Problem with upgrading to KDE 3.1.1 on Debian woody
Dear Folks,
I posted the message below to Ralf Nolden who gave me a reply and asked
to follow up with this mailing list:
---------- Original Message---------------
I started out with KDE 2.2.2 on Debian woody in December 2002 and later
unknowingly upgraded to KDE 3.1.0 via my /etc/apt/sources.list file
which had the lines:
#
# Latest KDE debs for woody in Australia.
#
deb http://download.au.kde.org/pub/kde/stable/latest/Debian/ woody main
#
# KDE 3.1 stable distribution
#
deb http://download.kde.org/stable/3.1/Debian stable main
However, these links are not active now and a few bugs I had reported to
KDE are now fixed: so I wanted the KDE 3.1.1 for Debian.
The KDE Debian FAQ at http://davidpashley.com/debian-kde/faq.html
pointed me to your site and I read Ralf Nolden's very helpful and
detailed write up on upgrading at
http://devel-home.kde.org/~nolden/kde/README
I carefully performed all the dpkg --purge --force-all operations that
he suggested.
I then did apt-get install kdebase kdm and everything was OK
I then did apt-get install kdenetwork : still OK.
When I did apt-get install kdepim trouble struck. I was instructed to
do apt-get -f install and this is what happens then:
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apt-get -f install
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
Correcting dependencies... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
kalarm kdepim-libs
The following NEW packages will be installed:
kalarm kdepim-libs
0 packages upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 112 not upgraded.
13 packages not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0B/694kB of archives. After unpacking 2212kB will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
Reading changelogs... Done
(Reading database ... 132324 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking kdepim-libs (from .../kdepim-libs_4%3a3.1.1-0woody1_i386.deb) ...
dpkg: error processing
/var/cache/apt/archives/kdepim-libs_4%3a3.1.1-0woody1_i386.deb (--unpack):
trying to overwrite `/usr/lib/libkcal.so.2.0.0', which is also in
package libkcal2
dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe)
Unpacking kalarm (from .../kalarm_4%3a3.1.1-0woody1_i386.deb) ...
dpkg: error processing
/var/cache/apt/archives/kalarm_4%3a3.1.1-0woody1_i386.deb (--unpack):
trying to overwrite `/usr/bin/kalarmd', which is also in package kalarmd
dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe)
Errors were encountered while processing:
/var/cache/apt/archives/kdepim-libs_4%3a3.1.1-0woody1_i386.deb
/var/cache/apt/archives/kalarm_4%3a3.1.1-0woody1_i386.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
******
In any case, I persisted and did apt-get install for the other
kdepackage sets on Ralf's list. Some gave errors saying this:
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apt-get install kdegames
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
You might want to run `apt-get -f install' to correct these:
Sorry, but the following packages have unmet dependencies:
kaddressbook: Depends: kdepim-libs (>= 4:3.1.1) but it is not going
to be installed
kandy: Depends: kdepim-libs (>= 4:3.1.1) but it is not going to be
installed
kdegames: Depends: kenolaba (>= 4:3.1.1-0woody1) but 4:3.1.0-0woody2
is to be installed
Depends: kfouleggs (>= 4:3.1.1-0woody1) but 4:3.1.0-0woody2
is to be installed
Depends: kjumpingcube (>= 4:3.1.1-0woody1) but
4:3.1.0-0woody2 is to be installed
Depends: klickety (>= 4:3.1.1-0woody1) but 4:3.1.0-0woody2
is to be installed
Depends: klines (>= 4:3.1.1-0woody1) but 4:3.1.0-0woody2 is
to be installed ........
******
I still have KDE running and am unsure whether it is broken or not. What
would you advise because apt-get gives me the warning message each time
I use it and I want to get rid of it!
---------- Reply from Ralf Nolden was to do ---------------
dpkg --purge --force-all kalarmd libkcal2
apt-get -f install
---------- End ---------------
and this is what I get as a result:
******
dpkg --purge --force-all kalarmd libkcal2
(Reading database ... 132324 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing kalarmd ...
Purging configuration files for kalarmd ...
Removing libkcal2 ...
Purging configuration files for libkcal2 ...
ganga:/etc/kde3/kdm# apt-get -f install
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
Correcting dependencies... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
kalarm kdepim-libs
The following NEW packages will be installed:
kalarm kdepim-libs
0 packages upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 112 not upgraded.
13 packages not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0B/694kB of archives. After unpacking 2212kB will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
Reading changelogs... Done
(Reading database ... 132291 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking kdepim-libs (from .../kdepim-libs_4%3a3.1.1-0woody1_i386.deb) ...
dpkg: error processing
/var/cache/apt/archives/kdepim-libs_4%3a3.1.1-0woody1_i386.deb (--unpack):
trying to overwrite `/usr/lib/libkgantt.so.0.0.2', which is also in
package libkgantt0
dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe)
Unpacking kalarm (from .../kalarm_4%3a3.1.1-0woody1_i386.deb) ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
/var/cache/apt/archives/kdepim-libs_4%3a3.1.1-0woody1_i386.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
******
Since Ralf has pointed me to this mailing list, I have directed my
second query here.
Please advise me if there is a way to get rid of the warning once and
for all: I do not need the kdepim etc. I just want to be rid of the
warning :-)
I eagerly look forward to your reply. Many thanks.
--Chandra
29 Mar 03
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Dr R (Chandra) Chandrasekhar
Australian Research Centre for Medical Engineering
Murdoch University
South Street, Murdoch, WA 6150, AUSTRALIA
Phone: +61-(8)-9360-2783 Fax: +61-(8)-9360-6304
email: chandra@central.murdoch.edu.au
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