[mythtv-users] Ubuntu 25.04 trying to install .34 frontend only

[Paul Harrison]

On 13/01/2026 20:56, Alan wrote:

>
> Hi all
>
> I have tried the usual repo to install the slightly older frontend 34 
> on this machine but its not working
>
>
> inet2:~$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mythbuntu/34 -y
> PPA publishes dbgsym, you may need to include 'main/debug' component
> Repository: 'Types: deb
> URIs: https://ppa.launchpadcontent.net/mythbuntu/34/ubuntu/
> Suites: plucky
> Components: main
> '
> Description:
> The packages here are automatically built by the launchpad system from 
> the fixes/34 branch (stable) of MythTV.
> More info: https://launchpad.net/~mythbuntu/+archive/ubuntu/34
> Adding repository.
> Found existing deb entry in 
> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mythbuntu-ubuntu-34-plucky.sources
> Hit:1 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu plucky InRelease
> Hit:2 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu plucky-updates InRelease
> Hit:3 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu plucky-backports InRelease
> Hit:4 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu plucky-security InRelease
> Ign:5 https://ppa.launchpadcontent.net/mythbuntu/34/ubuntu plucky 
> InRelease
> Err:6 https://ppa.launchpadcontent.net/mythbuntu/34/ubuntu plucky Release
>   404  Not Found [IP: 185.125.190.80 443]
> Reading package lists... Done
> E: The repository 
> 'https://ppa.launchpadcontent.net/mythbuntu/34/ubuntu plucky Release' 
> does not have a Release file.
> N: Updating from such a repository can't be done securely, and is 
> therefore disabled by default.
> N: See apt-secure(8) manpage for repository creation and user 
> configuration details.
>
> Any ideas how to make it trust the repo or is there a newer one?
>
> I'm thinking its because Plucky isnt mentioned on that repo? Has 
> anyone got this working?
>
>
> Index of /mythbuntu/34/ubuntu/dists
> [ICO]    Name    Last modified    Size    Description
> [PARENTDIR]    Parent Directory         -
> [DIR]    devel/    2025-05-19 00:56     -
> [DIR]    focal/    2025-11-17 02:16     -
> [DIR]    jammy/    2025-11-16 11:22     -
> [DIR]    kinetic/    2024-07-24 11:26     -
> [DIR]    lunar/    2024-07-24 11:26     -
> [DIR]    mantic/    2024-07-24 11:26     -
> [DIR]    noble/    2025-11-17 02:16     -
> [DIR]    oracular/    2025-05-19 00:56     -
>
>
>
> regards
>
>
> Alan
>

The build recipe for the MythTV 34 PPA only has Focal, Jammy, Noble and 
Oracular enabled so sorry there are no builds for plucky or later 
available for MythTV v34 :(. You would need to upgrade to MythTV v35 for 
plucky or there was talk of v36 being released soon to coincide with 
Ubuntu 26.04.


While it may be possible to enable the plucky build of v34 sometimes you 
run into library version compatibility problems mixing old MythTV and 
new Ubuntu versions. It's long been a policy of the MythTV devs to only 
support the current master and the previous fixes version because the 
project simply does not have the resources to make sure older versions 
will still build with newer Ubuntu versions.

Paul H.