Anthony Simonelli wrote: > 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?
This seems to have done the trick. "aptitude remove kde" uninstalled a *ton* of stuff (pretty scary) including a lot that didn't seem to have anything to do with KDE, but when I looked at it with dpkg, I found 28 additional packages still listed. I removed them one by one, until all that was left on the list was kdebase-data (which was one of the packages that had had problems.) I reinstalled KDE with aptitude (350 packages, whew) and they all installed without a hitch. And it fixed my original problem, which was the loss of all menu items in KDE. Thanks! Steve > > 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 > > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
