How To Install kodi-pvr-mythtv on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install kodi-pvr-mythtv on Debian 12.
What is kodi-pvr-mythtv
kodi-pvr-mythtv is:
MythTV is a open source software PVR project that is designed to run on Linux, although other operating system packages are available. With MythTV you can watch Live TV, schedule recordings, view episode guide information, and many other features you expect from a DVR type appliance device. But more interesting for Kodi users is that as MythTV uses a distributed application structure it can also be configured as PVR backend (PVR server) for Kodi, supporting multiple Kodi frontends as clients, with MythTV acting as the PVR backend that does work of tuning TV signals, recording, scheduling, and post processing jobs.
This package contains the MythTV PVR (Personal Video Recorder) Addon for Kodi, the award winning free and open source software media-player and entertainment hub for all your digital media
There are three methods to install kodi-pvr-mythtv on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install kodi-pvr-mythtv Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install kodi-pvr-mythtv using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install kodi-pvr-mythtv
Install kodi-pvr-mythtv Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install kodi-pvr-mythtv using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install kodi-pvr-mythtv
Install kodi-pvr-mythtv 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install kodi-pvr-mythtv using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install kodi-pvr-mythtv
How To Uninstall kodi-pvr-mythtv on Debian 12
To uninstall only the kodi-pvr-mythtv package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove kodi-pvr-mythtv
Uninstall kodi-pvr-mythtv And Its Dependencies
To uninstall kodi-pvr-mythtv and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove kodi-pvr-mythtv
Remove kodi-pvr-mythtv Configurations and Data
To remove kodi-pvr-mythtv configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge kodi-pvr-mythtv
Remove kodi-pvr-mythtv configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove kodi-pvr-mythtv configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kodi-pvr-mythtv
Dependencies
kodi-pvr-mythtv have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install kodi-pvr-mythtv package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
