NextPVR v5 on Zorin OS 15 Core

Hi there many thanks to those who had helped me with usual linux noob questions/issues I just installed Zorin 15 OS Core a few days back and the machine is working great and all the key hardware are now up and running with various linux software so this greatly inspires my confidence for when i finally move away from Windows My specific question this time is : has anyone successfully installed and watched/record Live TV on Zorin 15 using NPVR v5?
https://forums.nextpvr.com/showthread.php?tid=59390
currently i've gotten my Geniatech T-230 usb tuner up and running using Kaffeine but i confess to being used to NPVR having used it for years on my Windows machines My issue is having followed the instructions in link i keep getting a "E: Unable to locate package checkinstall" error

Checkinstall was dropped because it has some configuration issues and could (and did) overwrite files it should not have.
Recommend that you use "make" installed. Zorin 15 already has Make installed, so you need only run the "make install" commands.

Code:

/.configure

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make

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sudo make install

Edit: Or try these commands, instead and see if they work:

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curl https://nextpvr.com/nextpvr-helper.deb -O

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sudo apt install ./nextpvr-helper.deb --install-recommends

Aravisian wrote:Checkinstall was dropped because it has some configuration issues and could (and did) overwrite files it should not have.
Recommend that you use "make" installed. Zorin 15 already has Make installed, so you need only run the "make install" commands.
Edit: Or try these commands, instead and see if they work:

Code:

curl https://nextpvr.com/nextpvr-helper.deb -O

Code:

sudo apt install ./nextpvr-helper.deb --install-recommends

Tried the above and got this - how to proceed?

According to that message in your terminal, it is installed and updated to the latest version.

Aravisian wrote:According to that message in your terminal, it is installed and updated to the latest version.

hmm can't seem to generate launcher for it

phatmeow wrote:

Aravisian wrote:According to that message in your terminal, it is installed and updated to the latest version.

hmm can't seem to generate launcher for it

Yeah... I have had that happen a few times. Enough pieces seem to get put into place to register it as installed, but not enough pieces to make the thing work.

I found a very reliable and easy fix for that situation: Give up. Install something else.




Sigh...
Let me try installing that thing and see if I have any luck.
....(I am now installing it, you are waiting. Only, it won't feel like waiting because that time that passes for me will read as a moment to you in reading this sentence.)

---watching the terminal, I just got a warning on it about zlib missing. Note made...----

Ok installed it and... I cannot find any way of launching anything.

Trying

Code:

sudo apt-get install mediainfo-gui

Installed.
Typed

Code:

mediainfo-gui

in terminal, nextviper whatever it is called just launched.



Chuggin Ice Cold Dr. Pepper, now.