installing Mythtv 0.21

[Leonard Chatagnier]

Mike McMullin wrote:
> On Sun, 2009-12-20 at 21:20 -0600, Leonard Chatagnier wrote:
>> Mike McMullin wrote:
>>>
>>>     I did an update of my laptop to Karmic Koala, and got the new version
>>> of mythtv 0.22, but the backend is 0.21 and the frontend will not
>>> connect to the backend.
>>>
>>>     Can I use synaptic to install 0.21, or how can I get 0.21 on the
>>> updated system?
>>>
>>>
>> On my Karmic 64 bit, I have mythtv-0.22.0+fixes22594-0ubuntu1 and all of
>> the depends with the same version. It should be available for you but I
>> don't use a laptop.  Suggest you run from cli:
>> aptitude show mythtv
>> and read the output.
>
>    Yes that's the version on my 32bit install as well, both front and
> backend on the laptop, unfortunately the master backend is 0.21 and the
> 0.22 frontend doesn't like it.
>
>
You don't understand, or more likely I didn't explain correctly.  The 
fromtend, backend and mythtv and all the depends have the same version
on my 64 bit Karmic.  So should yours, I think.  Try running again:
sudo aptitude update, then
sudo aptitude install mythtv-backend-master
and see if you have the right version
Also read the last sentence in the output of aptitude show 
mythtv-backend-master which on my machine is the same version as mythtv.
It mentions that it is installed on a server usually rather than
a desktop among other comments.  Are you using your laptop as a
server?  If not, you may not need mythtv-backend-master.
Also, in case the mirrors are having some trouble updating the
latest versions, try running:
sudo aptitude dist-upgrade or full-upgrade
Check you cli output closely. looking for error messages or held
packages.
Could also try:
sudo aptitude -f install
sudo dpkg --configure -a
as it wont hurt anything and may fix some quirk in the packaging system.
If none of that helps, I would try a different mirror/repo using 
software sources letting it select the best one for you.  HTH

Leonard
lenc5570 at sbcglobal.net