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MythTV is designed to run on Linux operating systems. It is also supported on Mac OS X and FreeBSD. Support on Microsoft Windows is limited. | MythTV is designed to run on Linux operating systems. It is also supported on Mac OS X and FreeBSD. Support on Microsoft Windows is limited. | ||
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== Targeted Linux Distributions == | == Targeted Linux Distributions == |
Revision as of 18:55, 4 March 2023
Contents
Operating System
MythTV is designed to run on Linux operating systems. It is also supported on Mac OS X and FreeBSD. Support on Microsoft Windows is limited.
There are many Linux distributions for which there are prebuilt packages for MythTV. In the case of distributions where there are no prebuilt packages or the prebuilt packages are out of date, you can build the MythTV applications from the source code.
Targeted Linux Distributions
Xubuntu, Ubuntu |
Obtain Ubuntu by downloading and installing the latest Xubuntu or Ubuntu Desktop LTS version. MythTV is available through apt. See the Ubuntu Community Documentation for more information. Daily snapshots for both the stable release (-fixes) and development (-trunk) are available from the MythTV PPA for current Ubuntu releases. |
Developers Target latest LTS and latest Standard | Ubuntu |
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Fedora, Red Hat, CentOS |
There are MythTV packages for Fedora available from RPM Fusion. These repositories are not compatible with each other, so you'll have to take your pick between them. See Installing MythTV on Fedora for instructions. | Developers Target latest Fedora, previous Fedora and latest CentOS | RPM Fusion |
Debian |
Current method recommended by the developers is to use the provided packaging scripts to build your own packages. | Developers Target current Stable | Installing MythTV on Debian |
Raspbian |
Raspbian is the default operating system for the Raspberry Pi. Installation packages are available from MythTV Light | Developers Target current Stable | Raspbian |
Other Linux Distributions
openSUSE |
MythTV Packages for openSUSE are available on packman. | Download |
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Mandriva |
The Penguin Liberation Front which hosted packages seems to have shut down. You may be able to use the packages from RPMFusion | RPM Fusion |
Arch Linux |
MythTV Packages are available in the Extra repository. There is a User Guide | User Guide |
MythTV Customized Distributions
Below are details of some MythTV customized distributions and Linux distributions.
MiniMyth | MiniMyth is a small Linux distribution that turns a diskless computer into a MythTV frontend and slave backend. | Home Page Forums |
Download |
Other Operating Systems
Mac OS X |
Various versions of MythTV for Mac OS X are available, including both frontend and backend and up to current release fixes builds and trunk. | MacPorts or avenard.org |
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FreeBSD |
MythTV is available for FreeBSD | MythTV in FreeBSD Handbook |
Windows |
Though progress on the Windows platform is sometimes slow, installer packages are available for MS Windows. | MythTV for Windows |