Why is xbmc not included in the repos?
onesojourner
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#1
2009-04-16, 17:38
Sorry if this has been covered before but, why is xbmc not included in the ubuntu repos by default?
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hikaricore
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#2
2009-04-16, 18:00
Why do people keep posting non-Aeon related threads here?
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rwparris2
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#3
2009-04-16, 19:03
moved. PLEASE pay attention to where you post, we don't have a gazillion forums for no reason.
Always read the XBMC online-manual, FAQ and search and search the forum before posting.
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onesojourner
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2009-04-16, 20:22
sorry I meant to stick that in the linux forum. Honest mistake.
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Maxim
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2009-04-16, 20:59
You might want to ask on the ubuntu forums. Maybe they just don't know about it?
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hikaricore
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2009-04-16, 21:10
Oh we know about it. But we don't control what's in the repos. :p
You would be best to suggest it for packaging on Lunchpad.
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onesojourner
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2009-04-17, 01:52
will do
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b01
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2009-04-17, 02:10
WHAT!!! Everyone and their grandma knows about XBMC. To be honest, it's a bit bulky on linux. I'm install on my new PC I built, I was surprised that the install said it would require 260MB of space. My eyes almost popped out of my skull.

Plz TEAM XBMC, can't you guys trim some fat somewhere>Nod Take 28m to download on my comcase 1Mbit connection.
reading must be magical or something, it's how i find all da anwsers!
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althekiller
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2009-04-17, 02:39
Erm you didn't really specify WHERE you're installing from, but a full install from sources is only 178MB. That's with debug binaries which are 5-10x the size of release. Skins are 40MB for the 2 defaults. The only place we can really cut back is using system libs instead of including our own, which is non-trivial due to them needing wrapped for our VFS to work. Long story short, disk and bandwidth are cheap, deal with it Wink
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Haggy
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2009-04-17, 09:50
althekiller Wrote:Erm you didn't really specify WHERE you're installing from, but a full install from sources is only 178MB. That's with debug binaries which are 5-10x the size of release. Skins are 40MB for the 2 defaults. The only place we can really cut back is using system libs instead of including our own, which is non-trivial due to them needing wrapped for our VFS to work. Long story short, disk and bandwidth are cheap, deal with it Wink

Despite my arch package is only ~55MB w/o debug symbols (and ~80MB with), please DON'T switch to system libs - the last time that was done with libcdio xbmc segfaulted immediately. Smile

Other than that i somehow cannot understand Ubunto not packaging xbmc - even Arch got it's package now in the community repos.
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