[mythtv-users] Updating to 0.28 and Mythbuntu 16.04.1

[Thomas Mashos]

On Sat, Dec 3, 2016 at 4:59 AM Stephen Worthington <stephen_agent at jsw.gen.nz>
wrote:

> On Sat, 3 Dec 2016 22:49:25 +1100, you wrote:
>
> >
> >>Hi All,
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>I tried a fresh install of mythbuntu 16.04.1 and had lots of issues so
> >>after reading a Jim Abernathy's threads decided to make a clone of my
> >>production system and update it.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>Currently on 0.27 Fixes and 14.04.5.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>Got the clone up and going but having trouble with the update to 0.28.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>I enter MCC (Mythbuntu control centre) and select 0.28 in the
> repositories.
> >>It warns me I am going to use a development branch.
> >>
> >>Surely this is incorrect. So I hit the update repositories button then
> >>after a short while I get an error, "URL Error : Failed to download new
> DB
> >File"
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>Any ideas.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>In Software & Updates Settings I have
> >>
> >> Canonical-supported free and aopen-source software (main)  and
> >>
> >>Community-maintained free and open-source software (universe) and
> >>
> >>Proprietry drivers for devices (restricted) and
> >>
> >>Software restricted by copyright or legal issues (multiverse) all
> selected.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>I have tried changing the source server to no avail!
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>Andrew
> >
> >That sounds like there is a problem at the server end.  You can manually
> >change the repositories.  What do you currently have in your
> >/etc/apt/sources.list file and in your /etc/apt/sources.list.d directory
> >files?  You need to change the deb lines that say 0.27 to 0.28.  You
> >probably have a file in /etc/apt/sources.list.d called
> >mythbuntu-0_27-trusty.list which should have something like this in
> >it:
> >
> >deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/mythbuntu/0.27/ubuntu trusty main # deb-src
> >http://ppa.launchpad.net/mythbuntu/0.27/ubuntu trusty main
> >
> >If so, change the 0.27 in both lines to 0.28 and rename the file to
> >mythbuntu-0_28-trusty.list.  But MCC has had some bugs in how it has done
> >this in the past, so you need to check the /etc/apt/sources.list and all
> the
> >other /etc/apt/sources.list.d files to make sure they do not have any
> other
> >MythTV stuff in them that should not be there. Mine were dreadfully messed
> >up when I came to do the 0.27 to 0.28 upgrade, so I had to spend some time
> >deleting all the old stuff and fixing where things were.
> >
> >Once you have the apt files sorted, you need to do "apt-get update"
> >and "apt-get upgrade"  (or maybe "apt-get dist-upgrade").
> >
> >
> >Checked this out and as you suggested OI do have a
> >mythbuntu-0_27-trusty.list file in /etc/apt/sources.list.d
> >
> >Could find no mythbuntu related lines at all in /etc/apt/sources.list,
> which
> >sounds like that is what it should be but not what you found.
> >
> >Will try changing that on the cloned copy and see how I go. Once that is
> >working I will let it run for a while before trying to go to 16.04.
> >
> >On a none Mythtv issue, Any suggestions on where to read about grub2. I
> have
> >the cloned disk in the grub2 menu for  the original disk but will need to
> >eventually transfer grub to the cloned disk so it can boot without the
> >original disk.
> >
> >Andrew
> >
> >Thanks
>
> This is the page I usually wind up using when I need to mess around
> with Grub2 problems:
>
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Grub2/Installing
> _______________________________________________
>
>
You're getting the error about downloading the db file because you're still
on 14.04 and the URL moved in 16.04

The correct location is in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ for the repo file, or
you can just run


sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mythbuntu/0.28
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