Re: [PLUG] Mythbuntu update oddness?

[JP Vossen <jp@jpsdomain.org>]

> Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2007 16:08:27 -0400
> From: "Brent Saner" <brent.saner@gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [PLUG] Mythbuntu update oddness?
>
> ooooh, i ran into something a bit like this as a result of dependency 
> hell in debian once.
>
> how i fixed it was i
> # aptitude remove --purge foo
> # aptitude clean
> # deborphan (optional, only need to use it if the software was using
> libraries that are not in use now)
> # aptitude install foo

Good idea.  Tried that, didn't help. :-(

----- Trimmed session -----
$ sudo aptitude remove --purge ubuntu-mythtv-frontend
   The following packages will be REMOVED:
     ubuntu-mythtv-frontend
   0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
   Removing ubuntu-mythtv-frontend ...

$ sudo apt-get autoremove
   0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.

$ sudo aptitude clean

$ sudo aptitude install deborphan
$ sudo deborphan
   libdb4.3
   libdb4.6

$ sudo aptitude remove --purge $(deborphan)
   The following packages will be REMOVED:
     libdb4.3 libdb4.6
   0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 2 to remove and 0 not upgraded.

$ sudo aptitude install ubuntu-mythtv-frontend
   The following NEW packages will be installed:
     ubuntu-mythtv-frontend
   0 packages upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
   Get:1 http://ppa.launchpad.net gutsy/multiverse 
ubuntu-mythtv-frontend 0.20.2+fixes14703-0ubuntu0~mythbuntu1 [180kB]
   Selecting previously deselected package ubuntu-mythtv-frontend.
   Unpacking ubuntu-mythtv-frontend (from 
.../ubuntu-mythtv-frontend_0.20.2+fixes14703-0ubuntu0~mythbuntu1_all.deb) 
...
   Setting up ubuntu-mythtv-frontend 
(0.20.2+fixes14703-0ubuntu0~mythbuntu1) ...

[mythtvuser@mythtv-be-01:T0:L1:C522:J0:2007-10-31_18:21:12_EDT]
/home/mythtvuser$ sudo aptitude upgrade
   W: The "upgrade" command is deprecated; use "safe-upgrade" instead.
   The following packages will be upgraded:
     ubuntu-mythtv-frontend
   1 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
   Need to get 0B/180kB of archives. After unpacking 0B will be used.
   Do you want to continue? [Y/n/?] n
   Abort.

[mythtvuser@mythtv-be-01:T0:L1:C525:J0:2007-10-31_18:24:27_EDT]
/home/mythtvuser$ sudo aptitude safe-upgrade
   The following packages will be upgraded:
     ubuntu-mythtv-frontend
   1 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
   Need to get 0B/180kB of archives. After unpacking 0B will be used.
   Do you want to continue? [Y/n/?] n
   Abort.
----- end Trimmed session -----


> YMMV. and i don't know what the equivalent of deborphan is/if there is
> one for ubuntu.

Ubuntu has deborphan too.

Thanks,
JP
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