[mythtvnz] Mythbuntu 16.04 user experiences

[Paulgir]

On Thu, 28 Jul 2016 12:19:14 +1200, Paulgir <paulgir at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Thu, 28 Jul 2016 12:15:54 +1200, Paulgir <paulgir at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>>> 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"
Ok. I've found the correct command    /usr/share/mythtv$  
./mythconverg_restore.pl