Re: problem installing KDE on Etch
On Sun, 2005-12-18 at 15:34 +0000, Peter Nuttall wrote:
> On Sun, Dec 18, 2005 at 04:23:12PM +0100, Dexter wrote:
> > Hi,
> > i have problem to installl KDE on Debian Etch. I get folloving error:
> > --------------------
> > # apt-get update
> > Hit ftp://ftp.sk.debian.org testing Release.gpg
> > Get:1 http://security.debian.org testing/updates Release.gpg [189B]
> > Hit ftp://ftp.sk.debian.org testing Release
> > Hit ftp://ftp.sk.debian.org testing/main Packages
> > Hit ftp://ftp.sk.debian.org testing/main Sources
> > Hit http://security.debian.org testing/updates Release
> > Ign http://security.debian.org testing/updates/main Packages
> > Hit http://security.debian.org testing/updates/main Packages
> > Fetched 1B in 0s (1B/s)
> > Reading package lists... Done
> > #
> > #
> > # apt-get upgrade
> > Reading package lists... Done
> > Building dependency tree... Done
> > 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
> > #
> > #
> > # apt-get install kde
> > Reading package lists... Done
> > Building dependency tree... Done
> > Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
> > requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
> > distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
> > or been moved out of Incoming.
> >
> > Since you only requested a single operation it is extremely likely that
> > the package is simply not installable and a bug report against
> > that package should be filed.
> > The following information may help to resolve the situation:
> >
> > The following packages have unmet dependencies:
> > kde: Depends: kde-amusements but it is not going to be installed
> > Depends: kdeaddons but it is not installable
> > E: Broken packages
> > #
> > ------------------------
> > I wass googling a lot and found people with the same problem, but no
> > solution. Do somebody know how to solve this problem?
>
> Yes. try installing kde-core, then the other bits of kde when you need
> them. The meta-packages that give you the kde apps are:
>
> kde-core, kde-amusements, kdeaddons, kdeadmin, kdeartwork, kdegraphics,
> kdemultimedia, kdenetwork, kdepim, kdeutils, kdewebdew
>
> It should be easy to guess which app is in which meta package.
>
>
>
> > Is it a bug?
>
> Yes and no. the kde package is a metapackage, which means to exists
> soley as a package to drag in all the packages you need. That implies
> that if one of the packages it depends on breaks, then it doesn't work.
> Becuase of this, the kde maintainers only really get it to work when
> the rest of kde is fairly solid. Its fine when running sarge, but it is
> unlikey ever to work on etch or sid owning to the fuild nature of etch
> and sid. The maintainers know about the problem and you shouldn't clog
> up the BTS with a report on it.
>
> Pete
> > Dexter
> >
> >
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>
I started to install kde-core. Looks like it's working now.
Thanks for explanation.
Dexter
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