Tvheadend

h1. Official APT Repository

The repository is provided by "Bintray":https://bintray.com/tvheadend containing packages built by "Doozer.io":https://doozer.io/tvheadend/tvheadend.

*Please note that with the changes to the build system, the list of supported distros has changed.* Please check the _Supported Distributions / Platforms_ list below, if your distribution isn't listed there may be an older version available, new build targets *will* be added as soon as possible.

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h2. 4.2

This is the current-stable release.

h3. Supported Distributions / Platforms

* Debian
** Jessie "jessie" (8.x) - i386 / amd64

* Ubuntu
** Xenial "xenial" (16.04.x) - i386 / amd64 / armhf / arm64.
** Trusty "trusty" (14.04.x) - i386 / amd64 - see note 1.
** Precise "precise" (12.04.x) - i386 / amd64 - see note 2.

Notes:
# The armhf and arm64 builds do not have transcoding built in at the moment.
# The i386 builds for precise do not have transcoding built in, and seeing as this version of Ubuntu is now EOL it will eventually be removed.

h4. Build types

* release-4.2 - The latest version marked as release. (like 4.2.2).
* stable-4.2 - The latest official / stable code including changes between releases (like 4.2.2-10~gHASH).

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h2. 4.0

This is the old-stable release. Please note, there will be no further updates to this version.

h3. Supported Distributions / Platforms

* Debian
** Jessie "jessie" (8.x) - i386 / amd64

* Ubuntu
** Xenial "xenial" (16.04.x) - i386 / amd64
** Wily Werewolf "wily" (15.10.x) - i386 / amd64
** Trusty (14.04.x) "trusty" - i386 / amd64

h4. Build types

There is currently only one build type for 4.0.

* stable - An old-stable build from the 4.0 release branch.

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h2. Development/Unstable

This is the current development "bleeding-edge" release. It contains builds from the development (master) branch on "Github":https://github.com/tvheadend/tvheadend. *Only use this build if you want bleeding-edge & don't mind breakages!*

h3. Supported Distributions / Platforms

* Debian
** Jessie "jessie" (8.x) - i386 / amd64

* Ubuntu
** Xenial "xenial" (16.04.x) - i386 / amd64 / armhf / arm64 - see note 1 + 2.
** Trusty "trusty" (14.04.x) - i386 / amd64 - see note 1.

Notes:
# Due to issues with building x264, i386 builds have limited transcoding support.
# armhf and arm64 builds do not have transcoding built in at the moment.

h4. Build types

There is currently only one build type for unstable.

* unstable - This will contain a nightly build from the development branch (master)

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h2. Usage

First install bintray's GPG key:

<pre>
sudo apt-key adv --keyserver hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:80 --recv-keys 379CE192D401AB61
</pre>

Select which build type you want and add the repository accordingly:

<pre>
echo "deb https://dl.bintray.com/tvheadend/deb DISTRO BUILDTYPE" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list
</pre>

Replace DISTRO with the distribution's code name (as quoted in the _Supported Distro's / Platforms_ list).
Replace BUILDTYPE with the desired build type.

> Example:
> <pre>
echo "deb https://dl.bintray.com/tvheadend/deb xenial stable-4.2" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list
</pre>

Refresh the available packages and install:

<pre>
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install tvheadend
</pre>

Note: if you install more than one suite you will only ever get packages from the one holding the most recent version number, so the order of priority would be:

<pre>
unstable > stable-4.2 > stable
</pre>

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h2. Help!

*Where are the builds for my distro/arch?*
At the moment the Doozer build system only has support for a limited number of build targets. New targets will be added as soon as possible. If you're impatient you may build your own packages.

*What happened to nightly builds?*
They're no longer being provided, packages are now built on-the-fly once a commit to the branch has been pushed.

*Is there an Ubuntu PPA?*
Not an official one, but there is one provided by Michael Marley that provides *unstable* packages for Artful (untested), Zesty, Yakkety, and Xenial - amd64, arm64, armhf, i386, ppc64el.

You can install it by doing the following:

* Add the PPA to your system:
<pre>sudo apt-add-repository ppa:mamarley/tvheadend-git</pre>

* Update your packages:
<pre>sudo apt update</pre>

* Install:
<pre>sudo apt install tvheadend</pre>

If you experience issues with this PPA please contact Michael on "Launchpad":https://launchpad.net/~mamarley.