Logg in as root Add this line at the end of your /etc/apt/sources.list and then use dselect /
deb http://kde.tdyc.com potato main qt1apps optional crypto then (still as root) update / find task-kde if you want the whole thing, or select individulal packages. you can also use apt-get update / aptget install task-kde Cheers, D On Saturday 28 July 2001 16:06, Johnny Ernst Nielsen wrote: > Hello, > > I really need help now. > > I am trying to install KDE 2.1.1 on Debian 2.2r3 (Potato). > I can not get it installed. I'm stuck now. Can someone please help? > > My Potato is freshly installed on a blank computer. It is all standard from > the official Debian 2.2r3 CD set. It contains the Debian base, the > task-x-window-core, and the correct x-server for my cideo card. Nothing > else. > > That is the starting point for my KDE installation. > > This is what I have tried: > > I downloaded a bunch of .deb packages from one of the places linked to > from the KDE installation page. It should be the correct set of packages. I > cross checked with some of the other mirrors, that the package sets were > identical. > > I burned the packages on a CD in the directory > dists/stable/main/binary-i386. That is the path to all the packages as > listed in the Packages.gz file. > > I added the CD to sources.list using apt-cdrom add. > I ran apt-get update. > > Then I have tried these differet ways of installation: > > dpkg -i <package> > ...as outlined in the installation guide on the KDE homepage. > All I get are loads of missing dependencies. > > I then searched this list and recognised the following as possible > solutions to my problem: > > apt-get install kdelibs3 (suggested in > http://lists.debian.org/debian-kde-0105/msg00140.html) It didn't work. > > apt-get install task-kde kdebase (suggested in > http://lists.debian.org/debian-kde-0104/msg00059.html) It didn't work. > > apt-get install kdelibs3 kdebase-libs (suggested in > http://lists.debian.org/debian-kde-0104/msg00060.html) It didn't work. > > I tried installing task-kde using dselect. > It said there were inconsistencies and asked me to sort them out. > I used the suggested solution (I believe dselect makes a working selection > for you, right?) > Something installed, but not what was needed. > startx startkde didn't work. (In fact startkde has not been installed - it > is nowhere on my system). > > Now I have reached the point where I can say only: > > Help! > > Please do not hesitate to ask for details. > > Best regards > Johnny :o)