How To Install kodi-pvr-mythtv on Debian 9

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install kodi-pvr-mythtv on Debian 9.

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 9. 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 9

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 9, 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 9 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:

• libc6
• libgcc1

References

• kodi-pvr-mythtv website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install kodi-pvr-mythtv package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.