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    Unhappy Unable to launch XBMC after updating to 12.04

    After doing the update, I am now having problems launching the app. I uninstalled it in the software center, rebooted and the app is still located under applications. I then went into the terminal and used the command - sudo apt-get purge xbmc xbmc-standalone then put in my password, then a few moments later it looked like it was finished. I then rebooted again and the XBMC app is still in applications and the shortcut is still on the left side quick launch. I am hoping to fully remove it and then try to install it again to see if it works better. When I try to launch XBMC, I click on the icon and the icon just flashes. I'm not getting any error message. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks Dave

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    Smile Re: Unable to launch XBMC after updating to 12.04

    I am really amazed that over a hundred people have looked at this post, and no one has any idea how to fully uninstall a program. I will check out another forum. Thanks

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    Re: Unable to launch XBMC after updating to 12.04

    Quote Originally Posted by Dayv5 View Post
    I am really amazed that over a hundred people have looked at this post, and no one has any idea how to fully uninstall a program. I will check out another forum. Thanks
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    Re: Unable to launch XBMC after updating to 12.04

    Hello there I know a little bit about media center so lets give a couple things a run

    1) open termianl and enter in
    Code:
    sudo apt-get update
    apt-cache policy xbmc

    Does it say that it is installed ?

    Next if it is What is the version Number and Where is the Software coming form ?

    Example
    Code:
    ~$ apt-cache policy xbmc
    xbmc:
      Installed: 2:11.0~git20120510.82388d5-1ubuntu1
      Candidate: 2:11.0~git20120510.82388d5-1ubuntu1
      Version table:
     *** 2:11.0~git20120510.82388d5-1ubuntu1 0
            500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal/universe amd64 Packages
            100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
    If you could paste that back for us to see that would help out a bunch.

    Now you can do that for all of the packages that xbmc reqires to see if there are also installed o removed.

    How do we know what packages are attached to xbmc
    with this command

    Code:
     apt-cache show xbmc | awk '/Depends:/,/Size:/'
    You should get something kinda like this.


    Code:
    Depends: xbmc-bin (>= 2:11.0~git20120510.82388d5-1ubuntu1), xbmc-bin (<< 2:11.0~git20120510.82388d5-1ubuntu1.1~), mesa-utils, x11-utils, ttf-liberation, ttf-dejavu-core, python-imaging, python, python-support (>= 0.90.0)
    Recommends: python-qt3
    Breaks: xbmc-data (<< 2:11.0~git20111222.22ad8e4), xbmc-skin-confluence (<< 2:11.0~git20111222.22ad8e4), xbmc-standalone (<< 2:11.0~git20111222.22ad8e4)
    Filename: pool/universe/x/xbmc/xbmc_11.0~git20120510.82388d5-1ubuntu1_all.deb
    Size: 25347728
    Let me try to explain what this is.
    If you look at this you will see that there are a few important parts,

    Depends: This means that the packages (xbmc) 100% needs all the other packages that are under this KEYWORD of Depends:

    Recommends: Indicates what other packages are recommended when (in this case, xbmc) is installed

    Breaks: Indicates what packages will conflict with this package. Conflicting packages cannot be installed on the same computer.

    If you have removed all of the packages that THE OLD xbmc was using and you have also purged and removed the packages, i.e.
    Code:
    sudo apt-get --purge remove <package>
    then you should be able to install re-install xbmc


    Let us know how it works out
    Last edited by sandyd; October 1st, 2012 at 06:08 PM. Reason: on request: fixed wording to make it a bit more clear
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    Re: Unable to launch XBMC after updating to 12.04

    Installed: (none)
    Candidate: 2:11.0~git20120423.cd20772-1
    Version table:
    2:11.0~git20120423.cd20772-1 0
    500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/universe amd64 Packages

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    Re: Unable to launch XBMC after updating to 12.04

    Depends: xbmc-bin (>= 2:11.0~git20120423.cd20772-1), xbmc-bin (<< 2:11.0~git20120423.cd20772-1.1~), mesa-utils, x11-utils, ttf-liberation, ttf-dejavu-core, python-imaging, python, python-support (>= 0.90.0)
    Recommends: python-qt3
    Breaks: xbmc-data (<< 2:11.0~git20111222.22ad8e4), xbmc-skin-confluence (<< 2:11.0~git20111222.22ad8e4), xbmc-standalone (<< 2:11.0~git20111222.22ad8e4)
    Filename: pool/universe/x/xbmc/xbmc_11.0~git20120423.cd20772-1_all.deb
    Size: 25388040

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    Re: Unable to launch XBMC after updating to 12.04

    Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.

    Dave

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    Re: Unable to launch XBMC after updating to 12.04

    Any ideas?

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    Re: Unable to launch XBMC after updating to 12.04

    I guess no one knows. Thanks anyways. I will check out another forum.

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    Re: Unable to launch XBMC after updating to 12.04

    Did you purge and remove all the dependency's ? then re-install ?
    Thanks
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