Re: QT & KDE install problems
On Sat, 15 Sep 2001, Matt Buckland wrote:
> I am not completely new to Linux but have not previously used Debian.
> It's taken me about three days to get X working but now that's
> complete I need to get KDE working.
>
> When I try installing the deb files I get hundreds of dependancy
> problems that cannot, according to apt-get be resolved! It's all quite
> confusing to me, but apt-get is telling me that it has found the
> package onthe database but it is not available. What does that mean
> and how can I get the package if it is not available?
>
> I have also tried installing qt-2.3.1 with no success. After running
> ./configure and finding out what I have to do to set the QTDIR,
> editing the .profile file and adding the necessary lines, logging in
> again and re-reunning it tells me exactly the same thing and that I
> should check the INSTALL file. However, I have done this and it didn't
> work. What am I supposed to do now?
>
> Any advice would be more than greatly appreciated as I am currently sat in
> front of Windows wanting desparately to have a graphical interface for my
> Debian installation.
If you are posting to linux.debian.user, probably few people are seeing
your post. Please post directly to the debian-user mailing list.
As regards your question, can you provide details about what you did to
try to install kde? I installed kde on my system by adding
deb http://kde.debian.net potato main crypto optional
to my sources.list, and doing
apt-get install konqueror (I wanted konqueror)
and I got kde (2.1.1) as a byproduct, with almost no effort. Once I had
it, I decided to use it. I'd used it previously on SuSE.
If you want kde it might be a good idea to get a minimal install going
first. (Ie., don't try to download everything at once.) This certainly
shouldn't involve hundreds of packages.
I certainly did (almost) no manual intervention, just some slight tweaking
of kdm so it would show kde as a login option. This is for potato (2.2r3)
but you don't say what version you're using. This would certainly be
relevant.
I'm ccing this to debian-user so hopefully other people will see your
post.
Sincerely, Faheem Mitha.
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