How To Install mythexport on Ubuntu

Posted on April 1, 2023  (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )

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Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install mythexport on Ubuntu.

What is mythexport

mythexport is:

MythExport is a Perl daemon that can be used with MythTV to export recordings into a format playable on portable devices such as iPod Video, iPod Touch, PSP, and other devices. Besides converting your recordings, this script also grabs data from the MythTV MySQL database and injects it as iTunes data into the exported video so that it will show up correctly on your iPod. MythExport may also be used to take your recordings “On The Go” and provides a RSS feed to all exported recordings.

There are three methods to install mythexport on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install mythexport Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install mythexport using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install mythexport

Install mythexport Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install mythexport using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install mythexport

Install mythexport Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install mythexport using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install mythexport

How To Uninstall mythexport on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the mythexport package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove mythexport

Uninstall mythexport And Its Dependencies

To uninstall mythexport and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove mythexport

Remove mythexport Configurations and Data

To remove mythexport configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge mythexport

Remove mythexport configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove mythexport configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mythexport

Dependencies

mythexport have the following dependencies:

• mythtv-database
• debconf
• perl
• atomicparsley
• libmythtv-perl
• libdbi-perl
• libdbd-mysql-perl
• debconf
• apache2
• libhtml-template-perl
• libconfig-simple-perl
• libxml-rss-perl
• libproc-daemon-perl
• libproc-pid-file-perl
• liblog-dispatch-perl
• libxml-writer-perl
• mysql-client
• libavcodec-extra
• ffmpeg

References

• mythexport website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install mythexport package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.