Linux nextpvr-helper.deb installer

[sub]

It is loaded with Windows ".dll" files (not Linux library filenames) 

FYI, these are linux files too. NextPVR is written using .NET, which iand it's shared libraries are called .dll on all platforms

To check the version you're running, check the version number on http://localhost:8866/settings.html.

[mvallevand]

That is the correct checksum for the deb file, I don't post the checksum since it is nextpvr.com hosted. I feel you have another issue (perhaps VPN related) because the cert is fine

Code:

* Server certificate:
*  subject: CN=capture4me.com
*  start date: Feb 13 05:06:31 2022 GMT
*  expire date: May 14 05:06:30 2022 GMT
*  subjectAltName: host "nextpvr.com" matched cert's "nextpvr.com"
*  issuer: C=US; O=Let's Encrypt; CN=R3
*  SSL certificate verify ok.
} [5 bytes data]

Please do not use this announcement thread for support.

Martin

[mvallevand]

Version 1.5 of the deb installer is now available for download which includes a fix after Microsoft changed the dotnet install URL

sha256 sum 17c66d4e146261c4e024d76a6f68775558e35b7af88e35ee984dc6944c778a75 nextpvr-helper.deb

Before reporting problems check the sha256 to make sure you have the correct version. V1.4 will no longer work for updates as it no longer will update dotnet.

If you have questions please post them in the v5 linux support forum.

Martin

[mvallevand]

Currently Ubuntu 22.04 doesn't support dotnet 3.1 and Microsoft may never support it because of a change in OpenSSL The issue is being tracked here https://github.com/dotnet/core/issues/7038 There appears to be ways around this but it could impact overall system security.

If you have installed it and have difficulties open a support post in the Linux forum.

echo "deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-security main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/focal-security.list

will give you the option to install the Focal version and it will install but I don't recommend it

Martin

[RaspberryRambler]

I was wondering…does uninstalling the program files using ‘sudo apt remove nextpvr-helper’ only uninstall conent from ‘curl https://nextpvr.com/nextpvr-helper.deb -O’   Or does it mess with/access any other files on my device? I recently started using a Raspberry Pi and am a bit new to how the OS works with files. I want to make sure running the uninstall command doesn’t mess with any other files or things on my device that wasnt installed through the file named above.

[mvallevand]

Good question. The apt process only uninstalls programs that it installed. Linux tracks other programs using apt that have dependencies but if you manually add programs then they may lose functionality. That command also tells you programs and libraries that will be uninstalled and there is a second run needed to remove dependencies.

A good example of a potential conflict might be ffmpeg. This installer will install it if you haven't and uninstall it. That doesn't mean you don't want it.

There are also several things that won't be removed using apt and I am in the process of documenting this, not only for uninstalling but help clean up things from the last 3 years as we prepare for netcore 6 migration.

Martin

[mvallevand]

Version 2.1 of the deb installer is now available. This installs NextPVR v6 and netcore 6.0 Sub does not support installation on v5 any longer so the old installer will not work.

sha256sum nextpvr-helper.deb 10ee4b177499a8f15d82519070275562332a923203ee45792a9fc2fd59a6bfa9 nextpvr-helper.deb

Note users who continue to stay on v5 will not get regular dotnet 3.1 security updates via the .deb file. You may wish to allow your distro to install generic dotnet and change the startup script to point use the global dotnet instead of /opt/dotnet/dotnet

Support for 3.1 LTS will stop in December.


Martin

[mvallevand]

Version 2.2 of the deb installer is now available. This fixes an issue installing netcore with the recent version of the Raspberry PI 32bit OS. Thanks to @ryspencer for his help in identifying this problem. There is another fix for nextpvr-recording.sh to handle folders with spaces.

sha256sum nextpvr-helper.deb 2a27b864d9b49e5ef8781c2c77efe94d5c15b9baf6fb5c30d45e3fe00d852540 nextpvr-helper.deb

Install & upgrade information is on the wiki https://github.com/sub3/NextPVR/wiki/nextpvr-helper

Martin

[mvallevand]

Version 2.2.1 of the deb installer is now available. This minor update adds the nextpvr user to the render group which is typically needed for vaapi h/w decoding. Thanks to @dlfergrd for suggesting this change.

sha256sum nextpvr-helper.deb 23838492e8b2b5a275dd048a8cbe55981b08f0f41a63d063ec19524889ed39d0

Install & upgrade information is on the wiki https://github.com/sub3/NextPVR/wiki/nextpvr-helper

Martin

[mvallevand]

Version 2.2.2 of the deb installer is now available. This minor update attempts to fix an issue using snap passed curl confinement on Ubuntu. Thanks to @adwsail for identifying this issue.

nextpvr-helper.deb a62d8bef837c023c06609e2de7dcda6eb1bf0d8f69c67b441b9883080e4700df

Install & upgrade information is on the wiki https://github.com/sub3/NextPVR/wiki/nextpvr-helper

Martin