Debian V31 install issue

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hedgehog52
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Debian V31 install issue

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MythTV database setup link:

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https://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Database_Setup#Debian.2FUbuntu.2FMint
In the setup text where you execute the code in mc.sql on the database there is no mention that the user must be root, and the command begins with "$" which makes you believe you can run it as a regular user. This doesn't work. You need to be root or use sudo to run the command. Over several installs, this has caused me a lot of problems, as in several days loss, before I finally figured this out. So, if you could point out that either the superuser or root needs to run this it would help a lot of people. If you don't feel that's appropriate, could you at least change the "$" to "#"?

ADDED:
I've just noticed that you've done this for the Gentoo install instructions.

Text in question:

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Debian/Ubuntu/Mint

    $ mysql -uroot -p < mc.sql

    note: mc.sql is located in /usr/share/mythtv/sql
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