TVHeadend build and install on Ubuntu 22.04 64 bit x86_64 platform for beginners

Jonas Lang · 2022-09-29T14:15:23+00:00

I am setting out below what instructions I used to build TVHeadend from source on Ubuntu 22.04 64 bit based on the x86_64 architecture in a simple copy/paste...

Jonas Lang

I for one truly appreciate the efforts yourself and others are making to continue to support TVH development across multiple platforms. It’s not easy and very time consuming to continue supporting this project on a voluntary basis. Hopefully others here will bear this in mind when commenting on your efforts. Thanks again.

Jonas Lang

Just updated my original post to include simple copy/paste instructions to keep your local version of the TVH code in line with the GitHub master once you’ve built your first version . You’ll never have to be without the latest TVH Github master commit.

Jonas Lang

Dave Pickles wrote:
> Rather than fighting the automation it might be simpler to compile manually.
> [...]
> Adjust the languages line to your needs. There are lots of options for the ./configure command to fine-tune the build; enter

./configure --help

to see them all.
>

> Code compiled on an Intel laptop will definitely not run on a Pi4!

Dave Pickles

I used your manual build instructions to build TVH 4.3.0 on Ubuntu 18.04 on an old Core 2 Duo laptop. It went reasonably well and is up and running now.

Two questions I have. The build didn’t daemonise TVH. I had to start it from the CLI. Is there an option to include a daemonised service at build. Also does the build process you outlined have a make uninstall option available.

davep

> The build didn’t daemonise TVH. I had to start it from the CLI. Is there an option to include a daemonised service at build.

Ah, you need a systemd service file. This is the one I use:


[Unit]
Description=tvheadend
Requires=video.mount
After=network.target video.mount

[Service]
Type=forking
PIDFile=/run/tvheadend.pid
ExecStart=/usr/bin/tvheadend -f -p /run/tvheadend.pid -u hts -g video
ExecStop=/usr/bin/rm /run/tvheadend.pid
Restart=always
RestartSec=30

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

Adjust the ExecStart line for your needs. The two lines containing 'video.mount' ensure that Tvheadend isn't started until the disk used for recordings (mounted at /video) is online; again adjust as needed. Name this file tvheadend.service and save it in /etc/systemd/service/. Now you can enable Tvheadend to start at boot with

systemctl enable service tvheadend

> Also does the build process you outlined have a make uninstall option available.

This process completely bypasses the package management of the distribution so there isn't an uninstall option.

Jonas Lang

Thanks Dave

Yes I created a Systemd service earlier something along those lines to launch TVH and have it running as a service.

It’s definitely an informative way of building TVH and quite straightforward once you’ve had a go. Definitely gives a better idea of all the build options available. I’m going to try again just to get up to speed on the process and familiarise myself with it.

I assume you need to manually remove the install but again I’ll do a bit more reading up on the process.

Once again thanks for the pointers. It’s easy once you eventually know how.

D M

I have tried all the guides I could find. I used different machines and they all fail when they got to this line. Does anyone know how I can fix this?


CC              src/htsmsg.o
CC              src/htsmsg_binary.o
src/htsmsg_binary.c: In function ‘htsmsg_binary_des0’:
src/htsmsg_binary.c:80:39: error: writing 1 byte into a region of size 0 [-Werror=stringop-overflow=]
   80 |       ((char *)f->_hmf_name)[namelen] = 0;
      |       ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^~~

D M

I was able to successfully build for Debian on Ubuntu 22.04 using WPS. The deb is giving me some trouble though.

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
Package libssl3 is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source

Jonas Lang

Read this. It should help you install missing package. https://askubuntu.com/questions/1414956/libssl3-3-0-2-0ubuntu1-2-required-but-only-3-0-2-0ubuntu1-1-is-available-on-t

Or this https://amedee.be/install-libssl3-on-systems-before-jammy/

Eric Young

D M wrote:
> I was able to successfully build for Debian on Ubuntu 22.04 using WPS. The deb is giving me some trouble though.
>
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree... Done
> Reading state information... Done
> Package libssl3 is not available, but is referred to by another package.
> This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or

> is only available from another source

I am having the exact same issue as above. I have followed the links listed in the reply. I had success with installing libssl3 package etc but remain stuck with the exact same error.
Any ideas on how to proceed. I am very new to all of this and feel like I am close.

Süheyl Karakas

sudo apt install build-essential git libpcre2-dev pkg-config libssl-dev bzip2 wget libavahi-client-dev zlib1g-dev libavcodec-dev libavutil-dev libavformat-dev libswscale-dev gettext cmake libiconv-hook-dev liburiparser-dev debhelper libcurl4-gnutls-dev
git clone https://github.com/tvheadend/tvheadend.git ~/build/tvheadend/master
cd ~/build/tvheadend/master
sudo apt install python-is-python3
sudo apt install python3-requests libdvbcsa-dev

AUTOBUILD_CONFIGURE_EXTRA=--enable-libffmpeg_static\ --enable-trace\ --enable-debug ./Autobuild.sh

Once the build is complete you will be back at the terminal prompt.The build files will look something like this.You will see them in /build/tvheadend.Take note of the name of the .deb file that build created.That's the file you will be installing.
tvheadend_4.3-373~gcb5f6a1_amd64.deb
tvheadend-dbg_4.3-373~gcb5f6a1_amd64.deb
cd ~/build/tvheadend
sudo dpkg -i tvheadend*4.3-373~gcb5f6a1_amd64.deb

Jonas Lang

Could you edit your post using html reflecting the copy/paste commands the user would be expected to use.

Eric Young

Süheyl Karakas wrote:
> sudo apt install build-essential git libpcre2-dev pkg-config libssl-dev bzip2 wget libavahi-client-dev zlib1g-dev libavcodec-dev libavutil-dev libavformat-dev libswscale-dev gettext cmake libiconv-hook-dev liburiparser-dev debhelper libcurl4-gnutls-dev
> git clone https://github.com/tvheadend/tvheadend.git ~/build/tvheadend/master
> cd ~/build/tvheadend/master
> sudo apt install python-is-python3
> sudo apt install python3-requests libdvbcsa-dev
> AUTOBUILD_CONFIGURE_EXTRA=--enable-libffmpeg_static\ --enable-trace\ --enable-debug ./Autobuild.sh
>
> Once the build is complete you will be back at the terminal prompt.The build files will look something like this.You will see them in /build/tvheadend.Take note of the name of the .deb file that build created.That's the file you will be installing.
> tvheadend_4.3-373~gcb5f6a1_amd64.deb
> tvheadend-dbg_4.3-373~gcb5f6a1_amd64.deb
> cd ~/build/tvheadend

> sudo dpkg -i tvheadend*4.3-373~gcb5f6a1_amd64.deb

I am attempting this now. Are you saying to simply ignore the errors after the first command line and continue?
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Eric Young

I got it working! Thank you so much for your help.
I had to slow down on those last few commands.

Süheyl Karakas

Eric Young wrote:
> I got it working! Thank you so much for your help.

> I had to slow down on those last few commands.

Nice to hear! I'm not an expert, but reading the errors made me clear I was missing packages. I created a manual for my myself with all I need after a fresh install. That's why it was not formatted, just pasted it from there, sorry for the laziness

Eric Young

Süheyl Karakas wrote:
> Eric Young wrote:
> > I got it working! Thank you so much for your help.
> > I had to slow down on those last few commands.
>

> Nice to hear! I'm not an expert, but reading the errors made me clear I was missing packages. I created a manual for my myself with all I need after a fresh install. That's why it was not formatted, just pasted it from there, sorry for the laziness

Are you user Movies2017 from that other site? :)
I'm sure I will have many more questions as I attempt to get my setup optimised. Again, can't thank you enough for the quick replies and patience.
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Süheyl Karakas

Eric Young wrote:
> Süheyl Karakas wrote:
> > Eric Young wrote:
> > > I got it working! Thank you so much for your help.
> > > I had to slow down on those last few commands.
> >
> > Nice to hear! I'm not an expert, but reading the errors made me clear I was missing packages. I created a manual for my myself with all I need after a fresh install. That's why it was not formatted, just pasted it from there, sorry for the laziness
>
> Are you user Movies2017 from that other site? :)

> I'm sure I will have many more questions as I attempt to get my setup optimised. Again, can't thank you enough for the quick replies and patience.

Again, I'm not an expert, just a noob, with some interest in this. And no, I'm not that user. Feel free to ask, not sure if I have the answer.
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Jonas Lang

Guys, the installer will clearly indicate what, if any, packages or dependencies are missing during the build process. All you need to do is take note of the names, install them and run the build process again. It really is that easy.

These missing dependencies/packages may vary from user to user so there’s no definitive list that can be used. The steps I created above in the original post point this out.

If someone feels they have a better way of doing things create a new post to reflect this rather than cluttering this one up.

Dinesh Patel

Why should i build when i can just install it on the libreelecc? what am i missing?

ukn_unknown

Dinesh Patel wrote:

> Why should i build when i can just install it on the libreelecc? what am i missing?

If you don't like to compile, use the repo where @flole998 is pushing master in many distros.

Sean Warner

Sounds like @Dinesh already knows how to install TVHeadend from a pre-built package. The question was.. what is the point of building TVHeadend yourself.

The answer is.... for the challenge and to learn something new.

These guides might encourage new people to learn programming, study a little the TVHeadend codebase, start fixing bugs and adding new features.

Cheers,

Flex

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