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AllanM:
Thanks. 20.04 is still supported as it’s an LTS version, so many will be using it for a few more years yet. I installed MC30 from the deb download and it’s working fine.
Awesome Donkey:
--- Quote from: AllanM on August 19, 2023, 12:27:28 pm ---Thanks. 20.04 is still supported as it’s an LTS version, so many will be using it for a few more years yet.
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Worth pointing out that JRiver only officially supports and builds Media Center on Debian, and not Ubuntu. When they rebase and change the Debian version they're developing and building MC on, like an older stable Debian version (e.g. Jessie) to a newer one (e.g. Buster), the dependencies change and the version numbers of those dependencies change/increase. Older Ubuntu LTS versions typically don't update the versions of dependencies used so once MC changes to a newer Debian like Bullseye, old LTSes like Ubuntu 20.04 won't be able to run newer Media Center versions as-is any longer. Same will apply to other distros along with old Debian versions, it's something to keep in mind if running newer Media Center versions.
For best results with Media Center on Ubuntu, I recommend using either the latest version available (Ubuntu 23.04 currently) or the latest LTS version (22.04 LTS). Anything older than that, even an older LTS that Canonical still supports, your results will vary.
BryanC:
Don't run the script as root with sudo, installJRMC will prompt you for root permissions as necessary. I'm not sure if that is the issue here, but I'll add a warning regardless.
AllanM:
--- Quote from: Awesome Donkey on August 19, 2023, 02:25:37 pm ---Worth pointing out that JRiver only officially supports and builds Media Center on Debian, and not Ubuntu. When they rebase and change the Debian version they're developing and building MC on, like an older stable Debian version (e.g. Jessie) to a newer one (e.g. Buster), the dependencies change and the version numbers of those dependencies change/increase. Older Ubuntu LTS versions typically don't update the versions of dependencies used so once MC changes to a newer Debian like Bullseye, old LTSes like Ubuntu 20.04 won't be able to run newer Media Center versions as-is any longer. Same will apply to other distros along with old Debian versions, it's something to keep in mind if running newer Media Center versions.
For best results with Media Center on Ubuntu, I recommend using either the latest version available (Ubuntu 23.04 currently) or the latest LTS version (22.04 LTS). Anything older than that, even an older LTS that Canonical still supports, your results will vary.
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Thanks. It my understanding that Buster came out in 2019, and MC30 was released for Buster. Ubuntu 20.04LTS came out in 2020, so should be much closer in versions for underlying software to buster than the current version of Ubuntu.
Actually, I just read that 20.04 is based on bullseye, so it might be too new for mc30 ;-)
bob:
--- Quote from: AllanM on August 22, 2023, 10:07:19 am ---Thanks. It my understanding that Buster came out in 2019, and MC30 was released for Buster. Ubuntu 20.04LTS came out in 2020, so should be much closer in versions for underlying software to buster than the current version of Ubuntu.
Actually, I just read that 20.04 is based on bullseye, so it might be too new for mc30 ;-)
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You shouldn't have any issues running old versions of MC on ubuntu 20.04. I'm pretty sure even MC20 runs on current Debian Bookworm. Linux is very good in general for backwards compatibility.
So a little research.
The main issue is that ubuntu 20.04 hasn't been updating some of the packages in MC's dependency list so the versions there are "too old".
The good news is that it appears the requirements can be relaxed enough to accommodate ubuntu.
The next build will install without issue.
I have installed ubuntu 20.04 on a 2011 MacBook Air and it works great with the latest MC. Even 1920x1080 video.
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