Problems installing tvheadend on Linux Mint 16

Ivan Wilson

I'm brand new to Linux, so apologies for any silly questions.

I've installed Linux Mint 16 and now want to run tvheadend backend.
I've tried using the Ubuntu terminal commands from https://tvheadend.org/projects/tvheadend/wiki/AptRepository. I'm assuming that the final step is to run:
sudo apt-get install tvheadend

However, I get the message "E: unable to locate package tvheadend".

Am I doing something wrong? I've tried to find the package using Synaptic Package Manager, but no luck there either

ProfYaffle

Mint 16 is based on 13.10, isn't it? I suspect there's a missing package for Saucy, then.

Two easy answers I can see to be worth trying:

1. Edit /etc/apt/sources.list to change anything like "deb http://apt.tvheadend.org/stable saucy main" to "raring" and try again, or

2. Download the .deb directly and install it using dpkg. You won't get automatic upgrades without the PPA, but it'll work.

Ivan Wilson

Thank you Prof Yaffle.

I added the following entry to the /etc/apt/sources.list file:

deb http://apt.tvheadend.org/stable wheezy main

I initially tried using "raring" instead of "wheezy", but I got an error during the installation process. "saucy" isn't a valid directory at http://apt.tvheadend.org/stable/dists.

After saving the sources.list file, I ran the command:

sudo apt-get update

I could see that it was able to successfully process the TVHeadEnd repository. I then ran:

sudo apt-get install tvheadend

I now have tvheadend installed. Now, I just need to get my USB tuner working.

Ivan