[mythtv-users] errors after dist-upgrade

[Kevin Kuphal]

Scot wrote:

> I am trying to install using Jarod’s guide. Everything goes fine until 
> I install apt-get.
>
> I install the atrpms-kickstart rpm, than I use apt-get update && 
> apt-get dist-upgrade.
>
> This finishes successfully but at this point I no longer can use 
> apt-get. I receive this
>
> error when I try to use it for synaptic for example :
>
> rpmdb: program version 4.2 doesn’t match environment version
>
> error : db4 error(22) from dbenv->open: invalid argument
>
> It then goes on to tell me that it can’t open packages and it can’t 
> open the RPM database.
>
> I have reinstalled several times now trying to overcome this problem 
> with the exact same
>
> results each time. Could someone please point me in the direction of a 
> fix. Thanks
>
Are you running those commands as root? I've seen errors like that when 
I forget and run apt-get as a regular user.

Kevin