How to install Mythtv in Mepis 6.5
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This guide only covers installation of MythTv, not setting up hardware (not yet anyway)
Based on and copy from:
- Jarod Wilson http://wilsonet.com/mythtv/
- Andrew Barbaccia http://www.abarbaccia.com
- Thanks to Pastor Ron and MOS for pointers about Mysql
Resources
http://www.mythtv.org (the official home page) http://wilsonet.com/mythtv (probably the best Myth How-to around, geared towards Fedora) http://www.abarbaccia.com (Ubuntu specific guide, compatible with Mepis)
When you see a # it means root command in terminal, $ means a user command in therminal.
- Install Mepis. Create partitions (just a suggestion) (copied from http://wilsonet.com/mythtv/fcmyth.php#sw
|
Partition |
Mount Point |
Size |
Format |
|
/dev/hda1 |
/boot |
50-100MB |
ext3 |
|
/dev/hda2 |
swap |
same as RAM (ex: 512MB) |
swap |
|
/dev/hda3 |
/ |
8-20 GB |
ext3 |
|
/dev/hda5 |
/video |
Everything else |
jfs |
- Create myth user (you can choose another if you like and make the changes in this guide accordingly)
Bring your system up to date:
apt-get upgrade
- Modify repositories:
Kwrite /etc/apt/sources.list
Modify so it looks like the following (Warning! worked at the time of creation of this guide (1 July 2006), sources may have changes by the time you read this): See sources.list(5) for more information This file should be edited through synaptic
# MEPIS improvements, overrides and updates--the MEPIS magic deb http://apt.mepis.org/6.0/ mepis main # Ubuntu foundation packages deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ breezy main restricted deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper main restricted # Security updates deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper-security main restricted # Package updates deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper-updates main restricted # Backports of newer packages--unsupported and not thoroughly tested # deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper-backports main restricted # Free unsupported packages from Debian and beyond deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper universe # Non-free unsupported packages from Debian and beyond deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper multiverse # Backports of newer packages--unsupported and not thoroughly tested # deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper-backports universe multiverse # Penguin Liberation Front--some packages not available elsewhere # deb ftp://ftp.free.fr/pub/Distributions_Linux/plf/ubuntu/plf/ dapper free non-free # deb-src ftp://ftp.free.fr/pub/Distributions_Linux/plf/ubuntu/plf/ dapper free non-free deb http://packages.freecontrib.org/ubuntu/plf/ dapper free non-free deb-src http://packages.freecontrib.org/ubuntu/plf/ dapper free non-free
- Install tvtime (to test your tv card):
apt-get install tvtime
Setup tvcard
- Install mysql:
apt-get install mysql-common mysql-server mysql
- Configure mysql:
ln -s /etc/init.d/mysql /etc/rc5.d/S99mysql ln -s /etc/init.d/mysql /etc/rc0.d/K01mysql
- reboot
mysql -u myth mysql UPDATE user SET WHERE user='myth' FLUSH PRIVILEGES; mysql> quit
mkdir /usr/share/doc/mythtv/database
Install Mythtv:
apt-get install mythtv
Set password for myth user
mysql -u myth -p mysql
mysql> UPDATE user SET
password=PASSWORD('myth') WHERE user="myth";
mysql> FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
mysql> quit
We also want to be sure that the mythtv frontend starts when we log into our mythtv user. This is done by adding a line to our .xsession file and giving it the appropriate permissions.
echo "mythfrontend" | tee /home/mythtv/.xsession chown mythtv.mythtv /home/mythtv/.xsession
And finally we need to get mythbackend to start at boot, by doing this:
echo " - mythtv -c \"mythbackend -d\"" | tee /etc/init.d/mythtv-backend
