Re: mythtv fails to install
On Sat, Nov 08, 2014 at 06:46:04PM -0500, Rodney D. Myers wrote:
> attempting to get mythtv-common installed, but i keep getting this
> error in the shell;
>
> sudo apt-get install -f mythtv-common
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree
> Reading state information... Done
> The following extra packages will be installed:
> mythtv-doc
> The following NEW packages will be installed:
> mythtv-common mythtv-doc
> 0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
> Need to get 167 kB/14.5 MB of archives.
> After this operation, 29.8 MB of additional disk space will be used.
> Do you want to continue? [Y/n]
> Get:1 http://www.deb-multimedia.org/ testing/main mythtv-doc all
> 0.27.4+fixes20141029-dmo1 [167 kB] Fetched 167 kB in 1s (121 kB/s)
> Preconfiguring packages ...
> Selecting previously unselected package mythtv-common.
> (Reading database ... 219224 files and directories currently installed.)
> Preparing to
> unpack .../mythtv-common_0.27.4+fixes20141029-dmo1_all.deb ...
> Unpacking mythtv-common (0.27.4+fixes20141029-dmo1) ... Selecting
> previously unselected package mythtv-doc. Preparing to
> unpack .../mythtv-doc_0.27.4+fixes20141029-dmo1_all.deb ... Unpacking
> mythtv-doc (0.27.4+fixes20141029-dmo1) ... Setting up mythtv-common
> (0.27.4+fixes20141029-dmo1) ... useradd: group mythtv exists - if you
> want to add this user to that group, use -g. dpkg: error processing
> package mythtv-common (--configure): subprocess installed
> post-installation script returned error exit status 9 Setting up
> mythtv-doc (0.27.4+fixes20141029-dmo1) ... Errors were encountered
> while processing: mythtv-common
> E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
Right, you have an existing mythtv group.
You could change the name of that group in /etc/group from
mythtv to mythtv-old, then install mythtv packages again,
then run a find over your whole filesystem to convert mythtv-old
files to mythtv.
You could also file a bug report with the people who run
deb-multimedia.org.
-dsr-
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