Re: kde apt problem

[Peter Nuttall <p.s.nuttall@durham.ac.uk>]

On Sun, Dec 18, 2005 at 05:45:28PM +0000, Adam Hardy wrote:
> I can't get kde. There seems to be a problem with the package dependencies.
> 
> I had a bit of fun trying to track down the problem but couldn't figure 
> it out. Below is the output.
> 
> Q: is there a KDE lite that I can install rather than the huge KDE 
> metapackage?
> 
> 
> adam@gondor:~$ sudo apt-get install kde
> 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
> adam@gondor:~$ sudo apt-get install kde-amusements
> The following packages have unmet dependencies:
>   kde-amusements: Depends: kdeedu but it is not going to be installed
> E: Broken packages
> adam@gondor:~$ sudo apt-get install kdeedu
>   kdeedu: Depends: kig (>= 4:3.4.2-2.1) but it is not going to be installed
> E: Broken packages
> adam@gondor:~$ sudo apt-get install kig
> The following packages have unmet dependencies:
>   kig: Depends: libboost-python1.33.0 (>= 1.33.0-1) but it is not 
> installable
> E: Broken packages
> adam@gondor:~$ sudo apt-get install libboost-python
> E: Couldn't find package libboost-python
> 
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this thread, which happened about an hour or so ago, might help you:

http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2005/12/msg01881.html

Pete