Here is how i'v proced : Purge your woody kde installation. apt-get remove --purge kde* Add : deb http://people.debian.org/~schoepf/kde3/woody ./ in your /etc/apt/sources.list apt-get update apt-get install kdebase apt-get install arts apt-get install kdelibs and kdenetwork / kdegraphics / kde-i18n etc ..... cya