3.2. PPAs for yaVDR

yaVDR is using the stable PPAs ^[17] of the yaVDR team. The file /etc/apt/sources.list.d/yavdr.list includes 4 PPAs and their particular sources:

/etc/apt/sources.list.d/yavdr.list.

# yaVDR-PPAs for {version}
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/yavdr/main/ubuntu precise main         
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/yavdr/stable-vdr/ubuntu precise main   
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/yavdr/stable-xbmc/ubuntu precise main  
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/yavdr/stable-yavdr/ubuntu precise main 

# sources for the packages in {version}
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/yavdr/main/ubuntu precise main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/yavdr/stable-vdr/ubuntu precise main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/yavdr/stable-xbmc/ubuntu precise main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/yavdr/stable-yavdr/ubuntu precise main

	main hosts drivers for DVB and graphics adapters, customized software packages, addons for VDR etc.
	stable-vdr contains the VDR and its plugins
	stable-xbmc is the PPA for XBMC
	stable-yavdr hosts all yaVDR specific extensions, like e.g. the web frontend, the Upstart scripts, the Template system etc.

	Using the yaVDR PPAs without yaVDR
Generally, it is possible to use the PPAs main, unstable-/testing-/stable-vdr und unstable-/testing-/stable-xbmc on a regular Ubuntu system, even when it hasn’t been installed from the yaVDR installation CD. It is important that you always link the main PPA as well, because a lot of packages from the other PPAs rely on the main PPA to resolve dependencies. Regardless of the errors that occur, you are responsible to find a solution on your own. Posts with regard to this do not belong into the yaVDR sub forum. Instead, you may post thm in the sub forum regarding Debian und seinen Derivaten. The PPA unstable-/testing-/stable-yavdr is not easily useable and may harm your system integrity. The Upstart scripts and other yaVDR specific customizations from this repository may collide with a "regular" Ubuntu desktop installation. There is a description of some tricks in the VDR portal how to come close to a yaVDR when starting with a Ubuntu minimal installation (e.g. for a 32 bit computer). This instruction worked at the time it was written. This workaround may not work in the future due to changes during the development of yaVDR. Bug fixes for systems that have been installed by these workaround do not have any priority for the yaVDR team.

Using the yaVDR PPAs without yaVDR

Generally, it is possible to use the PPAs main, unstable-/testing-/stable-vdr und unstable-/testing-/stable-xbmc on a regular Ubuntu system, even when it hasn’t been installed from the yaVDR installation CD. It is important that you always link the main PPA as well, because a lot of packages from the other PPAs rely on the main PPA to resolve dependencies. Regardless of the errors that occur, you are responsible to find a solution on your own. Posts with regard to this do not belong into the yaVDR sub forum. Instead, you may post thm in the sub forum regarding Debian und seinen Derivaten.

The PPA unstable-/testing-/stable-yavdr is not easily useable and may harm your system integrity. The Upstart scripts and other yaVDR specific customizations from this repository may collide with a "regular" Ubuntu desktop installation. There is a description of some tricks in the VDR portal how to come close to a yaVDR when starting with a Ubuntu minimal installation (e.g. for a 32 bit computer). This instruction worked at the time it was written. This workaround may not work in the future due to changes during the development of yaVDR. Bug fixes for systems that have been installed by these workaround do not have any priority for the yaVDR team.

^[17]PPA = Personal Package Archive, see http://wiki.ubuntuusers.de/Launchpad/PPA