dpkg error during any apt command

vockleya · 08-02-2009, 08:56 PM

I was trying to install mythtv and hit ctrl-c in the wrong window. I stopped mid-installation, and now every time i run an apt command, I get an error message. The following is a transcript of everything that happened after running the command.

Code:

aaron-desktop:~ aaron$ sudo apt-get remove mythtv-backend
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  mythtv-backend
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 3064kB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? 
(Reading database ... 258549 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing mythtv-backend ...
ln: creating symbolic link `/home/mythtv/.mythtv/mysql.txt': File exists
invoke-rc.d: initscript mythtv-backend, action "stop" failed.
dpkg: error processing mythtv-backend (--remove):
 subprocess pre-removal script returned error exit status 1
ln: creating symbolic link `/home/mythtv/.mythtv/mysql.txt': File exists
invoke-rc.d: initscript mythtv-backend, action "start" failed.
dpkg: error while cleaning up:
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 mythtv-backend
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
aaron-desktop:~ aaron$

I have tried the following commands, but none of them helped.

Code:

dpkg-reconfigure mythtv-backened
dpkg --configure -a

Please help.

AleLinuxBSD · 08-03-2009, 12:20 AM

Remove Mythtv-backend errors [Archive] - Ubuntu Forums

How to totally remove mythtv?

I hope that these links could help you.

vockleya · 08-03-2009, 09:49 AM

That wansn't quite what I was looking for. Like I said, mythtv-backend is not completely installed, because apt was stopped mid-installation. I want to install the rest of mythtv, but I get errors because dependencies are not met (mythtv-backend isn't working and isn't fully installed). I want to completely reinstall the mythtv-backend, but i can't. I have tried every apt-get command (install, remove and purge) and have even tried to reconfigure the package through dpkg, but get errors every time.

During the install process, it appears to be looking at a symlink in my ~/.mythtv folder. The link is there, but the file it is linking to, /etc/mythtv/mysql.txt, doesn't exist. This seems to be where the problem comes from, but I am not sure. When I try to install the main mythtv package to get this config file to appear, I get the same error as in my previous post, and a then an error that there are now 2 packages that are not fully installed. That folder is never created.