Re: (sid) apt-get install kde kdm fails

[Han <bali@mango.zw>]

RParr wrote:

> I have installed Debian using etch installer b-3 (daily snapshot) and
> then upgraded to sid (and added contrib, non-free to my repositories).
> I installed as web-server, file-server, sql-server.  I did not install
> desktop.
>
> I was (finally) able to get basic X installed (by wacking the
> xserver-xorg postinst per the bug report)
>
> # apt-get install x-window-system-core
>
> but have not been able to install KDE (for about 4 days now).
>
> # apt-get install kde kdm
>
> The following packages have unmet dependencies:
>  kde: Depends: kde-core (>= 5:47) but it is not going to be installed
>       Depends: kde-amusements (>= 5:47) but it is not going to be
> installed
>       Depends: kdeaddons (>= 4:3.4.3) but it is not going to be installed
>       Depends: kdepim (>= 4:3.4.3) but it is not going to be installed
> E: Broken packages
>
> --------------------------------------------------------
> # deb http://mirrors.kernel.org/debian/ sid main contrib non-free
> # deb-src http://mirrors.kernel.org/debian/ sid main contrib non-free
>
> deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ sid main contrib non-free
> deb-src http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ sid main contrib non-free
>
> deb http://www.debian-multimedia.org sid main
> deb-src http://www.debian-multimedia.org sid main
> ---------------------------------------------------------
>
> I originally used mirrors.kernel.org.  Now, with ftp.debian.org, (and
> ftp.us.debian.org), same errors.
>
> Do I have the correct sources.list to install KDE?
>
> Is this just a matter of waiting for the repositories to come back in
> sync or am I missing something here.
>
> If just waiting, any idea of when things should be installable?
> Any ideas?
>
> Thanks
> R.Parr, RHCE, Temporal Arts
>
>
The issue here from my own experience is that the packages that it
states are probably not in the stable group what you need to do is add
the same mirrors but with the unstable add instead of the stable for
example:

deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ unstable main

is the one i use but am running sarge (ustable/testing)