[mythtv-users] upgrading mythtv from V.28 to 29 or later while staying on 16.04

[Yann Lehmann]

Am 22.11.2018 um 07:28 schrieb Mike Bibbings:
> 
> Yes, it is that simple, but use dist-upgrade, needed when going from one
> mythtv version to the next::
> 
> sudo apt-add-repository ppa:mythbuntu/0.29
> 
> sudo apt update
> 
> sudo apt dist-upgrade
> 
> 

But make sure no frontend is connected when you start the upgrade. A
connected frontend (had forgotten to shut it down) blocked the database
schema upgrade.

And yes, backup your database before upgrading!