Updating from woody to KDE 2.2.1 <again>
This message is cross-posted to the Debian KDE users' mailing
list and to the Libranet users' mailing list.
I am running Libranet Linux 1.9.1 which I have up(?)graded to
Debian woody. When I tried to further upgrade KDE to 2.2.1 from
unstable, I encountered major problems with an apparent
packaging error in kdelibs3. Another user on the Libranet list has
reported the same problem. The error messages are below.
I upgraded another Libranet installation to KDE 2.2.1 from unstable
several weeks ago, a few days after 2.2.1 was released. It was
relatively problem-free: indeed, the only glitch was a permissions
problem with /dev/dsp that disabled sound for users other than root.
Unfortunately, that setup was overwritten when a stupid user (me)
inadvertently installed another distribution for evaluation to the
wrong partition :-( The problem with kdelibs is of more recent origin.
I also have managed to prove again the maxim that it is possible
easily to apt-get one's way into an unusable system. I got there
very quickly, since this is a new experimental installation of
Libranet (installed only yesterday afternoon). It goes to prove that
the path to Linux expertise is long and difficult. At present, console-
apt was uninstalled as part of the upgrade to woody and cannot be
reinstalled because ``deity" and ``deity-curses" (what a wonderful
name for any package) cannot be installed. Not surprisingly KDE
does not load at all, but for some reason, neither Netscape nor
Mozilla will run under other desktops (i.e. gnome, enlightenment).
Documented arguments of ``dpkg" do not work, e.g. "dpkg --remove
--force-remove-reinstreq kdelibs3" with an error that ``-r" or ``--
remove" are not recognized arguments.
In checking the September and October archives of the Debian-
KDE mailing list, there were references to the ``kdelibs" problem,
but I could not determine if a solution had been found. (If there is
and I missed it, no flame-throwers please. Have spent time in the
burns unit after ventures onto the mailing list of a certain RPM-
based distribution.)
I recall one comment on the mailing list suggesting downloading
the latest kdelibs3 from http://incoming.debian.org .I did so and
grabbed the most recent Konqueror at the same time. Used dpkg -i
/<path>/<debname>.deb to try to install. Problem recurred.
I recall another comment recommending that woody users install
KDE 2.2.1 by compiling it themselves. Is there an FAQ-cum-recipe-
book on this point? Are we talking ``apt-get source -- compile
foo.bar.src.deb" or unpacking a .src.deb and rebuilding it with
``debian/rules blah, blah"?
Versions of kdelibs and Konqueror in /var/cache/apt/archives:
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 176160 Jun 5 01:54 kdelibs3-
crypto_4%3a2.1.2-1_i386.deb
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6794242 Oct 6 03:31 kdelibs3_2.2.1-
7_i386.deb
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5215660 May 28 22:09
kdelibs3_4%3a2.1.2-3_i386.deb
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6793424 Oct 3 16:13
kdelibs3_4%3a2.2.1-6_i386.deb
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2070756 Oct 6 03:31 konqueror_2.2.1-
6_i386.deb
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1634348 Jun 6 21:07
konqueror_4%3a2.1.1.0-10_i386.deb
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2070756 Oct 3 16:32
konqueror_4%3a2.2.1-5_i386.deb
Output of apt-get -f install:
Reading Package Lists...
Building Dependency Tree...
You might want to run `apt-get -f install' to correct these:
Sorry, but the following packages have unmet dependencies:
artsbuilder: Depends: kdelibs3 (>= 4:2.2.1-1) but 4:2.1.2-3 is to
be installed
kate: Depends: kdelibs3 (>= 4:2.2.1-1) but 4:2.1.2-3 is to be
installed
kcoloredit: Depends: kdelibs3 (>= 4:2.2.1-1) but 4:2.1.2-3 is to be
installed
kdebase-audiolibs: Depends: kdelibs3 (>= 4:2.2.1-1) but 4:2.1.2-3
is to be installed
kdebase-libs: Depends: kdelibs3 (>= 4:2.2.1-1) but 4:2.1.2-3 is to
be installed
kfract: Depends: kdelibs3 (>= 4:2.2.1-1) but 4:2.1.2-3 is to be
installed
kscreensaver: Depends: kdelibs3 (>= 4:2.2.1-1) but 4:2.1.2-3 is to
be installed
ksnapshot: Depends: kdelibs3 (>= 4:2.2.1-1) but 4:2.1.2-3 is to
be installed
libkdenetwork1: Depends: kdelibs3 (>= 4:2.2.1-1) but 4:2.1.2-3 is
to be installed
libkmid: Depends: kdelibs3 (>= 4:2.2.1-1) but 4:2.1.2-3 is to be
installed
libkonq3: Depends: kdelibs3 (>= 4:2.2.1-1) but 4:2.1.2-3 is to be
installed
E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or
specify a solution).
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