
The following instructions assume you're using the pre-built installer. For example, the frontend program is at '/opt/dvr/bin/mythfrontend' from the pre-built installer while the version you build yourself will be at '/opt/local/bin/mythfrontend'. The pre-built installer loads everything under "/opt/dvr" while building your own puts everything under "/opt/local". The main difference between installing from the pre-built installer and building your own is the path to all the files.

#Macports building time install#
It will give you a complete install of MythTV for OS X, including: Seriously, most users will want to download the pre-built installer.
#Macports building time for mac#
See Building Myth for Mac with MacPorts for details on that process.
#Macports building time software#

It may be possible to run the machine as a Myth media server this configurations hasn't been tested. Using the MacPorts install it is also possible to run the machine as a slave backend or job queue server. The documentation on this page will focus on running the Myth master backend (version 0.28.1), including the MySQL database server, on an OS X machine. The all-in-one installer is the quickest and easiest way to get a complete Myth system up and running. It sounds like a waste of time, but it is the safest thing to do.So you want a personal video recording system and you are a Mac user. If you change your mind about an installationĮven if you change your mind and you do not want that port/package installed anymore, I strongly recommend to just complete the installation (pausing it when needed as suggested below) and just uninstall the port/package afterwards. You should easily find the PIDs of the installation process, for example you can just run htop and look among the processes using most of the CPU. Once you are ready to resume it, you can send a SIGCONT signal and you can complete it. because you need your CPU to be available for other things, to send a SIGSTOP signal instead, in order to pause the installation. If you need to suspend the installation, e.g. the usual Ctrl+C, and now no MacPorts app are working so far.

Building on the answer by 4ae1e1, while (s)he interrupted the process sending a SIGKILL signal, I interrupted it sending an actual SIGINT signal, i.e.
