[mythtv-users] Mythfrontend ? want v31 not v32

[Paul Harrison]

On 20/06/2022 22:05, Barry Martin wrote:

>
> Hi Paul!
>
>
>> Ubuntu 22.04 (Jammy) has v32 in the official repo so because that
>> version is newer than? v31 it is the version you get if you upgrade or
>> do a new install of 22.04.
>>
>>
>> If you want to use v31 then you will have to add the PPA for v31 and
>> uninstall**the v32 MythTV packages. You can then install the? v31
>> packages and finally tell apt to hold all the installed v31 packages or
>> else the next time you do a apt update/apt upgrade you will get the v32
>> packages again. See this forum post for details of the various apt
>> command to use. https://forum.mythtv.org/viewtopic.php?f=29&t=4874
>>
>>
>> It's important to do that for ALL the MythTV packages if you have a
>> mixed install then bad things will happen.
>
> Semi-apologizing for the delay in replying: tried a few options and 
> apparently I need to have my hand held to figure out the above 
> instructions. Posted my notes at 
> https://app.box.com/s/c36i4nmocdwkllxvkc9j2l5bxb7vegeu   (PDF format)  
> so you/others could see what I thought I should be doing.  Basically 
> Part 1 is using the 'without Ansible' option to install (what I'm 
> guessing are the) dependencies, then compiling the source code.  Got 
> an error message which seems to say I am missing dependencies but 
> can't because they're not installable.
>
> So frustration break and on to Part 2.  Well, side-trip to Part 1a: 
> saw there's "2:31.0+fixes.202203040619.7e4ce1ba98~ubuntu22.04.1"  
> which seems to be what I want to install but unable to figure out how 
> to get to the page to download.
>
> Now to Part 2 (my notes: "Restart here" in the black line). Install 
> using Ansible, then compile the source code again.  And ends with 
> pretty much the same error.
>
>
> ... Am I having problems because of this:
>
> cat    /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mythbuntu-ubuntu-31-jammy.list
> deb https://ppa.launchpadcontent.net/mythbuntu/31/ubuntu/ jammy main
> # deb-src https://ppa.launchpadcontent.net/mythbuntu/31/ubuntu/ jammy 
> main
>
> No idea why the second one is commented.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Barry
>

Do you want to install from source?

I thought you wanted to install using the PPA packages but was having 
problems because you wanted to install v31 and by default on Ubuntu 
22.04 you will get v32.


Paul H