To install the program you need to have mariadb-server or mysql-server installed. The system need it for data storage.
You install Mariadb-server by this commands.
The password is the password you wants to have.
$ sudo apt-key adv --recv-keys --keyserver hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:80 0xF1656F24C74CD1D8 $ sudo apt update $ sudo apt install mariadb-server $ mysql CREATE USER 'mythtv'@'%' IDENTIFIED BY 'PASSWORD';