Public bug reported:
Running Mythtv-backend-setup from the XFCE menu looks like it is adding
the user to the group "mythtv", but does not. The user has to add
himself manually, either by editing /etc/groups or with adduser `whoami`
mythtv.
The meta package is mythtv.
The package is mythtv-backend.
The file is called /usr/bin/mythtv-setup.
There is a call to check_groups, which is in
/usr/share/mythtv/dialogue_functions.sh
It has the line;
$SU_TYPE adduser ...
Su type seems to be "gksu" for XFCE and Gnome.
psd@EE:/usr/share/mythtv$ sudo apt-get install gksu
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Package gksu is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source
E: Package 'gksu' has no installation candidate
The bug also exists in older versions of Xubuntu; bionic, disco,
probably more. I am not sure about other desktops.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 19.10
Package: mythtv-backend 2:30.0+fixes.20190817.5cde0578d8-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.3.0-19.20-generic 5.3.1
Uname: Linux 5.3.0-19-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu8.1
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: XFCE
Date: Thu Oct 31 15:36:16 2019
InstallationDate: Installed on 2019-10-21 (9 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 19.10 "Eoan Ermine" - Release amd64 (20191017)
Installed_mythtv_dbg: 2:30.0+fixes.20190817.5cde0578d8-0ubuntu1
SourcePackage: mythtv
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
** Affects: mythtv (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: amd64 apport-bug eoan
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