[Seoras]

I'm curious how most folks install and update their linux versions of xbmc. I've been using the unofficial builds from svn on Ubuntu 9.10 and it's been working great however I wonder if I am missing out on a bunch of nice stuff. For example I can't find debs for xbmc-eventclients-* etc.

Do most people use the stable PPA's, svn PPA's or live versions? And assuming so running on Ubuntu Intrepid or Jaunty etc? Is it worth downgrading to get access to the debs for skins, plugins and what not.

I'm looking to hook my ps3 remote and wiimote up at some point and it just seems easier to go with the eventclient debs but heck maybe I should just be compiling out of svn directly

[theophile]

I keep a local copy of the SVN tree and periodically run the following script from the tree root:

Code:

#!/bin/bash
svn up
make distclean
./bootstrap
./configure --disable-pulse
make
sudo checkinstall --fstrans=no --install=yes --pkgname=xbmc --pkgversion "1:0.svn.r`svn info | grep Revision: | awk -F": " '{ print $2 }'`-0.0ubuntu1" --default