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Setup Questions
I am new to mythtv and it looks great. I have built a very small and quite
pc just for this application.

I have a copy of SuSE 8.0 personnel and professional does it matter which
one I use? Or is there a better Linux distro that I should use?

Is there a list of the packages that I need to install as part of the os
install?

I have downloaded the latest tarball file to install, is that all I need
other the additional packages that you listed on your site.

Is there a step-by-step setup document on system installation and
configuration?

Thanks in advance for your help.

Joe Cairns
Re: Setup Questions [ In reply to ]
On Sat, 2002-10-05 at 19:48, Joe Cairns wrote:
> I am new to mythtv and it looks great. I have built a very small and quite
> pc just for this application.
>
> I have a copy of SuSE 8.0 personnel and professional does it matter which
> one I use? Or is there a better Linux distro that I should use?
>
> Is there a list of the packages that I need to install as part of the os
> install?
>
> I have downloaded the latest tarball file to install, is that all I need
> other the additional packages that you listed on your site.
>
> Is there a step-by-step setup document on system installation and
> configuration?
>
> Thanks in advance for your help.
>
> Joe Cairns
>
> _______________________________________________
> mythtv-dev mailing list
> mythtv-dev@snowman.net
> http://www.snowman.net/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-dev

Doesn't really matter what version/level of suse you use. Any linux
distribution should work. I'm personally using gentoo.
From the install readme file:

******************************************************************************************************
This is what you need, software wise, to have installed:

libttf
libmp3lame
QT
MySQL
XMLTV
Perl
********************************************************************************************************

There are some additional modules that you might have to intall with perl.
Not really for mythtv but for xmltv. The details are in the xmltv
documentation. It's quite easy, you can download/install the needed modules
from within the perl/CPAN shell.

No step by step. I would recommmend a default or minimal install if the
distruibution you choose allows those options then add the required packages.
Some things like QT/MYSQL/PERL would be easier to install during the main
distribution installation.

--
Calvin...
RE: Setup Questions [ In reply to ]
Thanks,

I will give that a try.

Joe Cairns

-----Original Message-----
From: mythtv-dev-admin@snowman.net
[mailto:mythtv-dev-admin@snowman.net]On Behalf Of Calvin Harrigan
Sent: Saturday, October 05, 2002 8:24 PM
To: mythtv-dev@snowman.net
Subject: Re: [mythtv] Setup Questions


On Sat, 2002-10-05 at 19:48, Joe Cairns wrote:
> I am new to mythtv and it looks great. I have built a very small and
quite
> pc just for this application.
>
> I have a copy of SuSE 8.0 personnel and professional does it matter which
> one I use? Or is there a better Linux distro that I should use?
>
> Is there a list of the packages that I need to install as part of the os
> install?
>
> I have downloaded the latest tarball file to install, is that all I need
> other the additional packages that you listed on your site.
>
> Is there a step-by-step setup document on system installation and
> configuration?
>
> Thanks in advance for your help.
>
> Joe Cairns
>
> _______________________________________________
> mythtv-dev mailing list
> mythtv-dev@snowman.net
> http://www.snowman.net/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-dev

Doesn't really matter what version/level of suse you use. Any linux
distribution should work. I'm personally using gentoo.
From the install readme file:

****************************************************************************
**************************
This is what you need, software wise, to have installed:

libttf
libmp3lame
QT
MySQL
XMLTV
Perl
****************************************************************************
****************************

There are some additional modules that you might have to intall with perl.
Not really for mythtv but for xmltv. The details are in the xmltv
documentation. It's quite easy, you can download/install the needed modules
from within the perl/CPAN shell.

No step by step. I would recommmend a default or minimal install if the
distruibution you choose allows those options then add the required
packages.
Some things like QT/MYSQL/PERL would be easier to install during the main
distribution installation.

--
Calvin...

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