On Sunday 31 July 2005 09:54, Clive Menzies wrote: >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.
No, I want to switch the desktop from gnome to kde. How is this done in debian? >> 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. This does not present me with a list, the screen is still the initial screen once I press enter. I've since tried to locate all the upgradeable packages, but I found that a 'u' doesn't do it, I have to first - key them, clear any advisories & then + key them, at which point a 'g' does it. But bug-buddy, gdm, etc are not in the upgradeable listings so this has not been fixed yet. >Regards > >Clive > >-- >www.clivemenzies.co.uk ... >...strategies for business -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) 99.35% setiathome rank, not too shabby for a WV hillbilly Yahoo.com and AOL/TW attorneys please note, additions to the above message by Gene Heskett are: Copyright 2005 by Maurice Eugene Heskett, all rights reserved. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
