On Wednesday 31 July 2002 10:42 am, deFreese, Barry wrote: > O.K. so I'm trying to keep this thread alive :-). > > When I run apt-get install kde, I keep getting messages that it fails > to pull down some files and then it says: > > E: Unable to fetch some archives, maybe run apt-get update or try > with --fix-missing? > > I have run apt-get update and it changes nothing. I have looked > through the man pages for apt-get and can find no reference to > --fix-missing? Any clues?? >
The package "kde" is probably some kind of "virtual package" and is quite small. I am not real clear on just what the package "kde" is. It is probably easiest to do a query on the package list to see all available kde packages and then select those that you need. To do this, type the following: dpkg -l "kde*" Then you should get a listing of all the kde packages. Say like you want kmail, then you can "apt-get install kmail" and it will install kmail along with all the other dependencies required. Any other kde packages you would like can be installed subsequently. Here is a listing of the kde packages I have installed on my system: golden:/home/jas# dpkg -l "kde*" | grep ii ii kde 2.2.25 The K Desktop Environment ii kdebase 2.2.2-14 KDE core applications ii kdebase-audiol 2.2.2-14 KDE audio libraries amd modules for kdebase ii kdebase-crypto 2.2.2-2 KDE crypto control module ii kdebase-dev 2.2.2-14 KDE core applications (development files) ii kdebase-doc 2.2.2-14 Documentation for Applications in kdebase ii kdebase-libs 2.2.2-14 KDE libraries and modules for kdebase ii kdelibs-dev 2.2.2-13.woody KDE core libraries (development files) ii kdelibs3 2.2.2-13.woody KDE core libraries (runtime files) ii kdelibs3-bin 2.2.2-13.woody KDE core binaries (binary files) ii kdelibs3-crypt 2.2.2-6 KDE core crypto libraries ii kdelibs3-cups 2.2.2-13.woody KDE print system (CUPS support) ii kdepalettes 2.2.2-5 palettes that match the KDE standard colour ii kdepasswd 2.2.2-9 A Password changer frontend for KDE ii kdepim-dev 2.2.2-5 KDE PIM applications (development files) ii kdepim-libs 2.2.2-5 KDE libraries amd modules for kdepim ii kdessh 2.2.2-4.1 Frontend to ssh for KDE ii kdevelop 2.1.2-0kde2.2- An IDE for Unix/X11 ii kdevelop-data 2.1.2-0kde2.2- Platform independent data files for the kdev ii kdevelop-doc 2.1.2-0kde2.2- Documentation for the kdevelop package ii kdewallpapers 2.2.2-14 Some wallpapers for KDE John Schmidt
