[mythtv-users] How do I add Mythbuntu control centre (and repros etc) back to Xubuntu?

[Stephen Worthington]

On Thu, 14 Sep 2017 12:30:05 +0100, you wrote:

>Hi Gang,
>
>I feel really silly asking this, but can't work it out.
>
>When I upgraded my Xubuntu, it turned off some repros and uninstalled 
>some stuff. I've noticed that MythTV is still working fine, but the 
>Mythbuntu control centre seems to no longer be installed.
>
>No problem, I'll re-add it. Except that I can't work out how! :-)
>
>If I click on the link to install from the Mythbuntu website I think I 
>tries to open Ubuntu's software installer/manager. which Xubuntu doesn't 
>have.
>
>I thought that I was just having a blond moment with this, but I've 
>tried a couple of times and I'm not getting anywhere.
>
>What am I missing?
>
>Cheers,
>Damian

The repos are turned off by commenting out lines in the files in:

  /etc/apt/sources.list.d

Have a look at all the files there and you should find one starting
with "mythbuntu-".  I am still using 0.28 with Mythbuntu, and this is
what I have:

root at mypvr:/etc/apt/sources.list.d# cat mythbuntu-0_28-xenial.list
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/mythbuntu/0.28/ubuntu xenial main
# deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/mythbuntu/0.28/ubuntu xenial main

Yours should be similar, except the first line will be commented out.
Uncomment it, and any others in other repo files you want, and then
run apt update and you should be able to install things again.

If your upgrade changed the Ubuntu version (eg from trusty to xenial),
then you need to change all the "trusty" bits in those files to
"xenial" before you run apt update.

If you had previously been using xmltv for your EPG, then you may also
have enabled the updates repo for xmltv, and will have a file like:

mythbuntu-xmltv-xenial.list

That will also need to be uncommented and updated.