Re: KDE 3.3.2 fails re-install
what repositories do you have in your /etc/apt/sources.list ?
also, make sure you have all the kde components uninstalled:
dpkg --get-selections | grep kde
and remove any that come up. Anyone else have a suggestion?
On Tuesday 28 February 2006 11:37 am, you wrote:
> Anthony Simonelli wrote:
> > 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
>
> I had done all of this except the 'aptitude clean'. I've tried that and
> gone through the entire exercise again. No change.
>
> This is acting very much like it's a problem with the packages -- It
> claims to have trouble overwriting existing files, but those files do
> not in fact actually exist. The only problme seems to be the fact that
> these files overlap with other packages.
>
> Here's what the error messages look like:
>
>
> Unpacking kdebase-data (from .../kdebase-data_4%3a3.3.2-1sarge1_all.deb)
> ... dpkg: error processing
> /var/cache/apt/archives/kdebase-data_4%3a3.3.2-1sarge1_all.deb (--unpack):
> trying to overwrite `/usr/share/wallpapers/fulmine.jpg', which is also
> in package kdewallpapers
> dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe)
> Unpacking kicker (from .../kicker_4%3a3.3.2-1sarge1_i386.deb) ...
> dpkg: error processing
> /var/cache/apt/archives/kicker_4%3a3.3.2-1sarge1_i386.deb (--unpack):
> trying to overwrite
> `/usr/share/icons/crystalsvg/128x128/apps/kmenu.png', which is also in
> package kdelibs-data
> dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe)
> Errors were encountered while processing:
> /var/cache/apt/archives/kdebase-data_4%3a3.3.2-1sarge1_all.deb
> /var/cache/apt/archives/kicker_4%3a3.3.2-1sarge1_i386.deb
> E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
> Ack! Something bad happened while installing packages. Trying to recover:
> dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of kdebase:
> kdebase depends on kdebase-data (>= 4:3.3.2-1sarge1); however:
> Package kdebase-data is not installed.
> kdebase depends on kicker (>= 4:3.3.2-1sarge1); however:
> Package kicker is not installed.
> dpkg: error processing kdebase (--configure):
> dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
> dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of kde-core:
> kde-core depends on kdebase; however:
> Package kdebase is not configured yet.
> dpkg: error processing kde-core (--configure):
> dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
> dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of kcontrol:
> kcontrol depends on kdebase-data; however:
> Package kdebase-data is not installed.
> dpkg: error processing kcontrol (--configure):
> dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
> dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of konqueror:
> konqueror depends on kcontrol; however:
> Package kcontrol is not configured yet.
> dpkg: error processing konqueror (--configure):
> dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
> Errors were encountered while processing:
> kdebase
> kde-core
> kcontrol
> konqueror
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree... Done
> Reading extended state information
> Initializing package states... Done
> Reading task descriptions... Done
>
> > 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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