[mythtv-users] Really frustrated trying setup MythTV

[Zig]

On 12/1/2013 5:48 PM, Jason Ward wrote:
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> From: Zig <jzigpublic at gmail.com <mailto:jzigpublic at gmail.com>>
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> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Really frustrated trying setup MythTV
> Date: Sun, 01 Dec 2013 17:36:23 -0600
>
> I can speak to one of your problems.  After doing a fresh install from 
> a Mythbuntu iso there is no need to install "aptitude" to "manually 
> force" the upgrade from 0.25 to 0.27.
>
> Yes, use Myth-Control-Center to select the 0.27 repository. If, when 
> you then go to the "update manager" and select "install", it offers 
> you a "partial upgrade" or informs you that "packages are being held 
> back", you should decline and cancel out of the "update manager" and 
> open up a "terminal" session.
>
> At the command line do:
> sudo apt-get update
> and then do:
> sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
>
> The above procedure is outlined at the second to the last bullet near 
> the bottom of:
> http://www.mythbuntu.org/repos
>
> Just guessing here but perhaps doing a "manual forced" update with 
> aptitude has mucked some things up.?.
>
> Ziggy
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> When I got the "held back" error message when attempting to upgrade to 
> 0.27 I Googled it and came across this 
> http://askubuntu.com/questions/601/the-following-packages-have-been-kept-back-why-and-how-do-i-solve-it 
> see that apparently "
> sudo apt-get dist-upgrade" could be a dangerous thing to do, I opted 
> for the aptitude solution given in the thread.
>
> I don't think aptitude mucked anything up, certainly there were no 
> errors during the upgrade process and so long as I'm running the 
> frontend on the backend machine everything appears well.
Before doing:
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
You can do:
sudo apt-get -s dist-upgrade

Which will do a simulated dist-upgrade, letting you see what it wants to 
change with out actually changing anything.  If all looks well then do 
the actual:
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

This was the path I chose because it was the recommended way to get from 
.025 to 0.27 by the Mythbuntu web site.  The site you referenced was 
addressing a generic "packages held back" message where a dist-upgrade 
might have unintended consequences where the message originated under 
relatively unknown conditions.

I believe either way is fine on a fresh Mythbuntu iso install.
Ziggy
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