Re: Apt-Get is Not Working (Was Upgrading KDE)

2005-08-08 Thread Bob Proulx
David R. Litwin wrote: > So, why have I now written such a long message? Well, I feel obliged > to explain my self. (I also apologise if my Drastic sounded a bit... > Drastic. But, it is a good word. And I do love words.) :-) > Earlier in this thread was written the following: > > KDEVER=$(dpkg

Re: Apt-Get is Not Working (Was Upgrading KDE)

2005-08-07 Thread David R. Litwin
> The problem is that some files are contained in two different > packages. By forcing an installation of a package with an overlapping > file that file is now overwritten. The other package also thinks it > owns that file. That is an inconsistent state. (And off the top if > my head I don't kn

Re: Apt-Get is Not Working (Was Upgrading KDE)

2005-08-07 Thread Bob Proulx
David R. Litwin wrote: > Jan Schledermann wrote: > > In your case you may want to force the installation of kdeedu-data and > > konq-plugins by doing > > > > dpkg -i --force-all /var/cache/apt/archives/kdeedu-data > > dpkg -i -force-all /var/cache/apt/archives/konq-plugins > > apt-get install (or

Re: Apt-Get is Not Working (Was Upgrading KDE)

2005-08-07 Thread David R. Litwin
> I don't think that your assessment of the problem is correct, as I have all > 3 packages installed: > > kdebase-data4:3.4.0-pre3kde base data > kdeedu-data 4:3.4.0-pre2shared data for the edutainment pkg > konq-plugins4:3.4.0-pre2plug-ins for konq

Re: Apt-Get is Not Working (Was Upgrading KDE)

2005-08-07 Thread Jan Schledermann
David R. Litwin wrote: > > I think I actually know what the problem is: Debian Sarge is telling > apt-get (or aptitude) to install these two packages: kdeedu-data and > konq-plugins. However, both of these packages have been replaced (by > kdebase-data and kdelibs-data respectively). So, what I r

Re: Apt-Get is Not Working (Was Upgrading KDE)

2005-08-06 Thread Bob Proulx
David R. Litwin wrote: > > Errors were encountered while processing: > > /var/cache/apt/archives/kdeedu-data_4%3a3.3.2-3_all.deb > > /var/cache/apt/archives/konq-plugins_4%3a3.3.2-4_i386.deb > > E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) > > > > I think the problem is here: konq-plu

Re: Apt-Get is Not Working (Was Upgrading KDE)

2005-08-06 Thread David R. Litwin
> You've gone beyond the official Debian repositories; expect breakage. I installed kde from Alioth once before and it worked perfectly. But, I understand that I should expect some breakage, despite KDE now being at 3.4.2. But, some times, a bit of risk is needed in life, yes? > 1. You might try

Re: Apt-Get is Not Working (Was Upgrading KDE)

2005-08-06 Thread Kent West
David R. Litwin wrote: >On 01/08/05, David R. Litwin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>I have upgraded KDE (mostly). There is the problem. I put the Alioth >>repository in my source.list >> You've gone beyond the official Debian repositories; expect breakage. >>but there are two problems: >> >>Y