[mythtv-users] MythExport

Thomas Mashos thomas at mashos.com
Fri Jan 30 15:56:46 UTC 2015


On Fri, Jan 30, 2015 at 2:18 AM, Mike Perkins
<mikep at randomtraveller.org.uk> wrote:
> On 30/01/15 03:23, Thomas Mashos wrote:
>>
>> On Thu, Jan 29, 2015 at 7:03 PM, Anthony Giggins
>> <seven at seven.dorksville.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> I imagine that "sudo apt-get install mythexport" would fail similarly
>>> unless
>>> I make corrections somewhere ?mkdir? maybe?
>>> I've drag n dropped files out of mythtv before but it is anything but
>>> elegant. Can anyone enlighten me as to how to make corrections which
>>> would
>>> allow me to install mythexport and there by move files properly?  TIA
>>> Daryl.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> you dont mention what version of ubunutu/mythbuntu your running (I'm
>>> guessing Trusty (14.04) from the version its installing, you could
>>> download
>>> the package from
>>> http://packages.ubuntu.com/trusty/amd64/mythexport/download
>>>
>>> and extract the files manually, perhaps the installation script has
>>> invalid
>>> mkdir syntax
>>>
>>
>> No, it's likely at some point he fed it an empty dir string. At least
>> that is what the developer told me.
>>
>> Try this.
>>
>> "sudo dpkg-reconfigure mythexport"
>>
>>
>>
> Um, at what point during any package install do you get offered a prompt to
> enter a directory? I can't think of a single one offhand.
>
> The package is broken. Even if a path /was/ required, a suitable default
> ought to have been supplied.
>
> --
>
> Mike Perkins
>
>
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Right here

http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~mythbuntu/mythexport/trunk/view/head:/debian/mythexport.templates#L11

-- 
Thanks,

Thomas Mashos


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