[mythtv-users] Todays update broke 0.24. Backend not running. HELP

[Douglas Peale]

On 10/20/2010 11:31 AM, John Baab wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 12:58 PM, Douglas Peale
> <Douglas_Peale at comcast.net> wrote:
>> I was running 0.24 from http://ppa.launchpad.net/mythbuntu/0.24/ubuntu
>>
>> I updated today, and it tried to force me back to 0.23.1. I managed to find the YouMustBeThisTallToRide option so I could keep
>> it at 0.24 but the update failed
>>
>> After rebooting, (a new kennel was in todays update) there was one more thing to update: libmyth-0.24-0, but attempting to do
>> this update fails.
>>
>> It suggested I remove all ppa (no chance if I want to keep running mythTV) and run "apt get install -f". I tried that with the
>> following result:
>>
>> $ sudo apt-get install -f
>> Reading package lists... Done
>> Building dependency tree
>> Reading state information... Done
>> Correcting dependencies... Done
>> The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
>>  python-bugbuddy python-gnomedesktop python-evince libnspr4-dev libgexiv2-0 libavutil-extra-49 python-totem-plparser kdesudo
>> libpoppler5 libpoppler-glib4 firefox-3.0 update-manager-kde
>>  python-mediaprofiles libqt4-webkit python-metacity python-gtop
>> Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
>> The following extra packages will be installed:
>>  libmyth-0.24-0
>> The following NEW packages will be installed:
>>  libmyth-0.24-0
>> 0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
>> 14 not fully installed or removed.
>> Need to get 0B/11.9MB of archives.
>> After this operation, 32.7MB of additional disk space will be used.
>> Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
>> (Reading database ... 331669 files and directories currently installed.)
>> Unpacking libmyth-0.24-0 (from .../libmyth-0.24-0_0.24.0+fixes26902-0ubuntu0+mythbuntu2_amd64.deb) ...
>> dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/libmyth-0.24-0_0.24.0+fixes26902-0ubuntu0+mythbuntu2_amd64.deb (--unpack):
>>  trying to overwrite '/usr/lib/libmythfreemheg-0.24.so.0.24.0', which is also in package libmyth-0.23-0
>> 0.24.0~trunk26882-0ubuntu0~mythbuntu2
>> dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe)
>> Errors were encountered while processing:
>>  /var/cache/apt/archives/libmyth-0.24-0_0.24.0+fixes26902-0ubuntu0+mythbuntu2_amd64.deb
>> E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
>>
>>
>> I tried running the synaptic package manager and installing libmyth-0.24-0, but that resulted in this error:
>>
>> E: /var/cache/apt/archives/libmyth-0.24-0_0.24.0+fixes26902-0ubuntu0+mythbuntu2_amd64.deb: trying to overwrite
>> '/usr/lib/libmythfreemheg-0.24.so.0.24.0', which is also in package libmyth-0.23-0 0.24.0~trunk26882-0ubuntu0~mythbuntu2
>>
>>
>> libmyth-0.23.0 is still installed. I tried uninstalling that, but it won't let me uninstall that without also instaalling
>> libmyth-0.24.0, and then it errors out because there is a file both are trying to overwrite.
>>
>>
>> How do I untangle this mess?
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> 
> Try this:
> sudo dpkg --purge libmyth-0.23
> sudo apt-get -f install


I think I have recovered.

I noticed that synaptic package manager was complaining about a directory being locked. I rebooted to kill whatever had left it
locked. I disabled the ppa from which the problem packages were coming.

I tried the above sugesstion with the following results:
$ sudo dpkg --purge libmyth-0.23
dpkg: warning: ignoring request to remove libmyth-0.23 which isn't installed.
$ sudo dpkg --purge libmyth-0.23.0
dpkg: warning: ignoring request to remove libmyth-0.23.0 which isn't installed.


I then went into the synaptic package manager and uninstalled the four packages it said were broken. This caused most of mythTV
packages to be removed
I then uninstalled the libmyth-0.23.0 which did not get removed by the previous step.

I then re-enabled the PPAs, and using the history of previous updates, marked the proper mythTV packages for installation. I was
unable to install the following packages though:
Myth Galery
Myth Music
Myth Video
Myth Weather

because if I attempted to install them, they would try and install libmyth-0.23.0.

In any case, the backend is running again. I haven't tested much yet, so I don't know if anything else is broken.

Thank you for your help.