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Revision as of 17:54, 11 September 2018
This page is up-to-date as of MythTV version 29, the current release is 34.0
Contents
Overview
MythTV Light is a prebuilt package for Raspberry Pi Debian based systems. It installs the programs and menu shortcuts, and all dependencies. It does not install the database or any services for starting the backend. It does not install any automated backup operations. Since it is installed using apt-get, uninstalling and upgrading are easy to do.
MythTV Light includes both frontend and backend components. It can be installed as a remote frontend with little effort. It can also be used for a backend, but you will have to set up the database yourself and set up a service to start up the backend. The package relieves you of the necessity to configure and compile the software.
Raspberry Pi
The raspberry Pi models 2 and 3 are supported as remote frontends. Building MythTV yourself on a raspberry Pi is a time-consuming task. MythTV Light packages solve the problem. MythTV Light is available for Raspbian.
There are some people running a backend on a Raspberry Pi. This is possible but the capabilities will be limited.
Instructions
Repository Setup
Add the following line to the file /etc/apt/sources.list:
| Operating System | MythTV version | Line to Add |
|---|---|---|
| Raspbian jessie for Raspberry Pi | deb http://dl.bintray.com/bennettpeter/deb/ jessie myth27
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| Raspbian jessie for Raspberry Pi | deb http://dl.bintray.com/bennettpeter/deb/ jessie myth28
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| Raspbian jessie for Raspberry Pi | deb http://dl.bintray.com/bennettpeter/deb/ jessie myth29
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| Raspbian stretch for Raspberry Pi | deb http://dl.bintray.com/bennettpeter/deb/ stretch myth28
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| Raspbian stretch for Raspberry Pi | deb http://dl.bintray.com/bennettpeter/deb/ stretch myth29
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| Raspbian stretch for Raspberry Pi | deb http://dl.bintray.com/bennettpeter/deb/ stretch myth30
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The Mythtv 0.27 version is unsupported, as Raspberry Pi support was only official with version 0.28.
Run this command once to get keys for the bintray repository:
wget -O - https://bintray.com/user/downloadSubjectPublicKey?username=bintray | sudo apt-key add -
Update the cache
sudo apt update
With Raspberry Pi do not perform a full upgrade because updates after version 2017-11-29 of Raspbian Stretch cause problems with MythTV.
Install Package
To install or upgrade the latest package for the version requested:
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install mythtv-light
Note that if you already have installed the mythtv packages from Ubuntu or Mythbuntu, this will cause them to be uninstalled before installing MythTV Light.
Install Plugins
To install or upgrade the frontend plugins:
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install mythplugins-light
After Installation
For a backend installation, continue with installing mythweb, the database, mythtv user, etc. Instructions start at Install MythWeb.
For a remote frontend, all that needs to be done is setup the $HOME/.mythtv/config.xml file.
For Raspberry Pi specific instructions see Raspberry Pi.
