sure data is writeable
sudo chown -R www-data /usr/local/src/mythtv/mythplugins/mythweb/data

you have to enable mod-rewrite

sudo ln -s /etc/apache2/mods-available/rewrite.load /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/rewrite.load

and copy/edit the apache config

sudo cp mythplugins/mythweb/mythweb.conf.apache /etc/apache2/sites-available/mythweb.conf
sudo ln -s /etc/apache2/sites-available/mythweb.conf /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/mythweb.conf

after that restart and have fun:

sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart

Something didnt work - what next?

With this you should be able to compile and install mythtv on a new (x)ubunut box. Most problems come with mythtv setup (config files, database initialisation etc.) Please refer to the other wiki pages/documentation for info on that

Pulse Audio is running!!!

If you get this error when running mythfrontend:

ERROR: ***Pulse Audio is running!!!!***
ERROR: But MythTV has not been compiled with Pulse Audio disabling support. EXITING! 

You need to install the pulse dev package:

$sudo apt-get install libpulse-dev 

Then recompile mythtv. This time when you run ./configure the Pulse audio support will be indicated.