Re: KDE and Etch/Testing

[thierry <tchatelet@free.fr>]

David A. Parker wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Looking through the archives, there was recently a post about KDE not 
> being available yet.  Does anyone know if this has been fixed yet?  I 
> tried 'apt-get install kde' today and got the same result:
>
> The following packages have unmet dependencies.
>   kdebase: Depends: kappfinder (>= 4:3.5.2-2) but it is not going to be 
> installed
>            Depends: kate (>= 4:3.5.2-2) but it is not going to be installed
>            Depends: kcontrol (>= 4:3.5.2-2) but it is not going to be 
> installed
>            Depends: kdebase-bin (>= 4:3.5.2-2) but it is not going to be 
> installed
>            Depends: kdebase-kio-plugins (>= 4:3.5.2-2) but it is not 
> going to be installed
>            Depends: kdepasswd (>= 4:3.5.2-2) but it is not going to be 
> installed
>            Depends: kdeprint (>= 4:3.5.2-2) but it is not going to be 
> installed
>            Depends: kdesktop (>= 4:3.5.2-2) but it is not going to be 
> installed
>            Depends: kfind (>= 4:3.5.2-2) but it is not going to be 
> installed
>            Depends: khelpcenter (>= 4:3.5.2-2) but it is not going to be 
> installed
>            Depends: kicker (>= 4:3.5.2-2) but it is not going to be 
> installed
>            Depends: klipper (>= 4:3.5.2-2) but it is not going to be 
> installed
>            Depends: kmenuedit (>= 4:3.5.2-2) but it is not going to be 
> installed
>            Depends: konqueror-nsplugins (>= 4:3.5.2-2) but it is not 
> going to be installed
>            Depends: konqueror (>= 4:3.5.2-2) but it is not going to be 
> installed
>            Depends: konsole (>= 4:3.5.2-2) but it is not going to be 
> installed
>            Depends: kpager (>= 4:3.5.2-2) but it is not going to be 
> installed
>            Depends: kpersonalizer (>= 4:3.5.2-2) but it is not going to 
> be installed
>            Depends: ksmserver (>= 4:3.5.2-2) but it is not going to be 
> installed
>            Depends: ksplash (>= 4:3.5.2-2) but it is not going to be 
> installed
>            Depends: ksysguard (>= 4:3.5.2-2) but it is not going to be 
> installed
>            Depends: ktip (>= 4:3.5.2-2) but it is not going to be installed
>            Depends: kwin (>= 4:3.5.2-2) but it is not going to be installed
>            Depends: libkonq4 (>= 4:3.5.2-2) but it is not going to be 
> installed
> E: Broken packages
>
>
>     Thanks!
>     Dave
Hi,
As of a few hours ago, it was still broken. The only way out is to 
install sarge and upgrade to etch, which is a peine, as you have to 
change your kernel manually, install lvm manually too. Plus certainly 
numerous other things. So, wait and hope, or if you know how to program, 
don't wait and help.
Thierry