Re: Apt-Get is Not Working (Was Upgrading KDE)

[Kent West <westk@acu.edu>]

David R. Litwin wrote:

>On 01/08/05, David R. Litwin <presently42@gmail.com> wrote:
>  
>
>>I have upgraded KDE (mostly). There is the problem. I put the Alioth
>>repository in my source.list
>>
You've gone beyond the official Debian repositories; expect breakage.

>>but there are two problems:
>>
>>You might want to run 'apt-get -f install' to correct these:
>>The following packages have unmet dependencies:
>>  kdeaddons: Depends: konq-plugins (>= 4:3.3.2-4) but it is not installable
>>  kdeedu: Depends: kdeedu-data (>= 4:3.3.2-3) but it is not installable
>>E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or
>>specify a solution).
>>
>>I tried apt-get -f install:
>>    
>>
<snip>

>>Unpacking kdeedu-data (from .../kdeedu-data_4%3a3.3.2-3_all.deb) ...
>>dpkg: error processing
>>/var/cache/apt/archives/kdeedu-data_4%3a3.3.2-3_all.deb (--unpack):
>> trying to overwrite
>>`/usr/share/icons/crystalsvg/16x16/apps/edu_languages.png', which is
>>also in package kdebase-data
>>Unpacking konq-plugins (from .../konq-plugins_4%3a3.3.2-4_i386.deb) ...
>>dpkg: error processing
>>/var/cache/apt/archives/konq-plugins_4%3a3.3.2-4_i386.deb (--unpack):
>> trying to overwrite
>>`/usr/share/mimelnk/application/x-webarchive.desktop', which is also
>>in package kdelibs-data
>>Errors were encountered while processing:
>> /var/cache/apt/archives/kdeedu-data_4%3a3.3.2-3_all.deb
>> /var/cache/apt/archives/konq-plugins_4%3a3.3.2-4_i386.deb
>>E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
>>
>>I think the problem is here: konq-plugins_4%3a3.3.2-4_i386.deb
>>specifically, the percentage sign. I have never seen that before.
>>    
>>
I'm not sure what the percentage sign means, but I've seen it before and
have never perceived it to be a problem.

>I could really use some help with this. I've tried much. Apt-get
>simply will not download and installing any thing until this is
>cleared up.
>
1. You might try aptitude instead of apt-get.

2. If that doesn't solve the problem, I'd purge kde, remove alioth from
my sources.list, then reinstall kde.

-- 
Kent