Re: Installing KDE

[Bernd Harmsen <Bernd.Harmsen@myokay.net>]

Daniel Burrows wrote:

> I have downloaded KDE and would like to install it. I have all of the
> essential packages as well as some optional ones. When I install I do so
> like this for each package, one at a time:
>
> dpkg -i package.deb
>
> This installs but throws up a some dependency problems. Once I have
> installed them all I run dselect to configure the packages but it
> refuses to do anything and quits out.

Have you tried the following?

dpkg --configure --pending
or
dpkg --configure kdepackage.deb anotherkdepackage.deb

Which are the results?

Bernd