Mythbuntu-Repos fails to install on Linux Mint
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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Mythbuntu |
Fix Released
|
Medium
|
Thomas Mashos |
Bug Description
When trying to install mythbuntu-repos with gdebi on mint10-julia-64bit: 8.8-0ubuntu0+
In Gdebi, I see that the problem lies in Debconf (or what is handed to it): "use of unitialized value" in some Perl module (see screenshot)
In addition, in mythbuntu-
Update 02/19/2013-
mythbuntu-repos.py queries lsb_release to get the distribution codename, but LinuxMint doesn't return a valid Ubuntu codename- even though the mythbuntu packages are pulled from Ubuntu upstream. The Ubuntu codename can be pulled from elsewhere, though (such as the apt db).
Changed in mythbuntu: | |
assignee: | nobody → Thomas Mashos (tgm4883) |
Changed in mythbuntu: | |
importance: | Undecided → Low |
status: | New → Confirmed |
summary: |
- Mythbuntu-Repos fails to install on Mint10-Julia + Mythbuntu-Repos fails to install on Linux Mint |
description: | updated |
Changed in mythbuntu: | |
status: | Incomplete → Triaged |
I would not care, if there was a way to "wget" a signing key, to "apt-key add" the repo and then get my updates. I need to update, as the running mythtv segfaults on exiting the watching of a recording.