Created an empty file /etc/init.d/mythtv-backend and made it executable, re-ran apt-get install -f and everything worked.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Mythbuntu Bug Team, which is subscribed to mythtv in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1529710 Title: Cannot install mythtv-backend on Xenial Status in mythtv package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: New upgrade of xenial, installing mythtv-backend fails with the following: jesse@nietzsche:/var/lib/dpkg$ sudo apt-get install -f Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following package was automatically installed and is no longer required: libslang2:i386 Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove it. The following additional packages will be installed: mythtv-backend The following packages will be upgraded: mythtv-backend 1 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 2337 not upgraded. 1 not fully installed or removed. Need to get 0 B/1,243 kB of archives. After this operation, 179 kB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] (Reading database ... 797839 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack .../mythtv-backend_2%3a0.27.1+fixes.20140624.aa822f5-0ubuntu7_amd64.deb ... initctl: Unable to connect to Upstart: Failed to connect to socket /com/ubuntu/upstart: Connection refused invoke-rc.d: unknown initscript, /etc/init.d/mythtv-backend not found. dpkg: warning: subprocess old pre-removal script returned error exit status 100 dpkg: trying script from the new package instead ... initctl: Unable to connect to Upstart: Failed to connect to socket /com/ubuntu/upstart: Connection refused invoke-rc.d: unknown initscript, /etc/init.d/mythtv-backend not found. dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/mythtv-backend_2%3a0.27.1+fixes.20140624.aa822f5-0ubuntu7_amd64.deb (--unpack): subprocess new pre-removal script returned error exit status 100 initctl: Unable to connect to Upstart: Failed to connect to socket /com/ubuntu/upstart: Connection refused invoke-rc.d: unknown initscript, /etc/init.d/mythtv-backend not found. dpkg: error while cleaning up: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 100 Errors were encountered while processing: /var/cache/apt/archives/mythtv-backend_2%3a0.27.1+fixes.20140624.aa822f5-0ubuntu7_amd64.deb E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) Any help greatly appreciated. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mythtv/+bug/1529710/+subscriptions _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~mythbuntu-bugs Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~mythbuntu-bugs More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
