{"id":247,"date":"2015-04-25T09:27:25","date_gmt":"2015-04-25T14:27:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chadchenault.com\/?p=247"},"modified":"2015-04-25T09:39:50","modified_gmt":"2015-04-25T14:39:50","slug":"how-to-modify-the-dependency-of-debian-package-in-ubuntu-14-04","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chadchenault.com\/2015\/04\/25\/how-to-modify-the-dependency-of-debian-package-in-ubuntu-14-04\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Modify the Dependency of Debian Package in Ubuntu 14.04"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I had added a ppa to run a newer version of mythtv and mysql-server than the current supported software. This led to software update failures due to failed dependencies. I am running mythubuntu 14.04 and this post will show how to change the dependency requirement of a software package so that it will install. This method will use a bash script to save some time. The script uses the nano text editor to change the file. <em>Terminal commands will look like this sentence.<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Download the script &#8220;nano.debcontrol.sh&#8221;\n<ul>\n<li>Putting this file in a location that is in your path will make it easier to run\n<ul>\n<li>see <a href=\"http:\/\/askubuntu.com\/questions\/540344\/add-custom-script-to-path\">http:\/\/askubuntu.com\/questions\/540344\/add-custom-script-to-path<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Download link\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.chadchenault.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/04\/nano.debcontrol.sh\">nano.debcontrol.sh<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>you will need to make the file executable\n<ul>\n<li><em>sudo chmod 770 nano.debcontrol.sh<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>This script is a modification of Loevborg&#8217;s script from post <a href=\"http:\/\/ubuntuforums.org\/showthread.php?t=636724\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/ubuntuforums.org\/showthread.php?t=636724<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Change to the directory you want to download the package to\n<ul>\n<li><em>cd ~\/Downloads\/mythtv-27<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Download the mythtv package to modify\n<ul>\n<li><em>sudo apt-get download mythtv<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>List contents of directory to see file name of the downloaded file\n<ul>\n<li><em>ls -l<\/em>\n<ul>\n<li>mythtv_2%3a0.27.4+fixes.20150423.8f14d3d-0ubuntu0mythbuntu3_all.deb<br \/>\n-rw-r&#8211;r&#8211; 1 root root\u00a0 77K Apr 25 08:09<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Modify mythtv package\n<ul>\n<li><em>nano.debcontrol.sh mythtv_2%3a0.27.4+fixes.20150423.8f14d3d-0ubuntu0mythbuntu3_all.deb<\/em>\n<ul>\n<li>Change the following line\n<ul>\n<li>Depends: mysql-server<\/li>\n<li>Change to this\n<ul>\n<li>Depends: mysql-server | mysql-server-5.6<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>This allows the package to use mysql-server or mysql-server-5.6<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Save file\n<ul>\n<li>ctrl + o in nano<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>View new modified mythtv file\n<ul>\n<li><em>ls -l<\/em>\n<ul>\n<li>mythtv_2%3a0.27.4+fixes.20150423.8f14d3d-0ubuntu0mythbuntu3_all.modfied.deb<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>View package contents and order of files (important)\n<ul>\n<li><em>less mythtv_2%3a0.27.4+fixes.20150423.8f14d3d-0ubuntu0mythbuntu3_all.modfied.deb<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Install modified mythtv file\n<ul>\n<li><em>sudo dpkg -i mythtv_2%3a0.27.4+fixes.20150423.8f14d3d-0ubuntu0mythbuntu3_all.modfied.deb<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Done<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I had added a ppa to run a newer version of mythtv and mysql-server than the current supported software. This led to software update failures due to failed dependencies. I am running mythubuntu 14.04 and this post will show how to change the dependency requirement of a software package so that it will install. 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