[I realise the various unofficial KDE backports are not the primary topic on this list, so this email is just in case my question is Frequent, and/or there's anybody here with any obvious answers. TIA.]
This is the first time I've tried installing Debian KDE since 3.3 on 'sarge', so please be gentle :) I have just installed a fresh and bare-bones (no desktop) 'squeeze' system on an AMD64 box, using the netinst 6.0.4 CD, and I'd now like to install KDE 4.6.5 from http://www.debian-desktop.org/, but am unsure what is a sensible way of installing a useful chunk of the desktop. I've been following the advice at http://pkg-kde.alioth.debian.org/kde4.html and http://www.debian-desktop.org/doku.php/start and I've tried all the obvious meta-packages, with these results : "aptitude install kde (or kde-standard or kde-full)" gives : The following packages have unmet dependencies: kde-standard: Depends: polkit-kde-1 (>= 0.99) but it is not going to be installed. plasma-scriptengine-python: Depends: python-kde4 (>= 4:4.6.80) but 4:4.4.5-3 is to be installed. plasma-desktop: Breaks: plasma-widget-networkmanagement (< 0.1+git20110422.810bc16-1+) but 0.1~svn1141976-1 is to be installed. kdebase-runtime-data: Breaks: plasma-widget-networkmanagement (< 0.1+git20110422.810bc16-1+) but 0.1~svn1141976-1 is to be installed. "aptitude install kde-minimal" gives : No candidate version found for kde-minimal The least broken option is this : "aptitude install kde-plasma-desktop" gives : The following packages have unmet dependencies: plasma-scriptengine-python: Depends: python-kde4 (>= 4:4.6.80) but it is not going to be installed. Would that last one give me a good result ? Does a missing 'plasma-scriptengine-python' matter much ? As for the others, I don't think I need 'plasma-widget-networkmanagement', but I suspect 'polkit-kde-1' is rather important ... any comments ? Anyway, any insights into all this would be gratefully received. [Yes, I could just install the KDE 4.4.3 that comes with 'squeeze' - I quite like it, but I thought I'd just have a look at the 4.6.5 backport.] PS: what's with the wacky version numbers (5:66) of stable packages like 'kde', 'kde-full' and 'kde-plasma-desktop' ? Why not '4:4.4.3' ? Cheers Nick Boyce -- "Bob has a problem requiring secure communication. He decides to use certificates. Now Bob has two problems." -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-kde-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4f6156f9.6000...@glimmer.adsl24.co.uk