Re: apt-get problem
Things to try:
1) Run aptitude. Tell it to uninstall kdeoffice and openoffice.
2) If you don't have aptitude installed, try forcing an upgrade of
openoffice. (apt-get install openoffice-de-en), and then do your
regular upgrade.
3) If neither of those works for you, you can tell apt to "hold"
kdelibs-data (you'll need to check the man page on how to do that.)
It sounds like you should probably use something like aptitude and clean
out the extraneous stuff that you have installed. Remember the second
rule of systems security: If it isn't there, it can't compromise your
system. (The first being, of course, "Keep It Simple, Sysadmin"*)
-Ian
* Yes, that is a more polite version of the traditional expansion of
that. Why do you ask?
On Tue, 2005-03-08 at 10:25 +1000, Ben wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> Hopefully someone can help me with this...
>
> I have an old(er) laptop that I use as a router, I recently ran an
> apt-get upgrade on the laptop from stable to testing which returned the
> following error:
>
> Preconfiguring packages ...
> (Reading database ... 115430 files and directories currently installed.)
> Preparing to replace kdelibs-data 4:3.1.5-1 (using
> .../kdelibs-data_4%3a3.3.2-1_all.deb) ...
> Unpacking replacement kdelibs-data ...
> Replacing files in old package kcontrol ...
> Replacing files in old package koffice-data ...
> dpkg: error processing
> /var/cache/apt/archives/kdelibs-data_4%3a3.3.2-1_all.deb (--unpack):
> trying to overwrite
> `/usr/share/mimelnk/application/vnd.sun.xml.calc.desktop', which is also
> in package openoffice-de-en
> dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe)
> Errors were encountered while processing:
> /var/cache/apt/archives/kdelibs-data_4%3a3.3.2-1_all.deb
>
>
> I have attempted to use --fix-missing & -f to no avail, I have attempted
> to remove everything to do with kde & openoffice (being a router I don't
> use either of these) and get the error:
>
> You might want to run `apt-get -f install' to correct these:
> The following packages have unmet dependencies:
> kaddressbook: Depends: libkcal2 (>= 4:3.3.1) but it is not going to
> be installed
> Depends: libkdepim1 (>= 4:3.3.1) but it is not going to
> be installed
> kalarm: Depends: libkcal2 (>= 4:3.3.1) but it is not going to be
> installed
> Depends: libkdepim1 (>= 4:3.3.1) but it is not going to be
> installed
> kandy: Depends: libkdepim1 (>= 4:3.3.1) but it is not going to be
> installed
> kdelibs4: Depends: kdelibs-data (>= 4:3.3.0) but 4:3.1.5-1 is to be
> installed
> korganizer: Depends: libkcal2 (>= 4:3.3.1) but it is not going to be
> installed
> Depends: libkdepim1 (>= 4:3.3.1) but it is not going to
> be installed
> Depends: libkgantt0 (>= 4:3.3.1) but it is not going to
> be installed
> Depends: libkpimexchange1 (>= 4:3.3.1) but it is not
> going to be installed
> Depends: libkpimidentities1 (>= 4:3.3.1) but it is not
> going to be installed
> kpilot: Depends: libkcal2 (>= 4:3.3.1) but it is not going to be
> installed
> ksync: Depends: libkcal2 (>= 4:3.3.1) but it is not going to be installed
> E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or
> specify a solution).
>
> how on earth do I get around this? I seem to now be at the position that
> I can no longer install or remove anything via apt, which is getting
> very frustrating...
>
> any suggestions
>
> Ben
>
>
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