Through apt-get, modified sources.list. Clean install, not an update.

I've tried that before, tried it again and the result was the same.

dpkg-reconfigure airtime fails: airtime is broken or not fully installed. :(

dist-upgrade in this case is not possible, since there are some stuff running on this computer that won't survive the distro upgrade :/ 

What error messge do you mean? The one that comes in installation process or the one with dpkg-reconfigure?

There are some experimental game related projects running on the same computer by my friends, i got a strict "NO!" when I suggested a dist-upgrade a while ago :D I checked with them first, theres nothing that could cause problem with airtime install.

I'll get back to you as soon as I have time to reinstall (I'm at work now) with error messages. The dpkg-reconfigure error message as the one I stated before: airtime is broken or not fully installed.

Ha, you're maybe right. I missed that I sould install that version. I'll test that and tell how it went.

Ok, so here's the output from installation:

Setting up airtime (2.2.0-2) ...
Site airtime-vhost disabled.
To activate the new configuration, you need to run:
service apache2 reload
Setting up apache2...
Enabling site airtime-vhost.
To activate the new configuration, you need to run:
service apache2 reload
Module rewrite already enabled
Configuring php5...
Setting up icecast2...
Restarting icecast2: Starting icecast2
Detaching from the console
icecast2.
Setting up monit configuration...
* Stopping daemon monitor monit [ OK ]
* Starting daemon monitor monit [ OK ]
* Restarting web server apache2 apache2: Could not reliably determine the server's fully qualified domain name, using 127.0.1.1 for ServerName
... waiting apache2: Could not reliably determine the server's fully qualified domain name, using 127.0.1.1 for ServerName
[ OK ]
Liquidsoap symlink points to the right place!
* Making sure /etc/default/locale is set properly
LANG="en_US.UTF8"
* None found.
* Temporarily stopping any previous running services

******************************** Install Begin *********************************
Ensuring python-virtualenv version > 1.4.8...Success!

*** Creating Virtualenv for Airtime ***
Already using interpreter /usr/bin/python
The --no-site-packages flag is deprecated; it is now the default behavior.
New python executable in /usr/lib/airtime/airtime_virtualenv/bin/python
Installing distribute.............................................................................................................................................................................................done.
Installing pip...............done.

*** Installing Python Libraries ***
Unpacking /var/lib/airtime/tmp/python_apps/python-virtualenv/airtime_virtual_env.pybundle
Requirement already satisfied (use --upgrade to upgrade): wsgiref in /usr/lib/python2.7
Downloading/unpacking amqplib
Running setup.py egg_info for package amqplib

Downloading/unpacking poster
Running setup.py egg_info for package poster

Downloading/unpacking kombu
Running setup.py egg_info for package kombu

Downloading/unpacking docopt
Running setup.py egg_info for package docopt

Downloading/unpacking pyinotify
Running setup.py egg_info for package pyinotify

Requirement already satisfied (use --upgrade to upgrade): argparse in /usr/lib/python2.7
Downloading/unpacking anyjson
Running setup.py egg_info for package anyjson

Downloading/unpacking PyDispatcher
Running setup.py egg_info for package PyDispatcher

warning: no previously-included files matching '*.bat' found anywhere in distribution
warning: no previously-included files matching './CVS' found anywhere in distribution
warning: no previously-included files matching '.cvsignore' found anywhere in distribution
Downloading/unpacking configobj
Running setup.py egg_info for package configobj

Downloading/unpacking mutagen
Running setup.py egg_info for package mutagen

Downloading/unpacking pytz
Running setup.py egg_info for package pytz

warning: no files found matching '*.pot' under directory 'pytz'
warning: no previously-included files found matching 'test_zdump.py'
Installing collected packages: amqplib, poster, kombu, docopt, pyinotify, anyjson, PyDispatcher, configobj, mutagen, pytz
Running setup.py install for amqplib

Running setup.py install for poster

Running setup.py install for kombu

Running setup.py install for docopt

Running setup.py install for pyinotify

Running setup.py install for anyjson

Running setup.py install for PyDispatcher

warning: no previously-included files matching '*.bat' found anywhere in distribution
warning: no previously-included files matching './CVS' found anywhere in distribution
warning: no previously-included files matching '.cvsignore' found anywhere in distribution
Running setup.py install for configobj

Running setup.py install for mutagen
changing mode of build/scripts-2.7/mid3v2 from 644 to 755
changing mode of build/scripts-2.7/mutagen-inspect from 644 to 755
changing mode of build/scripts-2.7/mutagen-pony from 644 to 755
changing mode of build/scripts-2.7/mid3iconv from 644 to 755
changing mode of build/scripts-2.7/moggsplit from 644 to 755

changing mode of /usr/lib/airtime/airtime_virtualenv/bin/mid3v2 to 755
changing mode of /usr/lib/airtime/airtime_virtualenv/bin/mutagen-inspect to 755
changing mode of /usr/lib/airtime/airtime_virtualenv/bin/mutagen-pony to 755
changing mode of /usr/lib/airtime/airtime_virtualenv/bin/mid3iconv to 755
changing mode of /usr/lib/airtime/airtime_virtualenv/bin/moggsplit to 755
Running setup.py install for pytz

warning: no files found matching '*.pot' under directory 'pytz'
warning: no previously-included files found matching 'test_zdump.py'
Successfully installed amqplib poster kombu docopt pyinotify anyjson PyDispatcher configobj mutagen pytz
Cleaning up...

*** Patching Python Libraries ***
* Patching virtualenv libraries in /usr/lib/airtime/airtime_virtualenv/lib/python2.7

---Applying Patches for mutagen---
patching file site-packages/mutagen/mp3.py
Hunk #1 succeeded at 205 (offset -4 lines).
patching file site-packages/mutagen/mp3.py
Hunk #2 succeeded at 169 (offset -4 lines).
* Checking for user pypo
* Creating user pypo
* Creating INI files
* Initializing INI files
* Airtime Version: 2.2.0
* Storage directory setup
* Skipping directory already exists: /srv/airtime/stor
* Giving Apache permission to access /srv/airtime/stor
* Skipping directory already exists: /srv/airtime/stor/organize
* Giving Apache permission to access /srv/airtime/stor/organize
* Checking database for correct encoding

* Database Installation
* Creating Airtime database user
* Database user 'airtime' created.
* Creating Airtime database
* Postgres scripting language already installed
* Creating database tables
* Setting Airtime version
* Inserting stor directory location /srv/airtime/stor/ into music_dirs table
* Creating /etc/airtime
* Creating /etc/monit/conf.d/monit-airtime-generic.cfg
* Creating /etc/cron.d/airtime-crons
* Creating /usr/lib/airtime
* Creating symbolic links in /usr/bin
* Creating /var/log/airtime
* Creating /usr/share/airtime
* Creating /var/log/airtime
* Creating /var/tmp/airtime
* Waiting for media-monitor processes to start...
Starting Airtime Media Monitor: Done.
* Detecting OS: ... Found Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS (precise) on i386 architecture
* Creating symlink to Liquidsoap binary
* Clearing previous pypo cache
* Waiting for pypo processes to start...
* Stopping daemon monitor monit [ OK ]
* Starting daemon monitor monit [ OK ]

*** Verifying your system environment, running airtime-check-system ***
AIRTIME_STATUS_URL = http://localhost:80/api/status/format/json/api_key/%%api_key%%
AIRTIME_SERVER_RESPONDING = OK
KERNEL_VERSION = UNKNOWN
MACHINE_ARCHITECTURE = UNKNOWN
TOTAL_MEMORY_MBYTES = UNKNOWN
TOTAL_SWAP_MBYTES = UNKNOWN
AIRTIME_VERSION = UNKNOWN
OS = Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS i686
CPU = Intel(R) Core(TM) i5 CPU 650 @ 3.20GHz
WEB_SERVER = A
PLAYOUT_ENGINE_PROCESS_ID = FAILED
PLAYOUT_ENGINE_RUNNING_SECONDS = 0
PLAYOUT_ENGINE_MEM_PERC = 0%
PLAYOUT_ENGINE_CPU_PERC = 0%
-- Displaying log file /var/log/airtime/pypo/pypo.log
-- 2012-11-21 11:10:04,782 DEBUG - [api_client.py : get_response_from_server() : line 87] - http://localhost:80/api/version/api_key/2LB1D1XZ0C8X9632UB3P
-- 2012-11-21 11:10:04,783 ERROR - [api_client.py : get_response_from_server() : line 105] - Error connecting to server, waiting 5 seconds and trying again.
-- 2012-11-21 11:10:09,797 ERROR - [api_client.py : get_response_from_server() : line 83] - Error Authenticating with remote server: HTTP Error 404: Not Found
-- 2012-11-21 11:10:09,798 DEBUG - [api_client.py : get_response_from_server() : line 87] - http://localhost:80/api/version/api_key/2LB1D1XZ0C8X9632UB3P
-- 2012-11-21 11:10:09,798 ERROR - [api_client.py : get_response_from_server() : line 105] - Error connecting to server, waiting 5 seconds and trying again.
--
--
LIQUIDSOAP_PROCESS_ID = FAILED
LIQUIDSOAP_RUNNING_SECONDS = 0
LIQUIDSOAP_MEM_PERC = 0%
LIQUIDSOAP_CPU_PERC = 0%
-- Displaying log file /var/log/airtime/pypo-liquidsoap/ls_script.log
--
--
MEDIA_MONITOR_PROCESS_ID = FAILED
MEDIA_MONITOR_RUNNING_SECONDS = 0
MEDIA_MONITOR_MEM_PERC = 0%
MEDIA_MONITOR_CPU_PERC = 0%
-- Displaying log file /var/log/airtime/media-monitor/media-monitor.log
-- 2012-11-21 11:10:09,115 DEBUG - [Thread-2] [api_client.py : get_response_from_server()] : LINE 87 - http://localhost:80/api/list-all-watched-dirs/format/json/api_key/2LB1D1XZ0C8X9632UB3P
-- 2012-11-21 11:10:09,116 ERROR - [Thread-2] [api_client.py : get_response_from_server()] : LINE 105 - Error connecting to server, waiting 5 seconds and trying again.
-- 2012-11-21 11:10:09,119 ERROR - [MainThread] [api_client.py : get_response_from_server()] : LINE 83 - Error Authenticating with remote server: HTTP Error 404: Not Found
-- 2012-11-21 11:10:09,119 DEBUG - [MainThread] [api_client.py : get_response_from_server()] : LINE 87 - http://localhost:80/api/media-monitor-setup/format/json/api_key/2LB1D1XZ0C8X9632UB3P
-- 2012-11-21 11:10:09,119 ERROR - [MainThread] [api_client.py : get_response_from_server()] : LINE 105 - Error connecting to server, waiting 5 seconds and trying again.
--
--
RABBITMQ_PROCESS_ID = FAILED
RABBITMQ_RUNNING_SECONDS = 0
RABBITMQ_MEM_PERC = 0%
RABBITMQ_CPU_PERC = 0%
-- There appears to be a problem with your Airtime installation.
-- Please visit http://wiki.sourcefabric.org/x/HABQ
dpkg: error processing airtime (--configure):
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
Errors were encountered while processing:
airtime
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

--

After the installation I fixed airtime.conf and api_source.cfg, for some reason the installer doesn't change the base_url to point to the virtualhost (airtime.xl8r.com), but points to localhost. After that I restarted airtime-media-monitor, restart gives [OK]. Then airtime-playout, gives also [OK]. Then I restarted airtime-liquidsoap and it also gives [OK]. After that, the airtime-check-system still outputs this:

AIRTIME_STATUS_URL = http://airtime.xl8r.com:80/api/status/format/json/api_key/%%api_key%%
AIRTIME_SERVER_RESPONDING = OK
KERNEL_VERSION = 3.2.0-29-generic
MACHINE_ARCHITECTURE = i686
TOTAL_MEMORY_MBYTES = 507872
TOTAL_SWAP_MBYTES = 522236
AIRTIME_VERSION = 2.2.0
OS = Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS i686
CPU = Intel(R) Core(TM) i5 CPU 650 @ 3.20GHz
WEB_SERVER = Apache/2.2.22 (Ubuntu)
PLAYOUT_ENGINE_PROCESS_ID = FAILED
PLAYOUT_ENGINE_RUNNING_SECONDS = 0
PLAYOUT_ENGINE_MEM_PERC = 0%
PLAYOUT_ENGINE_CPU_PERC = 0%
-- Displaying log file /var/log/airtime/pypo/pypo.log
-- 2012-11-21 11:19:40,392 INFO - [pypofetch.py : update_liquidsoap_station_name() : line 424] - vars.station_name
--
-- 2012-11-21 11:19:40,395 INFO - [pypofetch.py : update_liquidsoap_transition_fade() : line 404] - vars.default_dj_fade 00.000000
--
-- 2012-11-21 11:19:40,405 INFO - [pypofetch.py : main() : line 523] - Loop #1
--
--
LIQUIDSOAP_PROCESS_ID = FAILED
LIQUIDSOAP_RUNNING_SECONDS = 0
LIQUIDSOAP_MEM_PERC = 0%
LIQUIDSOAP_CPU_PERC = 0%
-- Displaying log file /var/log/airtime/pypo-liquidsoap/ls_script.log
-- 2012/11/21 11:19:40 [lang:3] vars.station_name
-- 2012/11/21 11:19:40 [server:3] Client localhost disconnected.
-- 2012/11/21 11:19:40 [server:3] New client: localhost.
-- 2012/11/21 11:19:40 [lang:3] vars.default_dj_fade
-- 2012/11/21 11:19:40 [server:3] Client localhost disconnected.
--
--
MEDIA_MONITOR_PROCESS_ID = FAILED
MEDIA_MONITOR_RUNNING_SECONDS = 0
MEDIA_MONITOR_MEM_PERC = 0%
MEDIA_MONITOR_CPU_PERC = 0%
-- Displaying log file /var/log/airtime/media-monitor/media-monitor.log
-- 2012-11-21 11:17:47,783 INFO - [Thread-2] [replaygainupdater.py : main()] : LINE 61 - Processed: 0 songs
-- 2012-11-21 11:17:48,354 INFO - [MainThread] [api_client.py : setup_media_monitor()] : LINE 379 - Connected to Airtime Server. Json Media Storage Dir: {u'watched_dirs': [], u'stor': u'/srv/airtime/stor/'}
-- 2012-11-21 11:17:49,367 INFO - [MainThread] [bootstrap.py : flush_watch()] : LINE 62 - Flushed watch directory (/srv/airtime/stor/recorded). (added, modified, deleted) = (0, 0, 0)
-- 2012-11-21 11:17:49,683 INFO - [MainThread] [api_client.py : setup_media_monitor()] : LINE 379 - Connected to Airtime Server. Json Media Storage Dir: {u'watched_dirs': [], u'stor': u'/srv/airtime/stor/'}
-- 2012-11-21 11:17:50,502 INFO - [MainThread] [bootstrap.py : flush_watch()] : LINE 62 - Flushed watch directory (/srv/airtime/stor/imported). (added, modified, deleted) = (0, 0, 0)
--
--
RABBITMQ_PROCESS_ID = 23640
RABBITMQ_RUNNING_SECONDS = 170399
RABBITMQ_MEM_PERC = 1.6%
RABBITMQ_CPU_PERC = 0.0%

If I try dpkg-reconfigure airtime, it gives this:

/usr/sbin/dpkg-reconfigure: airtime is broken or not fully installed

Still stuck with this, don't know how to fix it :( Airtime shows a great potential for our upcoming webradio station. Hope we can find the solution :)

Ok, done all of that, got rid of Apaches error with ServerName on restart. Reinstalled everything again, no luck still, install still ends up with an error and can't do dpkg-reconfigure airtime. One exception: got media monitor running:

AIRTIME_STATUS_URL = http://airtime.xl8r.com:80/api/status/format/json/api_key/%%api_key%%
AIRTIME_SERVER_RESPONDING = OK
KERNEL_VERSION = 3.2.0-29-generic
MACHINE_ARCHITECTURE = i686
TOTAL_MEMORY_MBYTES = 507872
TOTAL_SWAP_MBYTES = 522236
AIRTIME_VERSION = 2.2.0
OS = Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS i686
CPU = Intel(R) Core(TM) i5 CPU 650 @ 3.20GHz
WEB_SERVER = Apache/2.2.22 (Ubuntu)
PLAYOUT_ENGINE_PROCESS_ID = FAILED
PLAYOUT_ENGINE_RUNNING_SECONDS = 0
PLAYOUT_ENGINE_MEM_PERC = 0%
PLAYOUT_ENGINE_CPU_PERC = 0%
-- Displaying log file /var/log/airtime/pypo/pypo.log
-- 2012-11-21 12:47:43,670 ERROR - [pypocli.py : liquidsoap_running_test() : line 135] - [Errno 111] Connection refused
-- 2012-11-21 12:47:43,671 WARNING - [pypocli.py : <module>() : line 168] - Liquidsoap not started yet. Sleeping one second and trying again
-- 2012-11-21 12:47:44,674 DEBUG - [pypocli.py : liquidsoap_running_test() : line 125] - Checking to see if Liquidsoap is running
-- 2012-11-21 12:47:44,676 ERROR - [pypocli.py : liquidsoap_running_test() : line 135] - [Errno 111] Connection refused
-- 2012-11-21 12:47:44,677 WARNING - [pypocli.py : <module>() : line 168] - Liquidsoap not started yet. Sleeping one second and trying again
--
--
LIQUIDSOAP_PROCESS_ID = FAILED
LIQUIDSOAP_RUNNING_SECONDS = 0
LIQUIDSOAP_MEM_PERC = 0%
LIQUIDSOAP_CPU_PERC = 0%
-- Displaying log file /var/log/airtime/pypo-liquidsoap/ls_script.log
--
--
MEDIA_MONITOR_PROCESS_ID = 16102
MEDIA_MONITOR_RUNNING_SECONDS = 553
MEDIA_MONITOR_MEM_PERC = 2.0%
MEDIA_MONITOR_CPU_PERC = 0.0%
RABBITMQ_PROCESS_ID = 23640
RABBITMQ_RUNNING_SECONDS = 175683
RABBITMQ_MEM_PERC = 1.2%
RABBITMQ_CPU_PERC = 0.0%
-- There appears to be a problem with your Airtime installation.
-- Please visit http://wiki.sourcefabric.org/x/HABQ

I noticed this:

root@helium:/etc/airtime# service airtime-liquidsoap start
Starting Liquidsoap: Done.

root@helium:/etc/airtime# service airtime-liquidsoap restart
Restarting Liquidsoap: ('Error loading config file: %s', error(111, 'Connection refused'))
start-stop-daemon: warning: failed to kill 18179: No such process

Maybe this helps.

Could you be more specific what to look for?

I have airtime-vhost at sites-enabled. The contents of the file is:

<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName airtime.xl8r.com
#ServerAlias www.example.com

  ServerAdmin xxxx@xxxxx.xxx

DocumentRoot /usr/share/airtime/public
DirectoryIndex index.php

SetEnv APPLICATION_ENV "production"

<Directory /usr/share/airtime/public>
Options -Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
AllowOverride All
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>

Oh hell yes, it works like charm. Thank you very much, it's nice to notice that your project has so good support forum.