[mythtv-users] New FC9 install fails dependency

[R. G. Newbury]

OJ wrote:
> 2008/11/15 Alex Butcher <mythlist at assursys.co.uk>:
>> On Sat, 15 Nov 2008, Chris Nicholls wrote:
>>
>>> I tried to upgrade my myth install on FC8 to FC9 64bit, and had several
>>> problems, finally decided to do a clean install.
>>> Enters depencency Hell
>>>
>>> I've tried enableing diabling ATRPMS and Livna
>> ATrpms and Livna supply conflicting packages. Either only have one of those
>> repositories enabled, or use an Exclude= line in one of the repository
>> configs so that conflicting packages aren't considered from that repository.

> I think the prefered would be to use RMP Fusion
> (http://rpmfusion.org/) for FC9. I know that at least Livna is now
> part of RPM Fusion, ant there are packages available for MythTV.

There are a large number of changes to package names going from F8 to 
F9, plus possibly in your case, a change from qt3 (.21-fixes) to qt4 
(trunk SVN) and THEN going to 64 bit.

The problem with atrpms and livna is conflicts between similar packages 
on each. Because Axel keeps a meta-package for myth, and all of the 
other dependencies for plugin packages that HE has are compatible, I 
prefer atrpms. Nothing wrong with livna JUST DON'T BE INDISCRIMINATE AND 
NEVER HAVE BOTH ENABLED AT THE SAME TIME.

I repeat NEVER HAVE BOTH ENABLED AT THE SAME TIME.
And for safety, after your install and upgrade, disable BOTH. 
Thereafter, browse the website and let the Software Manager install the 
rpms you choose.

If you read the dependencies install script in the wiki here:

http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Dependencies_(Building_from_source)

you will see references to conflicts among firewire packages too which 
have to be worked around. And how enabling and disabling repos, and 
installing single packages avoids certain problems, effectively by 
forcing any particular package's requirements into the same repo chain 
to which it belongs.

That script probably needs very little amendment to work with Fedora9, 
but I don't have nor want an F9 install. I might try F10 sometime..

Geoff



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