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["Peter D." <1850746@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Sorry if I got a bit excited.

On a fresh install of Xubuntu, Mythtv backend setup does not work.

If it worked, then when it was first run it would add the user to the
group "mythtv", something that requires root access.  My guess is that
long ago a pop up box would prompt the user for their password before
continuing.

The grep above revels multiple places where gksu is expected to exist.
Because gksu has been removed from the distribution each of these lines
is a bug that leaves a variable empty.  I don't know what the correct
fix is.  It seems a bit to demanding to expect the end user edit
/etc/group in a terminal.

The man page for apt does not mention "source", is that documented
anywhere?  I got a "permission denied".

kdebase-bin seems to be an alternative to gksu it does not have an
installation candidate either.

There is a way to do it, gpated has a pop up that prompts for a
password.

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Title:
  mythtv-backend-setup fails to add user to group mythtv under XFCE

Status in mythtv package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Running Mythtv-backend-setup from the XFCE menu looks like it is
  adding the user to the group "mythtv", but does not.  The user has to
  add himself manually, either by editing /etc/groups or with adduser
  `whoami` mythtv.

  The meta package is mythtv.
  The package is mythtv-backend. 
  The file is called /usr/bin/mythtv-setup. 
  There is a call to check_groups, which is in 
  /usr/share/mythtv/dialogue_functions.sh
  It has the line; 
  $SU_TYPE adduser ...
  Su type seems to be "gksu" for XFCE and Gnome. 

  psd@EE:/usr/share/mythtv$ sudo apt-get install gksu
  Reading package lists... Done
  Building dependency tree       
  Reading state information... Done
  Package gksu is not available, but is referred to by another package.
  This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
  is only available from another source

  E: Package 'gksu' has no installation candidate

  The bug also exists in older versions of Xubuntu; bionic, disco,
  probably more.  I am not sure about other desktops.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 19.10
  Package: mythtv-backend 2:30.0+fixes.20190817.5cde0578d8-0ubuntu1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.3.0-19.20-generic 5.3.1
  Uname: Linux 5.3.0-19-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu8.1
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: XFCE
  Date: Thu Oct 31 15:36:16 2019
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2019-10-21 (9 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 19.10 "Eoan Ermine" - Release amd64 (20191017)
  Installed_mythtv_dbg: 2:30.0+fixes.20190817.5cde0578d8-0ubuntu1
  SourcePackage: mythtv
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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