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compile mythtv .20

Instead of make install, use checkinstall and then you can uninstall the package if you want to later.
sudo apt-get install subversion
sudo apt-get build-dep mythtv
svn co http://svn.mythtv.org/svn/trunk/mythtv
svn co http://svn.mythtv.org/svn/trunk/mythplugins
svn co http://svn.mythtv.org/svn/trunk/myththemes

cd mythtv
./configure –prefix=/usr –enable-xvmc –enable-firewire –enable-dvb –enable-proc-opt
qmake mythtv.pro
make
checkinstall

Other switches

configure –help with show everything you can change

./configure –arch=athlon –enable-xvmc –enable-opengl-vsync –enable-dvb –enable-ivtv –enable-firewire –enable-lirc –enable-xrandr –prefix=/usr –enable-proc-opt –enable-audio-jack –enable-audio-arts –enable-xvmc-opengl

mythplugins:

apt-get build-dep mythplugins

./configure –prefix=/usr –enable-all

cd ~/src/mythtv/mythplugins-0.20a/mythweb
sudo cp -rp . /usr/share/mythtv/mythweb

sudo ln -s /usr/share/mythtv/mythweb /var/www

sudo chgrp www-data /usr/share/mythtv/mythweb/data
sudo chmod 775 /usr/share/mythtv/mythweb/data
sudo chmod +t /usr/share/mythtv/mythweb/data
ls -ld  /usr/share/mythtv/mythweb/data

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