Trying to install LinHES 9.0 2025.01.02 and the process is failing.
Installing from a bootable USB created by Rufus set to GPT UEFI.
Both the secure boot and TPM settings are off.
GigaByte B550M Aorus Pro-P lastest BIOS F19i (9/3/2025)
AMD Ryzen 5 5600G
32G RAM
Choose btrfs for the main partition.
Selected MythBackend on the installation.
No mythtv executibles
When trying to run the following pacman it fails.

[mythtv@mythtv-1 bin]$ sudo pacman -Syyy --noconfirm mythtv mythplugins-mytharchive mythplugins-mythmusic mythplugins-mythweb
:: Synchronizing package databases...
linhes-testing 12.2 KiB 2.79 KiB/s 00:04 [###########] 100%
core 120.5 KiB 488 KiB/s 00:00 [###########] 100%
extra 8.0 MiB 7.56 MiB/s 00:01 [###########] 100%
resolving dependencies...
looking for conflicting packages...
error: failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies)
:: installing libxml2 (2.15.0-1) breaks dependency 'libxml2.so=2-64' required by libarchive
:: installing libxml2 (2.15.0-1) breaks dependency 'libxml2.so=2-64' required by openconnect
I have other files but can't figure out how to upload them here.

I tried to update libarchive and openconnect first, but they would not update.
Once I removed openconnect libarchive would update, but then I could not reinstall openconnect.
It appears pacman was broken.
Rebooting and now the desktop or any of the virtual consoles do not appear.

I guess I'll be reinstalling later tonight.

Not sure what direction can be taken on this.

I've reinstalled several times, due to getting the system in an 'uncompleted upgrade' state.

I forgot to mention, I am using a SATA 4TB HD, and formatting it with swap -no hibernation as btrfs.
but I've tried ext4 in the same manner but still it is not downloading the needed files.

cat mythtv01_lh_system_start.sh.log

Oct 1 20:44:02 mythtv01 lh_system_start.sh[1121]: Successfully set the wallpaper for all desktops to the image /usr/share/linhes/templates/lights-bud-abstract-4k-cq.jpg
Oct 1 20:44:02 mythtv01 lh_system_start.sh[1223]: Successfully applied the color scheme BreezeDark to your current Plasma session
Oct 1 20:44:02 mythtv01 lh_system_start.sh[1258]: Disabling and stopping the File Indexer
Oct 1 20:44:10 mythtv01 lh_system_start.sh[1365]: SystemType="MasterBackend"
Oct 1 20:44:20 mythtv01 lh_system_start.sh[1650]: gen_lib_xml: reading in plex_lib.conf
Oct 1 20:44:20 mythtv01 lh_system_start.sh[1650]: gen_lib_xml: reading in /usr/share/mythtv/themes/defaultmenu/library.xml
Oct 1 20:44:20 mythtv01 lh_system_start.sh[1650]: gen_lib_xml: Couldn't open /usr/share/mythtv/themes/defaultmenu/library.xml for reading
Oct 1 20:44:20 mythtv01 lh_system_start.sh[1650]: Exiting
Oct 1 20:44:31 mythtv01 lh_system_start.sh[1716]: Created symlink '/etc/systemd/system/graphical.target.wants/x11vnc.service' → '/usr/lib/systemd/system/x11vnc.service'.
Oct 1 20:44:32 mythtv01 lh_system_start.sh[2012]: sudo: mariadb-install-db: command not found
Oct 1 20:44:32 mythtv01 lh_system_start.sh[2016]: Failed to enable unit: Unit mariadb.service does not exist
Oct 1 20:44:32 mythtv01 lh_system_start.sh[2017]: /usr/bin/lh_system_start.sh: line 74: mysql_tzinfo_to_sql: command not found
Oct 1 20:44:32 mythtv01 lh_system_start.sh[2018]: sudo: mysql: command not found
Oct 1 20:44:32 mythtv01 lh_system_start.sh[2020]: sudo: mariadb: command not found
Oct 1 20:44:32 mythtv01 lh_system_start.sh[2022]: /usr/bin/lh_system_start.sh: line 76: mythtv-setup: command not found
Oct 1 20:44:32 mythtv01 lh_system_start.sh[2024]: sudo: mariadb: command not found
Oct 1 20:44:32 mythtv01 lh_system_start.sh[2026]: /usr/bin/lh_system_start.sh: line 112: mythtv-setup: command not found
Oct 1 20:44:32 mythtv01 lh_system_start.sh[2029]: Failed to enable unit: Unit mythbackend.service does not exist
Oct 1 20:44:35 mythtv01 lh_system_start.sh[2193]: Created symlink '/etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/lighttpd.service' → '/usr/lib/systemd/system/lighttpd.service'.
Oct 1 20:44:35 mythtv01 lh_system_start.sh[2265]: Traceback (most recent call last):
Oct 1 20:44:35 mythtv01 lh_system_start.sh[2265]: File "/usr/bin/add_storage.py", line 19, in <module>
Oct 1 20:44:35 mythtv01 lh_system_start.sh[2265]: from MythTV import MythDB, MythBE, Recorded, MythError
Oct 1 20:44:35 mythtv01 lh_system_start.sh[2265]: ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'MythTV'
Oct 1 20:44:35 mythtv01 lh_system_start.sh[2300]: /usr/bin/lh_system_start.sh: line 147: /usr/bin/mythfrontend: No such file or directory


Again, any input would be appreciated.

Well you are not crazy... I have a working LinHES 9 running on a Dell machine. Today, to try to help with your issues, I installed from the same DVD on another Dell machine I have laying around. Same issues you are seeing. Not sure what has changed with the Arch install (obviously something) but I tried backend, frontend, and desktop - all with the same result.

I do know that when I originally installed this, I let the system try to do a system update and that completely broke it. After another install I disabled updates and all has been running well since then. I will play around with it some more to see if I can figure this out....

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