[mythtv-users] Mythbuntu repository problem

Damian myth at surr.co.uk
Tue Apr 5 18:55:03 UTC 2016


On 05/04/2016 18:38, Stephen Worthington wrote:
> On Tue, 5 Apr 2016 13:38:35 +0100, you wrote:
>
>>
>> On 05/04/2016 12:42, Stephen Worthington wrote:
>>> On Tue, 5 Apr 2016 11:40:45 +0100, you wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 04/04/2016 00:10, Damian wrote:
>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>
>>>>> Both of my Mythbuntu boxes are having trouble with the Mythbutu
>>>>> updates repository. Here's what Synaptic Package Manager outputs ...
>>>>>
>>>>> Failed to fetch
>>>>> http://ppa.launchpad.net/mythbuntu/testing/ubuntu/dists/wily/main/binary-amd64/Packages
>>>>> 404  Not Found
>>>>> Failed to fetch
>>>>> http://ppa.launchpad.net/mythbuntu/testing/ubuntu/dists/wily/main/binary-i386/Packages
>>>>> 404  Not Found
>>>>> Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old
>>>>> ones used instead.
>>>>>
>>>>> One of my frontend's seems to have had this going on for a while now.
>>>>> I've only just checked the backend, and the problem is the same.
>>>>>
>>>>> Is there a problem with the repository?
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>> Damian
>>>> Anyone got any idea what's going on with this?
>>>>
>>>> Mythbuntu used to get updates almost weekly. Now the fixes repository
>>>> doesn't even seem to be set up for the latest version of Xbuntu. Is it
>>>> still being maintained?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Damian
>>> You are using a testing repository - I am not sure why that is, but I
>>> think you should be using the main repositories.  Try going to the
>>> main page and seeing where your version really is now:
>>>
>>>     https://launchpad.net/~mythbuntu
>>>
>>> It looks like 0.28 is just about to be formally released, as there are
>>> now 0.29 repositories.
>> Hi Stephen,
>>
>> Thanks for responding.
>>
>> The repositories are from the 'Mythbuntu Control Centre'. The one that
>> doesn't seem to be working is the "Activate Mythbuntu Updates repository".
>>
>> I'm using Xbuntu 15.10 (clean install from a couple of days ago).
>>
>> Damian
> There should be a button "Refresh available repositories" next to
> where you select the MythTV version on the Repositories tab.  Click
> that.  When the download completes, re-select the settings you want
> and Apply them.  Then do:
>
>    sudo apt-get update
>    sudo apt-get upgrade
>
> If that does not fix it, then try deselecting all the updates
> repositories options, Applying that, the re-selecting the updates
> repositories and Applying again, then do the apt-get commands again.
Hi Stephen,

Thanks again for reply. I really appreciated it.

Unfortunately, I did all of those steps before I posted the question. 
I've done it on both of my Myth boxes, and the problem remains.

??


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