Feb 12, 2006
I installed MythTV the difficult way. This is using the 64 bit version of
MythTV. The problem is that Ubuntu Breezy does not have the correct packages
available for installation. They have both 0.18.1 versions, and 0.17-3 versions.
Sorry that this guide is really messed up. I took many paths to getting
this running correctly. It hopefully contains solutions to some problems,
but running through in sequence is not recommended.
For reference, I used some of the notes at
patrick.wagstrom.net/tutorials/mythTV64/mythTV64.xml
I tried downloading prebuilt versions of the 64 bit version of MythTV,
but never had success. I think the easiest wayis to build it yourself.
Add to /etc/apt/sources.list
deb-src ftp://ftp.nerim.net/debian-marillat/ sid main
cd /etc/apt
gpg --recv-keys 1F41B907
gpg -a --export 1F41B907 | sudo apt-key add -
Then run Update in Package manager or apt-get update. Get MythTV using
"sudo apt-get build-dep mythtv". I got an error from apt-get mythtv:
Package libmysqlclient-dev is a virtual package provided by:
libmysqlclient12-dev 4.0.24-10ubuntu2
libmysqlclient10-dev 3.23.56-3
You should explicitly select one to install.
sources.list change lines:
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy universe main restricted multiverse
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy universe main restricted multiverse
I tried to get MythTV. This is before I knew that the Ubuntu stuff
didn't work.
get mythtv
sudo apt-get install mythtv
This produces the errors:
mythtv: Depends: mythtv-frontend (= 0.18.1-5) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: mythtv-backend (= 0.18.1-5) but it is not going to be installed
E: Broken packages
mythtv-frontend:
Depends: mythtv-common but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libmyth-0.17 but it is not installable
Depends: libqt3c102-mt (>=3:3.3.3) but it is not installable
mythtv-backend:
Depends: mythtv-common but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libmyth-0.17 but it is not installable
Depends: libqt3c102-mt (>=3:3.3.3) but it is not installable
I tried installing mythtv-common 0.17. I removed it later.
mythtv-frontend:
Depends: mythtv-common (=0.17-3) but 0.18.1-5 is to be installed
Depends: libmyth-0.17 but it is not installable
Depends: libqt3c102-mt (>=3:3.3.3) but it is not installable
cd
tar -xzvf mythtv_0.18.1.orig.tar.gz
gzip -dc mythtv_0.18.1-5.diff.gz | patch -p1
patch: **** strip count l is not a number
then:
can't find file to patch at input line 3
Perhaps you used the wrong -p or --strip option?
The text leading up to this was:
--------------------------
|--- mythtv-0.18.1.orig/settings.pro
|+++ mythtv-0.18.1/settings.pro
--------------------------
cd mythtv-0.18.1/debian/rules
--cpu=x86_64 --tune=generic --enable-mmx \
dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot -b
dpkg-checkbuilddeps: Unmet build dependencies: libqt3-mt-dev libvorbis-dev liblame-dev liblircclient-dev libartsc0-dev libasound2-dev libdvb-dev g++-3.4 libxv-dev | xlibs-dev libxvmc-dev
I used synaptic to download.
The compile said there was something wrong with tune=generic.
I got the following:
../../libs/libmyth/libmyth-0.18.1.so: undefined reference to `ScreenSaverX11::ScreenSaverX11()'
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make[3]: *** [mythepg] Error 1
make[3]: Leaving directory `/opt/mythtv/mythtv-0.18.1/programs/mythepg'
I also got the following errors.
g++-3.4 -o mythepg main.o -L/usr/share/qt3/lib -L../../libs/libmyth -L../../libs/libmythtv -L../../libs/libavcodec -L../../libs/libavformat -lmythtv-0.18.1 -lmythavformat-0.18.1 -lmythavcodec-0.18.1 -lmyth-0.18.1 -lfreetype -lmp3lame -lasound -L/usr/X11R6/lib -lqt-mt -lXext -lX11 -lm -lpthread
../../libs/libmyth/libmyth-0.18.1.so: undefined reference to `ScreenSaverX11::ScreenSaverX11()'
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
2006-01-31 21:03:27.234 adding: ubuntu as a client (events: 0)
2006-01-31 21:03:27.241 ERROR opening file in ThreadedFileWriter.
/var/cache/mythtv//ringbuf1.nuv: No such file or directory
Error getting inputs for the capturecard. Perhaps you have
forgotten to bind video sources to your card's inputs?
2006-01-31 08:01:33.971 Channel(/dev/video0): CheckChannel failed.
Please verify channel "3" in the "setup" Channel Editor.
Installing mysql
I installed mysql. MythTV requires mysql.
install mysql
sudo apt-get install mysql-server
select "no configuration" for simple install
set pw
mysql -u root mysql
quit
Eventually you will need mysql-server, mysql-client, and mysql-common,
so the Synaptic package manager should work fine to get these. The version
in Ubuntu Breezy is 4.0.24-10.
I followed some of the guide at www.abarbaccia.com/content/view/17/32/"
At some point, the mysql database should be initialized like the following.
mysql -u root -p mysql
mysql> UPDATE user SET password=PASSWORD('mythtv') WHERE user="mythtv";
mysql> FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
mysql> quit
Connect to Zapit
Zapit is need to be able to download program guides.
I got the following information from www.quietglow.com/docs/ubuntumythtv.html and it
works fine. Log in to labs.zap2it.com
The certificate code for mythtv is ZIYN-DQZO-SBUT.
Building MythTV
I found a guide at ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=74660
that said to download MythTV into the /opt
directory. I ended up with the mythtv_0.18.1.orig.tar.gz, mythtv_0.18.1-5.diff.gz, and qt-x11-free_3.3.4-8ubuntu5.diff.gz
in the /opt/mythtv directory.
cd /opt/mythtv/
tar -xzvf mythtv_0.18.1.orig.tar.gz
cd mythtv-0.18.1
gzip -dc mythtv_0.18.1-5.diff.gz | patch -p1
Change the /opt/mythtv/mythtv-0.18.1/debian/rules file line from
--cpu=i486 --tune=pentium4 --enable-mmx
to
--cpu=x86_64 --tune=generic --enable-mmx \
At this point, I made a mistake and compiled. Jump to the portion about
setting up QT3 before compiling.
After editing the rules file, run the following to compile:
dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot -b
After the files are modified, do the following:
cd /opt/mythtv/mythtv-0.18.1
sudo ./configure
sudo make
sudo make install
sudo mythtv-setup
When running the mythtv-setup, I got the following error:
QSqlDatabase: QMYSQL3 driver not loaded
Setting up QT3
On my machine, I have the libqt3-mt, libqt3-mysql, libqt3-headers, and
libqt3-dev packages loaded. I must have done this with Synaptic package
manager.
There were many notes to modify the /etc/profile file to specify the QT3
directory, but this does not work in Ubuntu. There are also notes to
modify etc/security/pam_env.conf or ~/.bash_profile, but in the end, I
modified /etc/environment. My /etc/environment file has:
I modified the /etc/ld.so.conf file to have the following:
/lib32
/usr/lib32
/usr/X11R6/lib32
/usr/local/lib
Then load it using:
sudo ldconfig
More setup for MythTV
At some point, I started using the MythTV documentation in the downloaded
/opt/mythtv/mythtv-0.18.1/docs directory. I also created a mythtv user
from the Ubuntu menu System/Administration/Users and Groups.
Select User Priviledges tab and check Executing system administration tasks
if you are not too concerned with security.
I used the following to initialize the mysql database:
cd /opt/mythtv/mythtv-0.18.1/database
mysql -u root mysql -p
I got an error:
Access denied for user: 'mythtv@localhost' (Using password: YES)
If there is not a directory /home/mythtv/.mythtv, then create it. It must
contain a file named mysql.txt. There is one shipped with MythTV. It must
contain the following lines.
I followed the local docs at file:///opt/mythtv/mythtv-0.18.1/docs/mythtv-HOWTO-9.html#ss9.1 for setting up the MythTV backend.
I may have run the following:
mythfilldatabase
mkdir /var/lib/mythtv
Running mythfrontend will indicate whether the backend is already
running.
To get mythtv to start easily, I made a /home/mythtv/mythtv.sh
file. I put a Launcher on the desktop by right clicking on the desktop
and selecting Create Launcher. The .sh file should contain the following.
