ubuntu and mythtv

Rich Duzenbury rduz-ubuntu at theduz.com
Fri May 20 06:53:35 UTC 2005


On Fri, 2005-05-20 at 07:38 +0200, Vincent Trouilliez wrote:
> > In any case, where should I go from here?  I suppose I could just wait
> > awhile and hope that the 0.18.1 will appear in synaptic, though a
> > pointer to some kind of timeline would be helpful.
> 
> Don't hold your breath. Hoary has been released, it's "stable", this
> means that no new packages will ever be added to it, other than major
> bug/security fixes. 
> So you if you want sometihng that is not in the Synaptic, you must
> either install it yourself, or wait for the next version of Ubuntu to be
> released, in october, which should include the latest version of
> everything...
> 
> > I suppose I could try installing from source.  I don't want to corrupt
> > my installation, however as I wish to continue to use synaptic to
> > maintain it.
> 
> In synaptic, in stall the "checkinstall" package. Then, when you compile
> your program, do the "./configure", "make", but instead of "make
> install", do a "sudo checkinstall". This will integrate the program
> perfectly into the system/Synaptic.
> 
> 
Thanks for the tip.  Perhaps I should install breezy on the box?  Would
that do it?

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Regards,
Rich

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