Linux HOW-TO: Automated efficient XBMC install - Ubuntu 12.10/13.04 mini based

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sion28 Offline
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2013-01-15 08:25 Post: #751
(2013-01-15 01:50)uNiversal Wrote:  none unless you want all the server stuff installed, php server, smb server, and a ton of other server software that you probably dont need.

Script can run on anything from Ubuntu 10.04 upto 13.04 no problems with no changes that I see. As long as my last two bug fixes go in.

uNi

I never said I wanted to install Ubuntu Server. I don't. I want a desktop environment (light/minimal would suffice) so I can run the setup/config for mythtv, which as far as I can tell googling around, requires a GUI which requires an X environment. So I thought I'd just try running Bram's config script on a normal installation of Ubuntu 12.10

I didn't look, but when we choose "only" the OpenSSH feature to install with Linux, is there a desktop in that list that I could have installed?

I like the minimal installation. I don't want much else. But I do want to run mythtv backend on this machine, which seems to require a GUI.

Any tips? I'm not meaning to take this off-topic, but I think that it's something that could come up again for other script users/installers.

Thanks!
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2013-01-15 10:43 Post: #752
(2013-01-15 01:50)uNiversal Wrote:  none unless you want all the server stuff installed, php server, smb server, and a ton of other server software that you probably dont need.

Script can run on anything from Ubuntu 10.04 upto 13.04 no problems with no changes that I see. As long as my last two bug fixes go in.

uNi

If you run the script on a Ubuntu version < 12.10 add-apt-repository won't be installed which is required. If you run it on 13.04 the xbmc repo won't work.
(2013-01-15 08:25)sion28 Wrote:  
(2013-01-15 01:50)uNiversal Wrote:  none unless you want all the server stuff installed, php server, smb server, and a ton of other server software that you probably dont need.

Script can run on anything from Ubuntu 10.04 upto 13.04 no problems with no changes that I see. As long as my last two bug fixes go in.

uNi

I never said I wanted to install Ubuntu Server. I don't. I want a desktop environment (light/minimal would suffice) so I can run the setup/config for mythtv, which as far as I can tell googling around, requires a GUI which requires an X environment. So I thought I'd just try running Bram's config script on a normal installation of Ubuntu 12.10

I didn't look, but when we choose "only" the OpenSSH feature to install with Linux, is there a desktop in that list that I could have installed?

I like the minimal installation. I don't want much else. But I do want to run mythtv backend on this machine, which seems to require a GUI.

Any tips? I'm not meaning to take this off-topic, but I think that it's something that could come up again for other script users/installers.

Thanks!

I'm guessing you can find several guides explaining what the minimal required packages are for the go backend of mythtv. You could even run it over a remote x session via ssh. But i can't tell you how exactly. You'd have to Google it. But I've done it before.
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2013-01-15 20:07 Post: #753
(2012-10-23 00:36)uNiversal Wrote:  @bram77

Here's a quick and dirty HOW-TO quick fix for 24p and 23.976p playback on the ION1 with NVidia 304.60 drivers (Hopefully will help script get a bit better)

We start with the xorg.conf for 30x.x drivers (for 29x.xx another xorg.conf will be needed). Still using minimalistic install script to work fully.
So on and ahead we go!

Code:
mv /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf.bak
wget http://pastebin.com/raw.php?i=pQA9W8Bn -O /etc/X11/xorg.conf

I don't have an xorg.conf file by default after a fresh minimal 12.10 installation so there is nothing to back up.
How can I create one ?

Thx for help !
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2013-01-15 20:13 Post: #754
You dont, just do the wget line! it will donwload and place it for you.

Done

bare in mind that xorg goes hand-in-hand with the xbmc settings and Nvidia driver version

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2013-01-15 20:24 Post: #755
Thank you uNi for the fast help and those links in your signature : )
The Install was a breeze with those !

What happens if Frodo goes final can I update from RC3 with a simple command in terminal ?
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2013-01-15 20:38 Post: #756
Your welcome +1

Yes look at wiki Linux FAQ section. Baring in mind your using xvba ppa with this script so look at wsnipex repos when stable is released and purge the current ppa and use new one from wsnipex repos.

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(This post was last modified: 2013-01-15 20:41 by uNiversal.)
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2013-01-15 20:42 Post: #757
Will I have to change the repository if it's released or is it enough to do

Code:
apt-get update
sudo apt-get install xbmc

or maybe this too ?

Code:
sudo apt-get upgrade

Sorry for the noob questions.
(This post was last modified: 2013-01-15 20:43 by Haohmaru.)
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2013-01-15 20:49 Post: #758
Yes you may need to change repos depending on what you want to continue using or just keep using same repo, and run apt-get update and install... go easy on apt-get upgrade commands and double check what packages are going to be installed before clicking yes.

Not to say you cant run certain commands like apt-get upgrade but it helps that you keep in mind upgrading too many packages in one go is not always a good thing.

With great power comes great responsibility (meaning you break it its your fault) Wink

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2013-01-15 21:02 Post: #759
Ok so one last question to confirm I'll do it right Big Grin

I think I'll want to go with the stable bulid once it's released and then keep that version.

So I have to do the following :

Code:
sudo apt-get install ppa-purge python-software-properties pkg-config
sudo ppa-purge ppa:wsnipex/xbmc-xvba                   # <---- this is the one I have now right ?
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:team-xbmc/ppa
apt-get update
sudo apt-get install xbmc

That should do it for me right ?
(This post was last modified: 2013-01-15 21:03 by Haohmaru.)
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2013-01-15 21:11 Post: #760
YES!

But bare in mind the ppa you have now has MANY fixes that the main ppa wont have even at stable.

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