[mythtv-users] MythTV 0.21 on Xebian installed (was Compiling MythTV on a computer instead of the Xbox)

David Whyte david.whyte at gmail.com
Mon Mar 24 22:37:18 UTC 2008


Did you try removing the files from the directory and re-running as
per the instructions?

On 3/25/08, kanetse at gmail.com <kane.tse at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > I attempted this on my XBox running MythTV-0.20.2 on Xebian 1.1.4 and
> > > > unfortunately, it did not work.   I ran into problems when installing
> > > > "x11-common"...
> > > >
>
> Here's the message displayed when I attempt to install x11-common; it
> has occurred several times, even when I was following Ryan's advice to
> upgrade to etch.
>
>
>
> Cannot remove /usr/X11R6/bin directory
>
> This upgrade requires that the /usr/X11R6/bin directory be removed and
> replaced with a symlink. An
> attempt was made to do so, but it failed, most likely because the
> directory is not yet empty. You
> must move the files that are currently in the directory out of the way
> so that the installation
> can complete. If you like, you may move them back after the symlink is
> in place.
>
> This package installation will now fail and exit so that you can do
> this. Please re-run your
> upgrade procedure after you have cleaned out the directory.
>
>
>
> Any ideas?
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