Re: KDE install: unmet dependencies problem

[Noah Durell <noah.durell@gmail.com>]

Could someone respond to this I am having the same problem.
-Noah


On Thu, 23 Sep 2004 15:14:01 -0400, Edward Kamau <emkamau@afrocenter.com> wrote:
> hi
> 
> I wanted to install KDE alongside Gnome so I did:
> 
> apt-get install KDE
> 
> After downloading and unpacking close to 300 packages apt-get quit with
> the following error:
> 
> -------------------
> The following packages have unmet dependencies:
>   kdeaddons: Depends: kontact-plugins (>= 4:3.2.3-2) but it is not going
> to be installed
> E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or
> specify a solution).
> --------------------------
> 
> I have tried running apt-get -f which exits withe the following error:
> 
> ----------------
> Unpacking kontact-plugins (from
> .../kontact-plugins_4%3a3.2.3-2_i386.deb) ...
> dpkg: error processing
> /var/cache/apt/archives/kontact-plugins_4%3a3.2.3-2_i386.deb (--unpack):
>  trying to overwrite `/usr/lib/kde3/kcm_kontactknt.so', which is also in
> package kontact
> dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe)
> Errors were encountered while processing:
>  /var/cache/apt/archives/kontact-plugins_4%3a3.2.3-2_i386.deb
> E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
> ----------------------------
> 
> I've tried googling around for an answer without success. As it is I
> cannot install or remove any other software on my system now.
> 
> Anybody have any idea how to fix this.
> 
> I'm running Sid
> 
> thanks
> 
> Ed
> 
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