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These instructions allow you to compile the latest development version of MythTV on Ubuntu Vivid Vervet 15.04. It is not meant as a full install guide, just as a reference on how to compile a basic MythTV installation under Ubuntu 15.04. Setup of the database and configuring MythTV are covered here: [[User Manual:Initial Installation]]. Note that you can also simply add [https://launchpad.net/~mythbuntu/+archive/0.28?field.series_filter=trusty the Mythbuntu PPA] if you don't want to do development yourself.

{{Note box|This installation guide was tested with Mythtv 0.27.5. 0.28-pre requires Qt version 5.2 (qt5-default libqt5script5 libqt5scripttools5 qtscript5-dev libqt5webkit5-dev libqt5sql5-mysql.)}}

== Install Required Packages ==
<code><pre>
sudo apt-get install git build-essential qt4-dev-tools yasm uuid-dev \
libfreetype6-dev libmp3lame-dev libxinerama-dev libtag1-dev make gcc g++ \
libexiv2-dev libdbd-mysql-perl libnet-upnp-perl libdbi-perl python-urlgrabber \
python-mysqldb libqt4-sql-mysql libtool-bin autoconf 
</pre></code>
For Xubuntu 15.04 you might want to install ALSA sound driver as well since Pulse is not the recommended sound system for Mythtv:
<code><pre>
sudo apt-get install libasound2-dev
</pre></code>
==Download MythTV Source Code==
[http://code.mythtv.org/trac/ Follow the instructions] or for the latest stable version
<code><pre>
git clone -b fixes/0.27 git://github.com/MythTV/mythtv.git
</pre></code>

will create a subdirectory named ''mythtv'' which contains the source code.

To update your copy of the source code, change to the mythtv directory created, and then
<code><pre>
git pull
</pre></code>

==Configure the MythTV Compile Options==
Change to the mythtv directory created when you downloaded the source code using Git, then

<code><pre>
./configure
</pre></code>

To see a list of all possible options run
<code><pre>
./configure --help
</pre></code>

Describing all of the options is outside the scope of this document.

{{Note box|If you get an error message telling you that something is missing then you did not install something which had to be installed before installing MythTV (those are called dependencies). Please seek help on the [http://www.mythtv.org/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users/ mythtv-users mailing list]..}}

==Compile and install MythTV==
Change to the mythtv directory created when you downloaded the source code using Git (if you aren't already there from the previous section), then
<code><pre>
make
sudo make install
</pre></code>

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