[SOLVED] Using yum to install older version of software (MythTV)

[MadHalfling]

Hi, I've got a MythTV 0.23 backend and I'm trying to get the frontend working on my Fedora box, but by default yum installs 0.24 which has a different database model and so won't work with a 0.23 backend. I've got the RPM for 0.23 but it has a bunch of dependencies so I need to track down the RPMS for those, too, so I was wondering if I can do this in yum? I've seen an old thread about installing a yum-allowdowngrade package but that doesn't seem to be available any more. Can I do this in yum or do I need to track down all the RPMS?
Cheers
MH

[Seve]

Originally Posted by MadHalfling

Hi, I've got a MythTV 0.23 backend and I'm trying to get the frontend working on my Fedora box, but by default yum installs 0.24 which has a different database model and so won't work with a 0.23 backend. I've got the RPM for 0.23 but it has a bunch of dependencies so I need to track down the RPMS for those, too, so I was wondering if I can do this in yum? I've seen an old thread about installing a yum-allowdowngrade package but that doesn't seem to be available any more. Can I do this in yum or do I need to track down all the RPMS?
Cheers
MH

There are lots of mythtv rpms [rpmfusion, atrpms etc.] so I'm not sure which 0.23 one you are referring to?

In the mean time:

Try,

From a terminal logged in as root, change directory to where you have your RPM for 0.23

Type and enter the following

yum localinstall *.rpm

Yum will sort through and attempt to satisfying the dependencies and then ask you if you want to proceed or not.

y/N

Select N

and post the output.

[MadHalfling]

It didn't even offer me the Y/N option - ideally I want it to install the dependencies for me, and AFAIK any 0.23 hopefully would be ok - my existing frontend is version

$ mythfrontend --version
Please attach all output as a file in bug reports.
MythTV Version : 26437
MythTV Branch : branches/release-0-23-fixes
Network Protocol : 23056
Library API : 0.23.1.201000710-1
QT Version : 4.7.0

the yum command yielded this:-
# yum localinstall mythtv-frontend-0.23.1-241.fc13_bijou20101002.i686.rpm
Loaded plugins: langpacks, presto, refresh-packagekit
Adding en_US to language list
Setting up Local Package Process
Examining mythtv-frontend-0.23.1-241.fc13_bijou20101002.i686.rpm: mythtv-frontend-0.23.1-241.fc13_bijou20101002.i686
Marking mythtv-frontend-0.23.1-241.fc13_bijou20101002.i686.rpm to be installed
adobe-linux-i386 | 951 B 00:00
livna | 3.2 kB 00:00
rpmfusion-free-updates | 3.3 kB 00:00
rpmfusion-nonfree-updates | 3.3 kB 00:00
updates/metalink | 27 kB 00:00
updates | 4.7 kB 00:00
updates/primary_db | 4.4 MB 00:11
Resolving Dependencies
--> Running transaction check
---> Package mythtv-frontend.i686 0:0.23.1-241.fc13_bijou20101002 set to be installed
--> Processing Dependency: libmyth-0.23.1.so.0 for package: mythtv-frontend-0.23.1-241.fc13_bijou20101002.i686
--> Processing Dependency: libmythavcodec-0.23.1.so.0 for package: mythtv-frontend-0.23.1-241.fc13_bijou20101002.i686
--> Processing Dependency: libmythavformat-0.23.1.so.0 for package: mythtv-frontend-0.23.1-241.fc13_bijou20101002.i686
--> Processing Dependency: libmythavutil-0.23.1.so.0 for package: mythtv-frontend-0.23.1-241.fc13_bijou20101002.i686
--> Processing Dependency: libmythdb-0.23.1.so.0 for package: mythtv-frontend-0.23.1-241.fc13_bijou20101002.i686
--> Processing Dependency: libmythfreemheg-0.23.1.so.0 for package: mythtv-frontend-0.23.1-241.fc13_bijou20101002.i686
--> Processing Dependency: libmythhdhomerun-0.23.1.so.0 for package: mythtv-frontend-0.23.1-241.fc13_bijou20101002.i686
--> Processing Dependency: libmythlivemedia-0.23.1.so.0 for package: mythtv-frontend-0.23.1-241.fc13_bijou20101002.i686
--> Processing Dependency: libmythswscale-0.23.1.so.0 for package: mythtv-frontend-0.23.1-241.fc13_bijou20101002.i686
--> Processing Dependency: libmythtv-0.23.1.so.0 for package: mythtv-frontend-0.23.1-241.fc13_bijou20101002.i686
--> Processing Dependency: libmythui-0.23.1.so.0 for package: mythtv-frontend-0.23.1-241.fc13_bijou20101002.i686
--> Processing Dependency: libmythupnp-0.23.1.so.0 for package: mythtv-frontend-0.23.1-241.fc13_bijou20101002.i686
--> Processing Dependency: mythtv-themes for package: mythtv-frontend-0.23.1-241.fc13_bijou20101002.i686
--> Running transaction check
---> Package mythtv-frontend.i686 0:0.23.1-241.fc13_bijou20101002 set to be installed
--> Processing Dependency: libmyth-0.23.1.so.0 for package: mythtv-frontend-0.23.1-241.fc13_bijou20101002.i686
--> Processing Dependency: libmythavcodec-0.23.1.so.0 for package: mythtv-frontend-0.23.1-241.fc13_bijou20101002.i686
--> Processing Dependency: libmythavformat-0.23.1.so.0 for package: mythtv-frontend-0.23.1-241.fc13_bijou20101002.i686
--> Processing Dependency: libmythavutil-0.23.1.so.0 for package: mythtv-frontend-0.23.1-241.fc13_bijou20101002.i686
--> Processing Dependency: libmythdb-0.23.1.so.0 for package: mythtv-frontend-0.23.1-241.fc13_bijou20101002.i686
--> Processing Dependency: libmythfreemheg-0.23.1.so.0 for package: mythtv-frontend-0.23.1-241.fc13_bijou20101002.i686
--> Processing Dependency: libmythhdhomerun-0.23.1.so.0 for package: mythtv-frontend-0.23.1-241.fc13_bijou20101002.i686
--> Processing Dependency: libmythlivemedia-0.23.1.so.0 for package: mythtv-frontend-0.23.1-241.fc13_bijou20101002.i686
--> Processing Dependency: libmythswscale-0.23.1.so.0 for package: mythtv-frontend-0.23.1-241.fc13_bijou20101002.i686
--> Processing Dependency: libmythtv-0.23.1.so.0 for package: mythtv-frontend-0.23.1-241.fc13_bijou20101002.i686
--> Processing Dependency: libmythui-0.23.1.so.0 for package: mythtv-frontend-0.23.1-241.fc13_bijou20101002.i686
--> Processing Dependency: libmythupnp-0.23.1.so.0 for package: mythtv-frontend-0.23.1-241.fc13_bijou20101002.i686
---> Package mythtv-themes.noarch 0:0.24-3.fc14 set to be installed
--> Finished Dependency Resolution
Error: Package: mythtv-frontend-0.23.1-241.fc13_bijou20101002.i686 (/mythtv-frontend-0.23.1-241.fc13_bijou20101002.i686)
Requires: libmythdb-0.23.1.so.0
Error: Package: mythtv-frontend-0.23.1-241.fc13_bijou20101002.i686 (/mythtv-frontend-0.23.1-241.fc13_bijou20101002.i686)
Requires: libmythavcodec-0.23.1.so.0
Error: Package: mythtv-frontend-0.23.1-241.fc13_bijou20101002.i686 (/mythtv-frontend-0.23.1-241.fc13_bijou20101002.i686)
Requires: libmythtv-0.23.1.so.0
Error: Package: mythtv-frontend-0.23.1-241.fc13_bijou20101002.i686 (/mythtv-frontend-0.23.1-241.fc13_bijou20101002.i686)
Requires: libmythlivemedia-0.23.1.so.0
Error: Package: mythtv-frontend-0.23.1-241.fc13_bijou20101002.i686 (/mythtv-frontend-0.23.1-241.fc13_bijou20101002.i686)
Requires: libmythavformat-0.23.1.so.0
Error: Package: mythtv-frontend-0.23.1-241.fc13_bijou20101002.i686 (/mythtv-frontend-0.23.1-241.fc13_bijou20101002.i686)
Requires: libmythavutil-0.23.1.so.0
Error: Package: mythtv-frontend-0.23.1-241.fc13_bijou20101002.i686 (/mythtv-frontend-0.23.1-241.fc13_bijou20101002.i686)
Requires: libmythhdhomerun-0.23.1.so.0
Error: Package: mythtv-frontend-0.23.1-241.fc13_bijou20101002.i686 (/mythtv-frontend-0.23.1-241.fc13_bijou20101002.i686)
Requires: libmythswscale-0.23.1.so.0
Error: Package: mythtv-frontend-0.23.1-241.fc13_bijou20101002.i686 (/mythtv-frontend-0.23.1-241.fc13_bijou20101002.i686)
Requires: libmythfreemheg-0.23.1.so.0
Error: Package: mythtv-frontend-0.23.1-241.fc13_bijou20101002.i686 (/mythtv-frontend-0.23.1-241.fc13_bijou20101002.i686)
Requires: libmythui-0.23.1.so.0
Error: Package: mythtv-frontend-0.23.1-241.fc13_bijou20101002.i686 (/mythtv-frontend-0.23.1-241.fc13_bijou20101002.i686)
Requires: libmyth-0.23.1.so.0
Error: Package: mythtv-frontend-0.23.1-241.fc13_bijou20101002.i686 (/mythtv-frontend-0.23.1-241.fc13_bijou20101002.i686)
Requires: libmythupnp-0.23.1.so.0
You could try using --skip-broken to work around the problem
You could try running: rpm -Va --nofiles --nodigest

So it doesn't look like it likes this. I'm guessing I'll need to manually grab those dependencies? Or has yum got another trick up its sleeve?

Thanks for your help, I look forward to hearing more
MH

[Seve]

What you can do to install 0.23 version is enable ATrpms.

Do the following from a terminal as root.

gedit /etc/yum.repos.d/atrpms.repo

then copy and paste

PHP Code:

[atrpms]
name=Fedora Core $releasever - $basearch - ATrpms
baseurl=http://dl.atrpms.net/f$releasever-$basearch/atrpms/stable
gpgkey=http://ATrpms.net/RPM-GPG-KEY.atrpms
gpgcheck=1 
enabled=0 


Make sure you leave a blank line after the last line.

Save your work and exit.

Then type and enter

yum clean all

yum repolist

and you should see the atrpms repo listed, if so then on to the following.

PHP Code:

yum install --disablerepo=rpmfusion-free-updates, livna, rpmfusion-nonfree-updates --enablerepo=atrpms  mythtv-frontend-0.23* 


Then see what happens, just keep in mind that mixing ATrpms with rpmfusion / livna is almost certain to lead to compatibility problems if you have ATrpms enabled all the time.

Post the output if you are not sure of the results, but, I think it should work for you.

[MadHalfling]

Apart from having to manually install the 0.23 themes in the same way first, that worked a treat - thanks for that!