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Re: gnome kde conflict



Bart J. Himel wrote:

> I know this has probably already been answered, but I can't find it
> anywhere.  I installed Debian Unstable on my computer a couple of weeks ago,
> but instead of installing Gnome2 it installed 1.4.  When I try to use apt to
> install nautilus 2, it tells me it needs to remove my entire KDE 2
> installation!  Why is this?  and is anyone working on it?  As far as I know,
> the only dependencies they have in common are libc and X.

It's because of the transition from gcc 2.95 to gcc 3.2. KDE 2 was built
with gcc 2.95; the new KDE 3.1 packages that should be arriving in
unstable Real Soon Now will be built with 3.2. At that point you will be
able to install Gnome 2.2 and KDE 3.1 on the same machine.

Craig

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