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edoc · Posted: Tue 05 Feb 2013, 18:43 Post subject: Is Puppy Package Manager Broken?

I am trying to download and install MythTV via PPM and it keeps failing.

Test URL's says several sources are OK but they fail.

I need 7 files.

Ideas, please?

Semme · Joined: 07 Aug 2011 Posts: 8010 Location: World_Hub

I don't think so but a few have been yanked? Try http://ftp.nluug.nl/ftp/pub/os/Linux/distr/

Rcrsn listed something a short time back, cept, I'm have'n trouble find'n it..

Ah- http://ftp.nluug.nl/pub/metalab/distributions/

edoc · Posted: Tue 05 Feb 2013, 23:44 Post subject:

I looked at that link but did not find anything for MythTV.

In Puppy Package Manager I am looking at 5 Debian sources plus Puppy Exprimo.

I did update the listings, so they are current.

It seems odd that the Debian sources list the MythTV files but then when I try to access them they throw an error.

Semme · Joined: 07 Aug 2011 Posts: 8010 Location: World_Hub

Yo Doc, when you need sumpthin- it's here.

Yeah, ya may need some additional deps but, hey- ya ain't gonna wait..

Like a ghost hunter.. ldd goes down.

edoc · Posted: Wed 06 Feb 2013, 00:11 Post subject:

Wow, what a great resource, thanks!

Should I add it to PPM or manually download then install from local?

Semme · Joined: 07 Aug 2011 Posts: 8010 Location: World_Hub

Add to PPM? I know nothing of this..

I usually grab what's required and ldd to fill in the gaps..

If I need to know what I'm look'n for, it's here I fill in the blanks.

edoc · Posted: Wed 06 Feb 2013, 01:07 Post subject:

In Puppy how do you get the Debian modules to load without using Puppy Package Manager?

Semme · Joined: 07 Aug 2011 Posts: 8010 Location: World_Hub

"To load?" I don't follow..

edoc · Posted: Wed 06 Feb 2013, 11:49 Post subject:

To get MythTV to run I need 7 or more programs (or modules or whatever they are labeled).

Puppy Package Manager is purposed to identify, download, and install the target program (in this case MythTV) along with all of the needed support programs (whatever one chooses to call them).

I am unclear as to what one does to identify and tie all of the dependencies together without PPM.

WDYT?

666philb · Joined: 07 Feb 2010 Posts: 3418 Location: wales

hi edoc

try updating the PPM first, as the ubuntu repos are changing quite frequently

open the ppm, click configure then update ..... once updated exit the the PPM entirely and restart it

edoc · Posted: Wed 06 Feb 2013, 12:07 Post subject:

I am using Exprimo so the Debian repos come up.

I did update them all yesterday.

Oddly, the repos say the MythTV files are there but when I try to access them via PPM they fail.

Semme · Joined: 07 Aug 2011 Posts: 8010 Location: World_Hub

5.x.15 utilizes Squeeze. If you can't find what you want >> search!

edoc · Posted: Wed 06 Feb 2013, 14:07 Post subject:

I understand that, it's not Ubuntu, it is Debian.

I can find lots of scattered programs & dependencies.

The *only* method I am aware of to bind them all together in Puppy is the Puppy Package Manager.

At the moment Puppy Package Manager is failing to get the job done.

The question stands unanswered.

Is Puppy Package Manager broken?

Or is there some other concise explanation for the failure to download and install the MythTV package (including dependencies)?

Semme · Joined: 07 Aug 2011 Posts: 8010 Location: World_Hub

Since I'm unfamiliar, which mirrors have you tried. Deb's got quite a few..

edoc · Posted: Wed 06 Feb 2013, 18:31 Post subject:

Debian-
squeeze-backports
squeeze- contrib
squeeze-main
squeeze-mmd_contrib
squeeze-mmd_main

plus the Exprimo repository

All via Puppy Package Manager.