How To Install mytharchive on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mytharchive
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is mytharchive
mytharchive is:
MythArchive is a plugin for MythTV that lets you create DVDs from your recorded shows, files and any video files available on your system. It can also archive recordings in a proprietary format that archives not only the file but also all the associated metadata like title, description and cut list information which will mean you can create backups of myth recordings which can later be restored or it will also allow you to move recordings between myth systems without losing any of the metadata. It is a complete rewrite of the old MythBurn bash scripts, now using Python, and the mythfrontend UI plugin.
There are three methods to install mytharchive
on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install mytharchive Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install mytharchive
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install mytharchive
Install mytharchive Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install mytharchive
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install mytharchive
Install mytharchive 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 mytharchive
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install mytharchive
How To Uninstall mytharchive on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the mytharchive
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove mytharchive
Uninstall mytharchive And Its Dependencies
To uninstall mytharchive
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove mytharchive
Remove mytharchive Configurations and Data
To remove mytharchive
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge mytharchive
Remove mytharchive configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove mytharchive
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mytharchive
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mytharchive
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.