[mythtvnz] Recent OS upgrades

[Paul]

On 14/09/22 13:00, OpenMedia Support wrote:
>> On Tue, 13 Sep 2022 21:11:02 +1200, you wrote:
>>
>>>> I thought that my recent experiences upgrading my Linuxmint desktop and
>>>> my Ubuntu server might give others confidence to do it themselves.
>>>>
>>>> *I upgraded Ubuntu Server from 20.04 to 22.04.1 LTS (with only a PHP
>>>> problem) by*
>>>>
>>>> sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade && sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt
>>>> autoremove
>>>>
>>>> sudo do-release-upgrade
>>>>
>>> Interesting.  My upgrade is failing as it is trying to remove the package
>>> mythbuntu-desktop. Anyone else seen this?
>>>
>>> 2022-09-13 21:08:52,627 DEBUG metapkg 'mythbuntu-desktop' installed but
>>> marked_delete
>>> 2022-09-13 21:08:52,628 DEBUG none of the '['ubuntu-desktop',
>>> 'kubuntu-desktop', 'xubuntu-core', 'xubuntu-desktop',
>>> 'ubuntustudio-desktop', 'mythbuntu-desktop', 'kubuntu-netbook',
>>> 'lubuntu-desktop', 'ubuntu-gnome-desktop', 'ubuntu-mate-core',
>>> 'ubuntu-mate-desktop', 'ubuntukylin-desktop', 'ubuntu-budgie-desktop']'
>>> meta-pkgs installed
>>> 2022-09-13 21:08:52,632 DEBUG metapkg 'mythbuntu-desktop' installed but
>>> marked_delete
>>> 2022-09-13 21:08:52,895 DEBUG denylist expr 'mythbuntu-desktop' matches
>>> 'mythbuntu-desktop'
>>> 2022-09-13 21:08:52,896 DEBUG The package 'mythbuntu-desktop' is marked
>>> for removal but it's in the removal deny list
>>> 2022-09-13 21:08:52,908 ERROR Dist-upgrade failed: 'The package
>>> 'mythbuntu-desktop' is marked for removal but it is in the removal deny
>>> list.'
>> The mythbuntu-desktop package does not exist in Ubuntu 20.04.  It is
>> probably historical - I suspect that you need to install
>> xubuntu-desktop so that mythbuntu-desktop can be deleted.  My main
>> MythTV box and my mother's one look to have that same problem, but I
>> have not tried upgrading them to 22.04 yet.  The machines I have
>> upgraded to 22.04 so far (my big server/development PC and my laptop)
>> both have gnome desktops installed.  The laptop also has xubuntu
>> desktop installed - I switch it to that when I am using it for MythTV.
> Looks like the lowest impact is xubuntu-core, otherwise I get a lot of
> desktop apps I don't actually require.
>
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When I went to 22.04 (Xubuntu clean install) I installed Mythbuntu 
Control Panel (MCP)

https://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Mythbuntu_Control_Panel#Adding_a_Mythbuntu_MythTV_Updates_Repository