Re: KDE 3.3.2 fails re-install
I would try the command:
aptitude -f install
to see if there are any broken packages. I would also clean out the cache:
aptitude clean
then make sure you have the most current packages:
aptitude update && aptitude upgrade
Then try installing it....
aptitude install kde
that's what I'd try first.
On Monday 27 February 2006 04:02 pm, Steve Garcia wrote:
> I'm not sure when it broke, but my KDE 3.3.2 seems to have developed
> some problems. The control panel started coming up empty, and when I
> logged out and logged back in, all the apps were missing too. When I
> created a new user, that user had the same problems, so this seems
> system wide and not corrupted user configs.
>
> So I used aptitude to remove kde entirely. I then tried to re-install
> (several times) and it fails each time, with unpacking errors in two
> packages.
>
> kdebase-data fails while unpacking /usr/share/wallpapers/fulmine.jpg --
> it claims that the file is also in package kdewallpapers
>
> kicker fails while unpacking
> /usr/share/icons/crystalsvg/128x128/apps/kmenu.png -- it claims that the
> file is also in package kdelibs-data
>
> kdebase can't be configured because of problems with kdebase-data and
> kicker.
> kde-core can't be configured because of problems with kdebase.
> kcontrol can't be configured because of problems with kdebase-data
> konquerer can't be confgiured becuase of problems with kcontrol
>
> The problem is not that the two files it's trying to overwrite already
> exist. If I delete them (kmenu.png and fulmine.jpg), and then
> re-install, I get the same errors, even though those files are not
> actually physically present. As near as I can figure out, the problem
> is that they exist in two packages, and that's what upsets aptitude.
> For what it's worth, apt-get does the same thing.
>
> I've running a moderately fresh installation of Sarge -- I lost a system
> disk last month and installed everything then. KDE worked fine at that
> time.
>
> It doesn't *seem* like a problem with my setup, but it could be. Anyone
> have any ideas?
>
> Thanks
> Steve
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