README.SLACKWARE for mythtv You need to create a database before you can run mythtv: # mysql -u root -p < /usr/share/mythtv/database/mc.sql Then run mythtv-setup to configure mythtv # mythtv-setup Detailed instructions for mythtv can be found here: http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/User_Manual:Initial_Installation