Re: KDE in AMD64 etch
On Mon, Feb 06, 2006 at 10:29:55AM +0000, Graham Cobb wrote:
> I have just installed debian AMD64 etch on a new system (I use etch on my
> non-AMD systems). The installation (using a daily build netinst kit) went
> fine. However, I can't install KDE. I get the following errors:
>
> The following packages have unmet dependencies:
> kdelibs4c2a: Depends: libcupsys2 (>= 1.1.23-1) which is a virtual package.
> libboost-python1.33.0c2a: Depends: python2.3 (>= 2.3) which is a virtual
> package.
> python: Depends: python2.3 (>= 2.3.5-1) which is a virtual package.
> kig: Depends: python2.3 (>= 2.3) which is a virtual package.
> kdelibs-bin: Depends: libcupsys2 (>= 1.1.23-1) which is a virtual package.
>
> The discussions on the mailing list last month seemed to suggest that KDE was
> now fine. Is that only in sid? Any ideas on when KDE will arrive in etch?
>
> Is the only option, if you want to use a new AMD64 workstation, to use sid? I
> don't think using sarge is an option because I don't think it has support for
> the nVidia components on the ASUS A8N-SLI motherboard I am using (am I
> wrong?).
Probably true. You might have some luck using my 2.6.12 based sarge
installer, although testing or unstable would be mroe complete.
Len Sorensen
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