[mythtv-users] apt-get dist-upgrade, lost all of mythtv rpms

[Jarod C. Wilson]

On Dec 27, 2003, at 19:18, mythtv user wrote:

> I ended up following Jarod's guide and reinstalling everything I 
> needed for
> mythtv and 0.13 is working fine.
>
> I am still curious to know what I did wrong if anyone has any idea.

Very odd... Never seen that happen before. The rpm database can 
occasionally get pretty badly tanked to the point where it is beyond 
recovery (at least insofar as I know how to fix it) and this sounds 
like it might be one of those cases. :-\

I've had something similar happen before, and Axel helped me clean up 
the mess, but it was quite a nightmarish ordeal. One thing you might 
have simply done is "apt-get install mythtv-suite" and seen where that 
left you, but there may have been additional inconsistencies...

--jarod


> -----Original Message-----
> From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org
> [mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of A Barr
> Sent: Saturday, December 27, 2003 12:08 PM
> To: mythtv-users at mythtv.org
> Subject: [mythtv-users] apt-get dist-upgrade, lost all of mythtv rpms
>
> In the process of trying to upgrade my Mythtv Box I used the following
> commands,
>
> apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade
>
> During this process I received some errors that seemed to indicate rpm
> database inconsistencies so I did the following,
>
> # rm -f /var/lib/rpm/__db*
> # rpm --rebuilddb
>
> This fixed the errors but when I tried to run apt-get dist-upgrade 
> again I
> got a message about Unmet dependencies. As suggested I tried using 
> apt-get
> -f.
>
> I ran apt-get -f dist-upgrade and let it install everything it wanted.
>
> Now if I do rpm -qa |grep myth none of my mythtv packages show up as
> installed.  Mythtv is still on my system because I can run the front 
> end
> without any problems.
>
> I am running RH9, uname -r = 2.4.20-24_31.rh9.at.  I installed Mythtv 
> using
> Jarod's RH9 guide a few months ago.
>
> I have AMD 2500, Asus A7N8x motherboard, 512MB, Chaintech 64MB AGP
> GeForce 4 MX 440 w/S-Video out, Hauppauge WinTV PVR-250 (w/the grey
> remote)
>
> Any suggestions or web sites on how to help me fix this issue would be
> greatly appreciated.
>
> I am hesitant to do anything else for fear of messing things up 
> further.


-- 
Jarod C. Wilson, RHCE

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