On (31/07/05 09:30), Gene Heskett wrote: > New debian user, old readhat/fedora user. > > I have sarge installed and had aptitude install both gnome and kde. > gnome looks ok I guess althought there are errors, but I'm a kde fan > and the utility called 'switchdesk' doesn't seem to be available... > > I tried to do an 'aptitude install switchdesk' and got this error > synopsis after it munched thru the database: > ------------ > Couldn't find any package whose name or description matched > "switchdesk"
The package doesn't appear to be available in Debian; it might be insorporated into the main package but it's a while since I used kde. However, if you're talking about the ability to switch between virtual desktops, it's part of KDE, I recall using 8 desktops. > The following packages have been kept back: > adduser base-config base-files base-passwd bash bsdmainutils > console-common cron debconf debconf-i18n debianutils exim4 > exim4-base > exim4-config exim4-daemon-light findutils gettext-base grep > groff-base > iptables libattr1 liblocale-gettext-perl liblzo1 libnewt0.51 > libpcre3 > libtasn1-2 libtext-charwidth-perl libtext-iconv-perl > libtext-wrapi18n-perl login makedev man-db manpages net-tools > netkit-inetd passwd procps psmisc tasksel wget whiptail > 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 41 not > upgraded. > Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 0B will be used. > Writing extended state information... Done > Setting up gdb (6.3-6) ... > > gzip: stdin: invalid compressed data--crc error > install-info(/usr/share/info/gdb.info): read gzip -cd > </usr/share/info/gdb.info.gz |: 256 > dpkg: error processing gdb (--configure): > subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 > dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of bug-buddy: > bug-buddy depends on gdb; however: > Package gdb is not configured yet. > dpkg: error processing bug-buddy (--configure): > dependency problems - leaving unconfigured > dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of gnome-core: > gnome-core depends on bug-buddy (>= 2.8.0); however: > Package bug-buddy is not configured yet. > dpkg: error processing gnome-core (--configure): > dependency problems - leaving unconfigured > dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of > gnome-desktop-environment: > gnome-desktop-environment depends on gnome-core (= 64); however: > Package gnome-core is not configured yet. > dpkg: error processing gnome-desktop-environment (--configure): > dependency problems - leaving unconfigured > dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of gnome-office: > gnome-office depends on gnome-core (= 64); however: > Package gnome-core is not configured yet. > dpkg: error processing gnome-office (--configure): > dependency problems - leaving unconfigured > dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of gnome: > gnome depends on gnome-desktop-environment (= 64); however: > Package gnome-desktop-environment is not configured yet. > gnome depends on gnome-office (= 64); however: > Package gnome-office is not configured yet. > dpkg: error processing gnome (--configure): > dependency problems - leaving unconfigured > Errors were encountered while processing: > gdb > bug-buddy > gnome-core > gnome-desktop-environment > gnome-office > gnome > E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) > Ack! Something bad happened while installing packages. Trying to > recover: > Setting up gdb (6.3-6) ... > > gzip: stdin: invalid compressed data--crc error > install-info(/usr/share/info/gdb.info): read gzip -cd > </usr/share/info/gdb.info.gz |: 256 > dpkg: error processing gdb (--configure): > subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 > dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of bug-buddy: > bug-buddy depends on gdb; however: > Package gdb is not configured yet. > dpkg: error processing bug-buddy (--configure): > dependency problems - leaving unconfigured > dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of gnome-core: > gnome-core depends on bug-buddy (>= 2.8.0); however: > Package bug-buddy is not configured yet. > dpkg: error processing gnome-core (--configure): > dependency problems - leaving unconfigured > dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of > gnome-desktop-environment: > gnome-desktop-environment depends on gnome-core (= 64); however: > Package gnome-core is not configured yet. > dpkg: error processing gnome-desktop-environment (--configure): > dependency problems - leaving unconfigured > dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of gnome-office: > gnome-office depends on gnome-core (= 64); however: > Package gnome-core is not configured yet. > dpkg: error processing gnome-office (--configure): > dependency problems - leaving unconfigured > dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of gnome: > gnome depends on gnome-desktop-environment (= 64); however: > Package gnome-desktop-environment is not configured yet. > gnome depends on gnome-office (= 64); however: > Package gnome-office is not configured yet. > dpkg: error processing gnome (--configure): > dependency problems - leaving unconfigured > Errors were encountered while processing: > gdb > bug-buddy > gnome-core > gnome-desktop-environment > gnome-office > gnome > Reading Package Lists... Done > Building Dependency Tree > Reading extended state information > Initializing package states... Done > Reading task descriptions... Done > shop:~# > -------------- > > What do I do about the errors above? > > And, what do I have to install to get the switchdesk (or a workalike) > utilty? Go into aptitude in interactive mode ie. # aptitude hit search: '/' look for broken packages: '~b' You should then see what the problems are. Regards Clive -- www.clivemenzies.co.uk ... ...strategies for business -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
