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 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
