Install on Ubuntu Server 24.04 LTS

TOMillr

I'm trying to install Tvheadend on a fresh install of Ubuntu Server 24.04 LTS. I've followed the instruction provided on the download page and added the official repo:

curl -1sLf 'https://dl.cloudsmith.io/public/tvheadend/tvheadend/setup.deb.sh' | sudo -E bash
Executing the setup script for the 'tvheadend/tvheadend' repository ...

OK: Checking for required executable 'curl' ...
OK: Checking for required executable 'apt-get' ...
OK: Detecting your OS distribution and release using system methods ...
^^^^: ... Detected/provided for your OS/distribution, version and architecture:

:
: ... distro=ubuntu version=24.04 codename=noble arch=x86_64
:
OK: Checking for apt dependency 'apt-transport-https' ...
OK: Checking for apt dependency 'ca-certificates' ...
OK: Checking for apt dependency 'gnupg' ...
OK: Checking for apt signed-by key support ...
OK: Importing 'tvheadend/tvheadend' repository GPG keys ...
OK: Checking if upstream install config is OK ...
OK: Installing 'tvheadend/tvheadend' repository via apt ...
OK: Updating apt repository metadata cache ...
OK: The repository has been installed successfully - You're ready to rock!`

However, I'm unable to install the package and it just points me the snap install, which I don't intend to use. Is Tvheadend not yet available for 24.04 or what am I doing wrong here?

udo apt install tvheadend
Paketlisten werden gelesen… Fertig
Abhängigkeitsbaum wird aufgebaut… Fertig
Statusinformationen werden eingelesen… Fertig

No apt package "tvheadend", but there is a snap with that name.
Try "snap install tvheadend"

E: Paket tvheadend kann nicht gefunden werden.

Jonas Lang

Read through this to see what package is available for your install https://launchpad.net/~mamarley/+archive/ubuntu/tvheadend-git/+packages

TOMillr

Right, but those are not the official builds from the cloudsmith repo. @Flole wrote:

Please don't use unofficial/modified builds, you'll basically lose the ability to file bug reports here.

Jonas Lang

TOMillr the PPA maintainer Michael Marley regularly maintains this PPA and it’s based on the nightly master. Try it and if it’s not to your liking remove it’s. Alternatively you can wait till someone drops by to guide you otherwise.

TOMillr

The PPA from Michael Marley works fine under Ubuntu Server 24.04. I'd preferred to use an official build though.

Wasn't there some issue that PPAs didn't provide access to hardware transcoding capabilities?

Jonas Lang

TOMillr if you want anything like transcoding facilities compile it yourself. A much more efficient solution all round and quite simple to do. In the meantime the mmarley PPA runs in parallel with the “official” version and as you say it works.