[mythtv-users] Todays update broke 0.24. Backend not running. HELP

[Greg Oliver]

On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 11:58 AM, Douglas Peale
<Douglas_Peale at comcast.net> wrote:
> I was running 0.24 from http://ppa.launchpad.net/mythbuntu/0.24/ubuntu
>
> I updated today, and it tried to force me back to 0.23.1. I managed to find the YouMustBeThisTallToRide option so I could keep
> it at 0.24 but the update failed
>
> After rebooting, (a new kennel was in todays update) there was one more thing to update: libmyth-0.24-0, but attempting to do
> this update fails.
>
> It suggested I remove all ppa (no chance if I want to keep running mythTV) and run "apt get install -f". I tried that with the
> following result:
>
> $ sudo apt-get install -f
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree
> Reading state information... Done
> Correcting dependencies... Done
> The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
>  python-bugbuddy python-gnomedesktop python-evince libnspr4-dev libgexiv2-0 libavutil-extra-49 python-totem-plparser kdesudo
> libpoppler5 libpoppler-glib4 firefox-3.0 update-manager-kde
>  python-mediaprofiles libqt4-webkit python-metacity python-gtop
> Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
> The following extra packages will be installed:
>  libmyth-0.24-0
> The following NEW packages will be installed:
>  libmyth-0.24-0
> 0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
> 14 not fully installed or removed.
> Need to get 0B/11.9MB of archives.
> After this operation, 32.7MB of additional disk space will be used.
> Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
> (Reading database ... 331669 files and directories currently installed.)
> Unpacking libmyth-0.24-0 (from .../libmyth-0.24-0_0.24.0+fixes26902-0ubuntu0+mythbuntu2_amd64.deb) ...
> dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/libmyth-0.24-0_0.24.0+fixes26902-0ubuntu0+mythbuntu2_amd64.deb (--unpack):
>  trying to overwrite '/usr/lib/libmythfreemheg-0.24.so.0.24.0', which is also in package libmyth-0.23-0
> 0.24.0~trunk26882-0ubuntu0~mythbuntu2
> dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe)
> Errors were encountered while processing:
>  /var/cache/apt/archives/libmyth-0.24-0_0.24.0+fixes26902-0ubuntu0+mythbuntu2_amd64.deb
> E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
>
>
> I tried running the synaptic package manager and installing libmyth-0.24-0, but that resulted in this error:
>
> E: /var/cache/apt/archives/libmyth-0.24-0_0.24.0+fixes26902-0ubuntu0+mythbuntu2_amd64.deb: trying to overwrite
> '/usr/lib/libmythfreemheg-0.24.so.0.24.0', which is also in package libmyth-0.23-0 0.24.0~trunk26882-0ubuntu0~mythbuntu2
>
>
> libmyth-0.23.0 is still installed. I tried uninstalling that, but it won't let me uninstall that without also instaalling
> libmyth-0.24.0, and then it errors out because there is a file both are trying to overwrite.
>
>
> How do I untangle this mess?

I'm using these:

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/mythbuntu/repos/ubuntu maverick main
deb http://us.autobuilds.mythbuntu.org/mythbuntu/0.24/ubuntu maverick main
deb-src http://us.autobuilds.mythbuntu.org/mythbuntu/0.24/ubuntu maverick main
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/mythbuntu/testing/ubuntu maverick main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/mythbuntu/testing/ubuntu maverick main

Also received the update this morning, but it did not try to bump the
version to 0.24 yet, although it is 26882

You can always purge what you have (leaving the database), change
repos and re-install.  All of your settings will stay.  Just do not
let it uninstall and non-myth packages and you should be fine.

-Greg