Compiling MythTV via Ansible with MacPorts or Homebrew

This is directory contains a packaging script for MythFrontend for MacOS and a codesigning utlity. The use of this script is documented on the mythtv wiki here: https://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Building_MythFrontend_on_Mac_OS_X

• compileMythtvAnsible.zsh - A script that compiles and installs all mythtv binaries. The script downloads and installs any mythtv/mythplugins dependencies as specified in the mythtv ansible repo via MacPorts. It also clones the appropriate ansible/mythtv/packaging git repos from github, compiles mythtv and optionally mythplugins, bundles the necessary Support libraries and files into the application, and finally generates a .dmg file for distribution. The scripts default behavior is to build the Mythfrontend.app app bundle, but a run switch is available to install all mythtv binaries (e.g. mythfrontend, mythbackend, mythutil) as unix executables (vs. app bundles) into a user secified path.

• codesignAndPackage.zsh - A script that code signs / notarizes the Mythfrontend.app app bungle, generates a dmg file, and code signs. / notarizes the dmg bundle.

Before running the script, the user must have Xcode, Xcode Command Line Tools, and MacPorts working on their system.

Step One: Install Xcode, and Xcode Command Line Tools and either Macports or Homebrew

Both Xcode and Xcode Command Line Tools are available for installation via the Apple App Store.

Make sure to accept the xcode license by running:

sudo xcodebuild -license

Step Two: Install either Macports or Homebrew

Macports Instructions

These instructions walk you through installing Xcode, the Xcode Command Line Tools, and MacPorts. Follow MacPorts' directions here: https://www.macports.org/install.php

• Remember to run update the ports tree after installing MacPorts

sudo port -v selfupdate

Homebrew Instrutions

Follow Homebrew's directions here: https://brew.sh/

• Remember to run update Homebrew after installation

brew update

Step Two: Run the compileMythtvAnsible.zsh Script

Run "compileMythtvAnsible.zsh".

The script automatically performs the following steps:

1. Sets up the build directory structure (tries to mirror the mythtv dev team's structure)
2. Installs ansible-playbook via MacPorts or Homebrew
3. Clones the MythTV ansible git repository
4. Installs MythTV compile requirements and their dependencies va ansible/macports/homebrew/pip/cpanm
5. Clones the MythTV git repository, applying any user specified patches to mythtv or plugins
6. Clones the MythTV Packaging git repository, applying any user specified patches
7. Configures, builds, and installs MythTV to a temp directory
8. Optionally Configures, builds, and installs MythPlugins to a temp directory
9. Deploys QT and python to the compiled mythfrontend.app
10. Copies the required dylibs, support data, and fonts into the app linking
11. Packages mythfrontend.app into a .dmg file