[mythtv-users] Upgrading to 0.23.1

[Thomas Mashos]

On Sat, Sep 4, 2010 at 10:40 AM, Greg Oliver <oliver.greg at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sat, Sep 4, 2010 at 8:20 AM, Harry Devine <lifter89 at comcast.net> wrote:
> > On 9/3/2010 11:34 PM, Thomas Mashos wrote:
> >
> > On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 6:27 PM, Harry Devine <lifter89 at comcast.net>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> On 9/2/2010 10:26 PM, Glen Hawksworth wrote:
> >>
> >> On Thu, 2010-09-02 at 21:50 -0400, Harry Devine wrote:
> >>
> >> On 9/2/2010 9:25 PM, Glen Hawksworth wrote:
> >> > On Thu, 2010-09-02 at 20:09 -0400, Harry Devine wrote:
> >> >> I saw a few posts a few weeks ago concerning updating to 0.23.1, so I
> >> >> followed what they said to update my system.  However, I don't think
> it
> >> >> has taken.  I installed an updated mythbuntu-repos package that the
> >> >> Update Manager had listed.  I also updated my /etc/apt/sources.list
> >> >> file
> >> >> to include the following (please note that I'm still on Mythbuntu
> >> >> 9.10):
> >> >>
> >> >> deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/mythbuntu/0.23.1/ubuntu lucid main
> >> >> deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/mythbuntu/0.23.1/ubuntu lucid main
> >> >>
> >> >> My Update Manager said that there was a new Myth version available
> >> >> (26057), so I let it put it on.  The apt log appears like it
> installed
> >> >> it, but when I do mythbackend --version, I get 25423, which is what
> >> >> I've
> >> >> been running for quite some time.  The only mythbackend app that I
> have
> >> >> on my system is in /usr/bin.
> >> >>
> >> >> So, what could be going on here?  Where else can I look to diagnose
> >> >> what's going on?  My system is still recording everything fine, I
> just
> >> >> like to update to newer builds.  Just a preference of mine.
> >> >>
> >> >> Thanks for any help.
> >> >> Harry
> >> >>
> >> > I have a laptop with 9.10 on it (WUBI install on wifes laptop that
> wont
> >> > upgrade to lucid for some reason) and I have a frontend installed on
> it.
> >> > The other day I got a message saying the network protocol didn't
> match.
> >> > Last time I got this it was because the laptop was looking at repo
> 0.22
> >> > while the mythTV backend is 0.23. Using the Mythbuntu Control Centre
> >> > (auto builds plugin http://www.mythbuntu.org/auto-builds) I was able
> to
> >> > switch to 0.23 builds/repos and get it going so I looked there again
> >> > this time.
> >> > Sure enough there were options for 0.22, 0.23 and 0.23.1
> >> > All had to do was select 0.23.1, apply and then do a system update and
> >> > it worked!
> >> > The fact that I could get the 9.10 system successfully re-connected to
> >> > my backend is the only indication that I have that 0.23.1 is
> >> > successfully installed.
> >> >
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> >> OK, I saw that and changed it to 0.23.1.  I did a "sudo apt-get update",
> >> but now all of the 0.23.1 packages are grayed out in the Update
> >> Manager.  Any ideas?
> >>
> >> Harry
> >>
> >> hmmmm... not sure, I'll have another look when I get home from work.
> >>
> >> might be that they are not ready
> >> (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1537358) but I haven't really
> >> stretched my google-fu for that one ;-)
> >>
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> >> I looked at that post and it basically said "let it be; give it time;
> >> it'll clear itself up".  Well, I just checked and everything is still
> grayed
> >> out.  The only packages that are available are the new 0.23.1 myth
> packages
> >> but I can't access them.
> >>
> >> So, I'm in the same boat.  Any thoughts?
> >> Harry
> >>
> >>
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> >
> > You mention you did an apt-get update. What happens if you do apt-get
> > upgrade?
> >
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> > I get the following:
> >
> > hdevine at hdevine-desktop:/etc$ sudo apt-get upgrade
> > Reading package lists... Done
> > Building dependency tree
> > Reading state information... Done
> > The following packages have been kept back:
> >   libmyth-0.23-0 mythgallery mythmovies mythmusic mythtv-backend
> > mythtv-common
> >   mythtv-frontend mythtv-transcode-utils mythvideo mythweather
> > 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 10 not upgraded.
> >
>
> You might give "aptitude upgrade" a shot instead of apt-get..  I find
> it doesn't "keep back" packages like apt-get does a lot of times.
>
> -Greg
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Apt-get will keep back packages usually when it has to add new packages, or
dependency issues aren't met.  Do an apt-get -s dist-upgrade. dist-upgrade
will tell it to install those packages resolving dependency issues. -s is
simulation, so it only shows you what it would do.
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