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How to install mythtv 0.20 on ubuntu dapper

add repos to sources.list
## (Unofficial) MythTV packages for 0.20
deb http://home.eng.iastate.edu/~superm1 dapper main
deb-src http://home.eng.iastate.edu/~superm1 dapper main
apt-get update
apt-get install gsfonts-x11 msttcorefonts xfonts-base
fc-cache -f -v
apt-get install mythtv mythweb mythmusic mythweather mythvideo mythtv-themes mythdvd mythgame mythnews
apt-get install mythgallery transcode xine-ui ogle mplayer xmame-x
change password for user mythtv
login as user mythtv
mythtv-setup
** add all sources, tuners, etc
mythfilldatabase
mythfilldatabase –reset-icon-map all
mythfilldatabase –import-icon-map /dvr/files/charter-digital-iconmap.xml –update-icon-map
nano /etc/mythtv/mythweb-htaccess.conf
enable security for mythweb and change mysql settings
htpasswd -c /var/www/htpasswd admin
add eth ip address to /etc/mysql/my.cnf if you want to have other frontends or slave backends
chown -R root.www-data /var/lib/mythtv/
reboot
go into the frontend and go through settings

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