On Fri, 25 Mar 2005 12:23:44 -0800, Richard Sears <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dan, > > How do I instruct emerge to use the CVS instead of the ebuild on the system..? > > I have never done that! > > Thanks > > > On Fri, 25 Mar 2005 12:20:32 -0800, Jim Kusznir <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Dan Littlejohn wrote: > > > > >There are good guides for Gentoo installs here: > > > > > >http://gentoo-wiki.com/index.php?title=HOWTO_Setup_MythTV > > >http://home.comcast.net/~alf_park/mythtv.html > > > > > >Includes use flags and window manager opinions. > > > > > >for the 15 min install there is Jarod's Guide for Red Hat, lol. > > > http://wilsonet.com/mythtv/fcmyth.php > > > > > > > > > > > I run 2 gentoo myth systems; my first one was gentoo from the beginning, > > and it worked great. My second one was for my father-in-law, and he was > > scared of the compiling, so he pressured me to go the fedora route. I > > tried. After 3 days following the "15 minute procedure" in jarod's > > guide, I gave up and switched to gentoo. Started the install, went to > > bed, and had the system functioning by lunch. > > > > I tend to make use of both of the gentoo references above; they both are > > a little different, and by reading them both, you can tweak the system > > more to your needs. > > > > With respect to window manager, on my first system I used flexbox (or > > something like that; I don't remember anymore). I might even suggest > > the generic one that comes with X. I like the gentoo ideal: only what > > you need, and no more. So for a dedicated myth system, both gnome and > > kde are way excessive. With that said, on my second myth system, I > > installed a full kde and an IR keyboard/mouse. So I can do some basic > > computing with the system as well as myth. In the end, it comes down to > > what you were planning on doing with it. > > > > I now have a PVR-500 (requires the latest ivtv, not currently in an > > ebuild and often requiring some custom installing), so I install ivtv by > > hand; everything else I do through ebuilds. It really isn't that hard > > to make an upgraded ebuild if there's no current ebuild available. I > > would highly recommend it. > > > > If you search around, there are actually ebuilds for the CVS version. I > > think these make it even easier for gentoo users to use CVS than any > > other dist. out there: all you do is re-emerge myth and its components. > > The ebuilds will automatically check out the latest CVS snapshot, > > compile, and install all without intervention. It usually works pretty > > well, too. > > > > I am definately sold on gentoo as a platform for mythtv; I think it fits > > better than all the precompiled packaged systems. > > > > --Jim > > > > >Dan > > > > > > > > >On Thu, 24 Mar 2005 11:26:03 -0800, Richard J. Sears > > ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > >>Richard - > > >> > > >>Thanks to you (and others) for the great feedback. I had a few more > > >>problems with Asterisk and the addon's :-) > > >> > > >>Couple of quick questions. First, would you share your make.conf USE > > >>flags with me so I get them right the first time and second, Did you use > > >>KDE or Gnome..? > > >> > > >>Thanks Again !! > > >> > > >>On Thu, 24 Mar 2005 20:11:51 +0100 > > >>Rickard Olsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >>>Richard J. Sears wrote: > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>>>I guess I was wondering what you Gentoo folks thought about this. Did > > >>>>you use emerge to do the job, did you have trouble later patching and > > >>>>compiling addons or other programs to make MythTV the best it could..? > > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>I used the CVS just before 0.17 came out and the ebuilds when it was > > >>>released. The ebuilds were a no-brainer to setup. There are some USE > > >>>flags that you need for stuff like nuvexport and ffmpeg that I haven't > > >>>seen documented anywhere (aac, threads and another that I don't recall > > >>>right now), but other than that, no problems. > > >>> > > >>>Most other sundry files are in portage - it's possible that there's > > >>>something missing but I haven't found anything. > > >>> > > >>>There's been no real need for any config file management issues (MythTV > > >>>has just one config file AFAIK and you normally edit it through > > >>>mythsetup, the rest is in the database). > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > mythtv-users mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users > > > _______________________________________________ > mythtv-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users >
This article tells how to set up custom ebuilds in a separate location so that they don't get creamed by emerge sync. http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Installing_3rd_Party_Ebuilds There should be a thread here about CVS ebuilds. Another wonderful Gentoo thing is that there are docs and how tos for almost anything _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list [email protected] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
