[mythtv-users] Getting this working should NOT be this hard!

[Harry Devine]

James Crow wrote:
> On Sun, 2008-10-19 at 09:11 -0400, Harry Devine wrote:
>   
>> Marc Randolph wrote:
>>     
>>> On Sat, Oct 18, 2008 at 11:36 PM, Harry Devine <lifter89 at comcast.net> wrote:
>>>   
>>>       
>>>> I added the information listed on that link that you sent me to
>>>> /etc/apt/sources.list but when I run "apt-get install v4l-dvb-dkms", I
>>>> get "E: Couldn't find package v4l-dvb-dkms".  What now?
>>>>     
>>>>         
>>> Is there perhaps an entry in your sources.list which is referencing
>>> some other drive (typically your original install source)?  Maybe with
>>> an E:?
>>>
>>>    Marc
>>>
>>>   
>>>       
>> Well, I added this line to it, according to 
>> https://launchpad.net/~pitti/+archive/+index
>> deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/pitti/ubuntu intrepid main
>>
>> Did I enter it incorrectly?   Did I  miss something?
>>
>> Thanks
>> Harry
>>
>>     
>
> Harry,
>
>   This is what I have for my system:
>
> james at mythfront:~$ cat /etc/apt/sources.list.d/dvb-ppa.list 
> deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/pitti/ubuntu hardy main
> deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/pitti/ubuntu hardy main
> james at mythfront:~$ 
>
> I added a new file under the /etc/apt/sources.list.d directory named
> dvb-ppa.list. That file has two lines in it. After saving the file you
> must run 'sudo apt-get update' for the package management system to know
> about the new packages. Then you can try to install the new dvb drivers.
>
> My system is Ubuntu 8.04 and that is known as "Hardy". You were trying
> to add packages for the currently beta release Ubuntu 8.10 known as
> "Intrepid Ibex" or simply "Intrepid".
>
> To sum up the three (hopefully simple) steps that you need are:
>
> 1) Add the /etc/apt/sources.list.d/dvb-ppa.list file with the contents
> from above.
>
> 2) Run 'sudo apt-get update'
>
> 3) Run 'sudo apt-get install v4l-dvb-dkms'
>
> Cheers,
> James
>
>
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>   
Ahh, makes sense about the Hardy vs Intrepid.  I didn't pick up on 
that.  Thanks for that.  I just tried what you suggested in steps 1, 2, 
& 3 above and it still doesn't work.  Here's what I get after I do 'sudo 
apt-get update' and 'sudo apt-get install v4l-dvb-dkms':

hdevine at hdevine-desktop:/etc/apt$ sudo apt-get update
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy Release.gpg
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy/restricted Translation-en_US
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy/universe Translation-en_US
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy/multiverse Translation-en_US
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates Release.gpg
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/restricted Translation-en_US
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/universe Translation-en_US
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/multiverse Translation-en_US
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy-security Release.gpg
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy-security/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy-security/restricted Translation-en_US
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy-security/universe Translation-en_US
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy-security/multiverse Translation-en_US
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy-backports Release.gpg
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy-backports/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy-backports/restricted Translation-en_US
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy-backports/universe Translation-en_US
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy-backports/multiverse Translation-en_US
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy Release
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates Release
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy-security Release
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy-backports Release
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy/main Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy/restricted Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy/universe Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy/multiverse Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy/universe Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy/multiverse Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy/main Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy/restricted Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/main Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/restricted Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/universe Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/multiverse Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/main Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/restricted Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/universe Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/multiverse Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy-security/main Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy-security/restricted Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy-security/universe Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy-security/multiverse Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy-security/main Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy-security/restricted Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy-security/universe Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy-security/multiverse Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy-backports/main Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy-backports/restricted Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy-backports/universe Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy-backports/multiverse Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy-backports/main Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy-backports/restricted Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy-backports/universe Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy-backports/multiverse Sources
Reading package lists... Done
hdevine at hdevine-desktop:/etc/apt$ sudo apt-get install v4l-dvb-dkms
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Couldn't find package v4l-dvb-dkms

Here's the new dvb-ppa.list file:
hdevine at hdevine-desktop:/etc/apt$ more dvb-ppa.list
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/pitti/ubuntu hardy main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/pitti/ubuntu hardy main


Any thoughts?
Harry