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How can I upgrade my Live installation to a specific build that isn't the most current (ex: Live r28256)?
I've been playing with the centralized db's and I have it working on one of my boxes. That one just happened to be at r28256. Now I want to set up tmy other box, but it is running 9.11 final and has never been updated. From what I've read. I need a newer build to enable the centralized db, but it's not recommended to go current due to the merge? Is there a way to upgrade to r28256 specifically?
Also, is there a way to copy the build from the one machine to the other? They aren't identical machines, but they both use the same settings.
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sudo apt-get install xbmc=[svnVERSION]
Should work from what I understand, but it never did when I tested.
You can download manually from launchpad and
sudo dpkg -i xbmc-common_9.04.2+svn22278-jaunty1_i386.deb xbmc-skin-pm3-hd_9.04.2+svn22278-jaunty1_i386.deb xbmc-web-pm3_9.04.2+svn22278-jaunty1_i386.deb
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I'm a bit lost on that. Where do I find a specific build on Launchpad? Also, I need a Live version.
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OK. I think I found it. On Launchpad I found:
xbmc-live_9.11+svn28256-karmic1_all.deb
xbmc-skin-pm3-hd_9.11+svn28256-karmic1_all.deb
xbmc-web-pm3_9.11+svn27758-karmic1_all.deb
I assume this is what I need to upgrade Live? I notice the web-pm3 is only svn27758. Does it matter that it's not svn28526 like the other two? And are these the only 3 that I need to properly upgrade Live?
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Can anyone tell me if these are all I need to upgrade Live to r28256? Do I need to worry that the revision is different on the web_pm3 or that the live_9.11 doesn't say common? I'd like to avoid trashing my current install if these aren't what I need to upgrade.
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Ok, since you are obv. struggling with this why dont you either re-install both with xbmcLive 9.11 or put this on hold a couple weeks until the next live is released?
re-installning both would take much less time than you have already spent.
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The centralized db feature wasn't implemented until r28142 so Live 9.11 wouldn't help me at all. In fact the machine I'm trying to upgrade is already running the last stable Live 9.11.
Where has it been said that the next Live release will be in a couple weeks. They are notoriously few and far between and the XBMC company line with with regards to timelines is, "it'll be done when it's done". All of that gives me no reason to expect anything soon although it's possible it could be tomorrow.
You're correct I'm struggling with this, but that's because I'm new to Linux and I don't understand the process of upgrading this way. I don't know which files are necessary and what they are really for. I'm not concerned with the time I'm spending on this, I would just like to have my central db up and running on both my machines and to do that I need to get to a newer revision on my one box.
I was hoping that someone who understands this could lend a helping hand much as you have done thus far. I can't help it that my limited understanding of this makes it so that sometimes after receiving help I still get stuck or have more questions. I think I know what to do now, I just need to know which are the pertinent files.
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Looks like you are missing a couple packages: xbmc-data, devicekits-disks and devicekits-power. You also may need to remove xbmc-standalone.