Installscript
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
- config/setup.conf
- config/commands.conf
- config/reccmds.conf
- config/make.conf
- config/kernel.conf
- config/configure.conf
- config/marks2pts.conf
- examples/plugins/mailbox/accounts.conf
- examples/vdr/record.conf
- examples/vdr/shutdown.conf
e.g. with the mcedit editor
mcedit config/setup.conf
In ../config/plugins befinden sich die Einstellungen der Plugins, als bsp das audiocd-plugin. ../config/plugins/audiocd.conf
## Description: # # -d DEV --device=DEV set device (default: /dev/cdrom) # ## -d /dev/cdrom
Options are prefaced with ^-
, after selection it goes into the plugin_setup.conf, see pluginsetup-plugin, the same for Description.
## Description: AudioCD Plugin ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Würde später im Menu des Plugins (pluginsetup) stehen, ansonnsten <NAME>
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. 80KB).
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"):
Gesichert wird, was in ../setup/SAFE definiert wurde.
# # FILE(s) only txt files! # ../setup/config/add.conf # # DIRECTORY(ies) maxdepth 1, only txt files! # ../setup/config/plugins
Wer möchte kann auch Files "außerhalb" der Scripts sichern, einfach eintragen.
# # FILE(s) only txt files! # /etc/lircrc.conf
Installation protocol
Startmenu | |
Download Manager | |
One layer deeper | |
Here, one actually selects the sources | |
Download status | |
Startmenu => Software Manager | |
Selection of the packages. | |
Here, the selection of the sources takes place (version independent). One should roughly what maches together! | |
Entry for /etc/inittab | |
Selection of the channels.conf | |
Software Manager => Patches | |
Basically all patches can be applied as available. Just copy them into ../packages/vdr/patches (requirement: --dry-run works) | |
If everythings went fine | |
Mainmenu => 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>). | |
Show additional options for plugins compilation. See also make.conf | |
Mainmenu => Compiling | |
Selection of the DVB driver. | |
Shows the Postinstallation. | |
Selection of the options. | |
Here one can change the options for the compilation of VDR | |
Show what was compiled | |
Mainmenu => pluginsetup | |
Dialog for activation of the plugins, it can later be changed through pluginsetup plugin | |
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 (actuator.cmd)
- 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 |