[mythtvnz] Mythbuntu 16.04 user experiences

[Paulgir]

On Thu, 28 Jul 2016 12:15:54 +1200, Paulgir <paulgir at gmail.com> wrote:

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>
>> Yes and no.  On Mythbuntu, mythtv-setup is a script
>> (/usr/bin/mythtv-setup) that is run from that menu entry. The script
>> calls the real mythtv-setup program which has the filename
>> /usr/bin/mythtv-setup.real.  The script shuts down mytbackend before
>> running mythtv-setup.real, and restarts it afterwards.  It also checks
>> to see if mythtv-setup is being run from an appropriate user account
>> (one in the mythtv group).  If you just want to use the channel editor
>> in mythtv-setup, then you do not actually need to shut down
>> mythbackend, so quite a few people run mythtv-setup.real from the
>> mythtv user (not root) command line in order to do that.
>>
>> So when someone says "mythtv-setup", they may mean the real
>> mythtv-setup program (which is all that exists on some distros).  But
>> since the script runs the program, it does not matter most of the
>> time.  The usual intention is that you run the program mythtv-setup,
>> however that is done on your distro.
>>
>
> I'm trying to do a database restore for this new install but I've run  
> into a bit of a problem.I can't seem to run mythconverg_restore.pl.
> I've tried "mythconverg_restore.pl" "sudo mythconverg_restore.pl" and  
> both  from the directory the file is in and from the home directory.
> On my 12.04 installation I have the same problem but Thunar has an  
> execute option in the right click menu.In 16.04 Thunar does not have  
> this option.I would prefer to run this from the terminal if I could.
>
> So what am I missing here?

PS the massage I get is "command not found"