[mythtv-users] Fixing broken MythTV plugins (Democracy player)

[Cecil Watson]

Brad Patterson wrote:
> I am running mythtv from a Knoppmyth install, and I accidentally "broke" 
> my Democracy player for the "Web Streaming" plugin.  The Democracy 
> player kept locking up every time I tried to go into preferences.  So I 
> thought I could just uninstall and reinstall it (using apt-get), but 
> evidently I was wrong.  I tried uninstalling it (using apt-get remove) 
> and deleted out the ./democracy (hidden) directory in my users home 
> directory.  I also deleted out the /democracy directory from the /var 
> area; as I was trying to purge out any old (and perhaps corrupt) data.
> 
> After I reinstalled, I couldn't get it to work at all.  I try to run it 
> thru mythtv or thru knoppmyth fluxbox DE, and it does not respond.
> 
> Is there a way to uninstall and reinstall plugins in mythtv without 
> doing a complete reinstall of mythtv?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Brad
> 
Democracyplayer isn't a MythTV plugin.  When you choose democracy player 
  from the menu, all it does it launch the program.  I'd suggest posting 
details on:http://forum.getdemocracy.com/