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Muffit
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 Posted: Wed Aug 19, 2009 7:19 pm Post subject: [will be Solved] Amarok wants USE -minimal for MySQL |
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Hi,
I am trying to set up Amarok on a new machine. But when I try to emerge Amarok it wants a full-blown MySQL install. It didn't do that in the past and I certainly don't want it.
I did try to fully install MySQL first and than strip it down back to minimal but then, for some reason, I can't get Amarok to work.
My "old" Amarok 1.3.x on KDE3.5 works like a charm so I must be doing something wrong. Can anyone point me in the right direction?
Thanks in advance,
Roy
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Trotskey
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Hmm.. It sounds like Amarok might be using MySql to make its libraries/playlists. Sounds a bit strange though, perhaps some Use flag is setting it up this way...
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Veldrin
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| Posted: Wed Aug 19, 2009 7:56 pm Post subject: |
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Well, amarok 2 forces you to install mysql as this is the only supported backend. (in amarok-1 you had the choice between mysql and sqlite)
having a look at the ebuild, tell me that a minimal mysql is no supported, but an embedded is required - not sure what this implies.
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DEPEND="
>=app-misc/strigi-0.5.7
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>=dev-db/mysql-5.0.76-r1[embedded,-minimal]
>=dev-db/mysql-community-5.0.77-r1[embedded,-minimal]
)
>=media-libs/taglib-1.5
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just my .02$
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| Posted: Wed Aug 19, 2009 9:55 pm Post subject: |
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Doesn't need minimal here, ~x86. Needs embeddded though.
| Code: | | [ebuild R ] dev-db/mysql-5.0.83 USE="berkdb community embedded perl ssl -big-tables -cluster -debug -extraengine -latin1 -max-idx-128 -minimal -profiling (-selinux) -static" |
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Muffit
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| Posted: Thu Aug 20, 2009 8:24 am Post subject: |
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| Veldrin wrote: | | Well, amarok 2 forces you to install mysql as this is the only supported backend. |
That's not the problem: I DO want MySQL. I have an already filled music library (in MySQL) on a central server and I don't want to have a local, second, database; that would mean different setups of Amarok need their (local) music libraries to be updated individually. And that is not why I have a database server for.
| Veldrin wrote: | | having a look at the ebuild, tell me that a minimal mysql is no supported, but an embedded is required - not sure what this implies. |
Yeah, I noticed  That's a major difference between 1.x and 2.x. I really have no clue why this is.
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Appreciated...
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Muffit
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| Posted: Thu Aug 20, 2009 8:34 am Post subject: |
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| agent_jdh wrote: | | Doesn't need minimal here, ~x86. Needs embeddded though. |
My apologies: I wasn't clear:
The problem is that it won't build with USE=minimal (which I want) it requires USE=-minimal (which I don't want).
Before 2.0, it builded fine with USE=minimal. Something has changed and I begin to believe that it is not a Gentoo-specific problem.
I just found out that Amarok 2.0.x doesn't support non-local MySQL but 2.1.x should. Still: it doesn't. And pre 2.0 wants KDElibs 3.5 (and I don't want that just for Amarok).
Choices have their disadvantages...
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Veldrin
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According to this external mysql databases will be supported from amarok-2.2 onwards. So I guess you have to wait until then.
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Muffit
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| Posted: Fri Aug 21, 2009 10:47 am Post subject: |
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| Veldrin wrote: | According to this external mysql databases will be supported from amarok-2.2 onwards. So I guess you have to wait until then.
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I'm afraid so. I was already looking forward to 2.1 because of it...
Thanks all for thinking along. I will post my experiences when experienced. |
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