[mythtv-users] Installing mythtv frontend on Xbox MK1 with Xebian, failed deps?

Mike Dent mcdent at gmail.com
Thu Apr 19 14:50:59 UTC 2007


On 4/19/07, Alexander Fisher <alexjfisher at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 19/04/07, Mike Dent <mcdent at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi,
> > I installed Xebian on a mk1 XBOX, this all went fine. I installled it
> > on the E: partition.
> > When I now attempt to apt-get the mythtv-frontend etc as details here:
> > http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Xbox_Frontend_on_Xebian_stable
> >
> > I get the following:
> > xbox2:~# apt-get install mythtv-frontend libmyth-0.20 mythtv-common
> > Reading Package Lists... Done
> > Building Dependency Tree... Done
> > Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
> > requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
> > distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
> > or been moved out of Incoming.
> > The following information may help to resolve the situation:
> >
> > The following packages have unmet dependencies:
> >   libmyth-0.20: Depends: libjack0.80.0-0 (>= 0.99.0) but it is not installable
> >                 Depends: libqt3c102-mt (>= 3:3.3.4) but it is not installable
> >                 Depends: libqt3-mt-mysql but it is not going to be installed or
> >                          libqt3c102-mt-mysql but it is not installable
> >   mythtv-frontend: Depends: libjack0.80.0-0 (>= 0.99.0) but it is not
> > installable
> >                    Depends: libqt3c102-mt (>= 3:3.3.4) but it is not installable
> > E: Broken packages
> > xbox2:~#
> >
> > The step just before this is to do an apt-get update, this seems to pass without
> > updating any packages, like:
> >
> > xbox2:~# apt-get update
> > Hit http://ftp.at.debian.org stable/main Packages
> > Hit http://ftp.at.debian.org stable/main Release
> > Hit http://ftp.at.debian.org stable/contrib Packages
> > Hit http://ftp.at.debian.org stable/contrib Release
> > Hit http://ftp.at.debian.org stable/non-free Packages
> > Hit http://ftp.at.debian.org stable/non-free Release
> > Hit ftp://ftp.sunet.se sarge/main Packages
> > Hit ftp://ftp.sunet.se sarge/main Release
> > Hit http://non-us.debian.org stable/non-US/main Packages
> > Hit http://non-us.debian.org stable/non-US/main Release
> > Hit http://non-us.debian.org stable/non-US/contrib Packages
> > Hit http://non-us.debian.org stable/non-US/contrib Release
> > Hit http://non-us.debian.org stable/non-US/non-free Packages
> > Hit http://non-us.debian.org stable/non-US/non-free Release
> > Hit http://non-us.debian.org stable/non-US/main Sources
> > Hit http://non-us.debian.org stable/non-US/main Release
> > Hit http://non-us.debian.org stable/non-US/contrib Sources
> > Hit http://non-us.debian.org stable/non-US/contrib Release
> > Hit http://alexfisher.me.uk sarge/main Packages
> > Ign http://alexfisher.me.uk sarge/main Release
> > Hit http://non-us.debian.org stable/non-US/non-free Sources
> > Hit http://non-us.debian.org stable/non-US/non-free Release
> > Hit http://security.debian.org stable/updates/main Packages
> > Hit http://security.debian.org stable/updates/main Release
> > Hit http://security.debian.org stable/updates/contrib Packages
> > Hit http://security.debian.org stable/updates/contrib Release
> > Hit http://security.debian.org stable/updates/non-free Packages
> > Hit http://security.debian.org stable/updates/non-free Release
> > Hit http://security.debian.org stable/updates/main Sources
> > Hit http://security.debian.org stable/updates/main Release
> > Hit http://security.debian.org stable/updates/contrib Sources
> > Hit http://security.debian.org stable/updates/contrib Release
> > Hit http://security.debian.org stable/updates/non-free Sources
> > Hit http://security.debian.org stable/updates/non-free Release
> > Reading Package Lists... Done
> > xbox2:~#
> >
> >
> > Anybody else used these instructions to get myth frontend working on a mk1 xbox?
>
> apt-get update doesn't update actual packages.  It updates the list of
> available packages.  A new debian stable release (etch) was made a
> week or so ago.  Xebian is based on the old stable (sarge).  Try
> editing your /etc/apt/sources file and run apt-get update again.
> Change all references of 'stable' to 'sarge'.  This may fix your
> dependency problem.
>
> Kind Regards,
> Alex

Alex, many thanks.
Your suggestion worked a treat!

Mike


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