Thanks Jeff - I will give it a try !!
On Fri, 25 Mar 2005 15:29:06 -0500, Jeff Simpson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It's slightly complicated, but definitely still doable, more so than > just installing from tarballs. > > The short version is that you'll want to create a "portage overlay" > where you copy ebuilds that you download yourself. You set up portage > to look in this local overlay first, and then all you have to do is > type "emerge mythtv-cvs" (or whatever your custom ebuild names are) to > install them. > > bugs.gentoo.org is a good place to find bleeding edge ebuilds: > > http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=66337 (for mythtv-cvs ebuilds) > > forums.gentoo.org is a good place to search for how to set up a > portage overlay. It's not much more complicated than making a > /usr/local/portage directory and putting some files in it, but you'll > want to read up on it before attempting it > > - Jeff > > > 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 > > > > -- > email me if you want a gmail invite, I have some invites > -- ****************************************** Richard J. 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