HOWTO: Install SageTV PlaceShifter on Ubuntu 10.10 Desktop 32-Bit

[bcjenkins]

Greetings,

Here's a simple HOWTO on setting up PlaceShifter on Ubuntu 10.10 Desktop 32-bit. It doesn't go into any configuration detail and is mainly here as a helpful guide on installing Sun's JRE, dependencies, and the SageTV client.

This guide assumes you have installed Ubuntu onto a PC or VM (Useful for testing) and that basic functionality is present.

NOTE: The link for SageTV is current at the time of this writing.

1. Open a terminal window
2. Run these commands:

   sudo add-apt-repository "deb http://archive.canonical.com/ maverick partner"
   sudo apt-get update   
   sudo apt-get install sun-java6-jre sun-java6-plugin
   sudo update-alternatives --config java
   java -version #To Confirm
   sudo apt-get install libfaac0 #SageTV Dependency
   wget http://download.sage.tv/linuxweb/sagetv-client_7.0.23_i386.deb
   sudo dpkg -i ./sagetv-client_7.0.23_i386.deb

3. Launch SageTV
   
4. Enjoy!

[jjstok]

Hi,

Is this command still accurate? I'm new to linux. Thanks

sudo add-apt-repository "deb http://archive.canonical.com/ maverick partner"

[bcjenkins]

What version/distro of Linux are you using?

[jjstok]

Debian.

[bcjenkins]

Please be more specific.

[jjstok]

Squeeze 6.0. Thanks