Installscript

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Description

The Installsscript is a tool that the handles the conventional installation steps with a collection of scripts.

Prerequirements

  • Development environment

Manual

Tutorial

First of all

  • Linux knowledge is required
  • It is useful to have experiences in compiling VDR and it's component manually

Scripts customisation

Decompression 

sh vdr-install-script-<VERSION>.run --noexec --target /tmp/VDRtmp
cd /tmp/VDRtmp/setup

It is useful to customise the following configuration file to his own needs

e.g. with the mcedit editor 

mcedit config/setup.conf

Most of the options can be delivered through the commandline, independently from setup.conf 

./setup.sh --help
./vdr-install-script-<VERSION>.run -- --help

Backup

In order that the setting are not lost at updates, everything should be backuped.

Execute 

./setup.sh

and go to 

<-> - Configuration
    | - Load an Alternate Configuration File --->
    | - Save Configuration to an Alternate File --->
        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

To save the settings somewhere else, e.g. /media/floppy/.config (ca. 150KB).

After an update, these setting can be loaded through 

<-> - Configuration
    | - Load an Alternate Configuration File --->
        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Another possibility is the backup of the complete script with 

./setup.sh --buildrunpackage
     Label (default "vdr-install-script-<VERSION>.run"):

Installation protocol

File:Installscript-01.png
Mainmenu
 Startmenu
File:Installscript-02.png
Download Manager
 Download Manager
File:Installscript-03.png
DL Manager Sub 1
 One layer deeper
File:Installscript-04.png
DL Manager Sub 2
 Here, one actually selects the sources
File:Installscript-05.png
Download Status
 Download status
File:Installscript-06.png
Mainmenu
 Startmenu => Software Manager
File:Installscript-07.png
Software Manager
 Selection of the packages.
File:Installscript-08.png
Software Select
 Here, the selection of the sources takes place (version independent). One should roughly what maches together!
File:Installscript-09.png
Start up
 Entry for /etc/inittab
File:Installscript-10.png
Channels Select
 Selection of the channels.conf
File:Installscript-11.png
Software Manager
 Software Manager => Patches
File:Installscript-12.png
Patch Select
 Basically all patches can be applied as available. Just copy them into ../packages/vdr/patches (requirement: --dry-run works)
File:Installscript-13.png
Patchlog
 If everythings went fine
File:Installscript-14.png
Mainmenu
 Mainmenu => Plugins Manager
File:Installscript-15.png
Plugins Manager
 There are three options: <I> for install, <U> for replace, and <D> for delete. Sometime VDR has to be patched for some plugins, should be visible in the plugins.log, for --reverse of a patches, just de-install the corresponding plugin (<D>).
File:Installscript-16.png
Plugins Opt
 Show additional options for plugins compilation. See also make.conf
File:Installscript-17.png
Mainmenu
 Mainmenu => Compiling
File:Installscript-18.png
Driver Select
 Selection of the DVB driver.
File:Installscript-19.png
Postinstallation
 Shows the Postinstallation.
File:Installscript-20.png
Compile Menu
 Selection of the options.
File:Installscript-21.png
Edit
 Here one can change the options for the compilation of VDR
File:Installscript-22.png
Plugins Check
 Show what was compiled
File:Installscript-23.png
Mainmenu
 Mainmenu => pluginsetup
File:Installscript-24.png
Plugins Select
 Dialog for activation of the plugins, it can later be changed through pluginsetup plugin
File:Installscript-25.png
Installationslog
 The log files are located in /var/log/vdr

Scripts

Available modules

This is an index of the available modules. Everything below ./add can be upgraded.

Modules in the ../untestet directory must to be customised!

  • One modules requires kernel 2.6
  • Some modules are still in beta status
  • Other have missing links

Stow(ES)

GNU stow helps to organise the files under /usr/local, by installing every software under his own directory tree under /usr/local/stow. And then, symbol links create the illusion, every software is installed in the same place.

Here are some of the most important commands

  • help
/usr/local/stow/stowES help --prog stow=/usr/local/stow/stow
  • checkstow (cs)
/usr/local/stow/stowES cs --prog stow=/usr/local/stow/stow
Checking packages in /usr/local/stow (78 matches):
I (  772.5) DFB++-0.9.20
I (  1,385) DirectFB-0.9.20
I (19223.5) ImageMagick-6.0.2
I ( 10,085) MPlayer-1.0pre4
....
  • checkin (ci)
/usr/local/stow/stowES ci MPlayer-1.0pre4 --prog stow=/usr/local/stow/stow
Calling "stow" to check in package MPlayer-1.0pre4 ...done.
Calling ldconfig
  • ceckout (co)
/usr/local/stow/stowES co MPlayer-1.0pre4 --prog stow=/usr/local/stow/stow
Calling "stow -D" to check out package MPlayer-1.0pre4 ...done.
Calling ldconfig.
  • remove (rm)
/usr/local/stow/stowES rm MPlayer-1.0pre4 --prog stow=/usr/local/stow/stow
Calling "stow -D" to check out package MPlayer-1.0pre4 ...done.
Calling "rm -rf" to remove package MPlayer-1.0pre4 ...done.
Calling ldconfig.
  • exchange
/usr/local/stow/stowES exchange MPlayer-1.0pre4 MPlayer-1.0pre5 --prog stow=/usr/local/stow/stow
Calling "stow -D" to check out package MPlayer-1.0pre4 ...done.
Calling "stow" to check in package MPlayer-1.0pre5 ...done.
Calling ldconfig.

To be continued...

Links

[1] ftp://ftp.cadsoft.de/vdr/Tools VDR FTP
[2] http://linvdr.org/download/vdr/Tools Download mirror
[3] http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/stow GNU Stow project homepage
[4] http://www.inf.tu-dresden.de/~al10/stowES Extensions to Stow
[5] http://linuxwiki.de/Stow Stow Wiki
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