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

[RParr <RParr@TemporalArts.COM>]

Han wrote:
> 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?
> >     
> 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)

I always understoon sid = unstable

But I tried; I changed all my sources.list "sid" to unstable

Same results  (going on 4+ days now)

R.Parr, RHCE Temporal Arts