On Sun, 9 Nov 2014 07:38:02 -0500 Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> wrote: > 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- That was is, I'll get to the bug-report this week Thank you -- Rodney D. Myers <rod_dmyers@fastmail.fm> They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. Ben Franklin - 1759
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