This morning I could upgrade testing to plasma-5.6 without apt wanting to uninstall essential parts.
Thanks to all involved! Regards, Sander On Sunday 05 June 2016 19:51:08 Allen James wrote: > Dear maintainers, > > I use Debian Testing. Before today, my previous dist-upgrade was on May 28, > at which points all packages were up to date and KDE 5.4 was running > smoothly. Today (June 5) I again dist-upgrade my laptop and now KDE is very > broken. > > The following is a list of many of the KDE-related packages upgraded today > (others not related to KDE/Qt/KF5/etc were removed to the best of my > ability): > > kde-cli-tools kde-cli-tools-data kde-config-cron kde-config-sddm > kde-style-oxygen-qt5 kded5 kdenetwork-filesharing kdesdk-scripts > kdesdk-thumbnailers kdevelop kdevelop-data kdevplatform8-libs > libreoffice-kde python-kde4 qml-module-org-kde-draganddrop > qml-module-org-kde-extensionplugin qml-module-org-kde-games-core > qml-module-org-kde-kcoreaddons > qml-module-org-kde-kio qml-module-org-kde-kquickcontrols > qml-module-org-kde-kquickcontrolsaddons qml-module-org-kde-kwindowsystem > baloo-kf5 kdegames-card-data-kf5 libkf5activities5 libkf5baloo5 > libkf5balooengine5 libkf5baloowidgets-bin libkf5baloowidgets5 > libkf5bookmarks-data libkf5bookmarks5 libkf5completion-data > libkf5completion5 libkf5config-bin libkf5config-data libkf5configcore5 > libkf5configgui5 libkf5configwidgets-data libkf5configwidgets5 > libkf5declarative-data libkf5declarative5 libkf5emoticons-bin > libkf5emoticons-data libkf5emoticons5 libkf5globalaccel-bin > libkf5globalaccel-data libkf5globalaccel5 > libkf5globalaccelprivate5 libkf5iconthemes-bin libkf5iconthemes-data > libkf5iconthemes5 libkf5kcmutils-data libkf5kcmutils5 libkf5kdegamesprivate1 > libkf5kdelibs4support-data libkf5kdelibs4support5 libkf5khtml-bin > libkf5khtml-data libkf5khtml5 libkf5kiocore5 libkf5kiofilewidgets5 > libkf5kiontlm5 libkf5kiowidgets5 libkf5krosscore5 libkf5krossui5 > libkf5newstuff-data libkf5newstuff5 libkf5notifications-data > libkf5notifications5 libkf5notifyconfig-data libkf5notifyconfig5 > libkf5package-data libkf5package5 libkf5parts-data libkf5parts-plugins > libkf5parts5 libkf5people-data libkf5people5 libkf5peoplebackend5 > libkf5peoplewidgets5 libkf5quickaddons5 libkf5service-bin libkf5service-data > libkf5service5 libkf5style5 libkf5su-bin libkf5su-data libkf5su5 > libkf5sysguard-bin libkf5sysguard-data libkf5texteditor5 > libkf5textwidgets-data libkf5textwidgets5 libkf5wallet-bin > libkf5wallet-data libkf5wallet5 libkf5webkit5 libkf5xmlgui-bin > libkf5xmlgui-data libkf5xmlgui5 > libkf5xmlrpcclient-data libkf5xmlrpcclient5 qtdeclarative5-kf5declarative > plasma-pa libpoppler-qt4-4 libpoppler-qt5-1 libqt4-dbus libqt4-declarative > libqt4-designer libqt4-help libqt4-network libqt4-opengl libqt4-qt3support > libqt4-script libqt4-scripttools libqt4-sql libqt4-sql-mysql > libqt4-sql-sqlite libqt4-svg libqt4-test libqt4-xml libqt4-xmlpatterns > libqtcore4 libqtdbus4 libqtgui4 python-qt4 python-qt4-dbus python-qt4-sql > python3-pyqt4 qtcore4-l10n frameworkintegration > > After the dist-upgrade I ran apt-get autoremove as I usually do. The > following packages were listed. It seemed strange but I went ahead anyway: > > The following packages will be REMOVED: > accountsservice bluedevil breeze breeze-cursor-theme breeze-icon-theme > fonts-oxygen ieee-data kde-config-sddm kde-style-breeze kde-style-breeze-qt4 > kde-style-oxygen-qt5 kde-style-qtcurve-qt4 kde-style-qtcurve-qt5 khotkeys > khotkeys-data kinfocenter kmenuedit kscreen ksysguard ksysguard-data > ksysguardd kwin-style-breeze kwin-wayland kwin-wayland-backend-drm kwrited > libaccountsservice0 libanalitza5abi1 libanalitzagui5abi1 > libanalitzaplot5abi1 libappstreamqt1 libavcodec-ffmpeg56 > libavformat-ffmpeg56 libavresample-ffmpeg2 libavutil-ffmpeg54 > libcolamd2.9.1 libgif4 libkf5activitiesexperimentalstats1 > libkf5bluezqt-data libkf5bluezqt6 libkf5emoticons-bin libkf5emoticons-data > libkf5emoticons5 libkf5kdegames6 libkf5people-data libkf5people5 > libkf5peoplebackend5 libkf5peoplewidgets5 libkf5style5 libkf5sysguard-bin > libkfontinst5 libkfontinstui5 libksignalplotter7 libokularcore6 > liboxygenstyle5-5 liboxygenstyleconfig5-5 libpackagekitqt5-0 libpoppler57 > libpostproc-ffmpeg53 libpowerdevilcore2 libpowerdevilui5 libqtcurve-utils2 > libquvi-scripts libquvi7 libsuitesparseconfig4.4.6 libswresample-ffmpeg1 > libswscale-ffmpeg3 libxcb-record0 muon-discover muon-notifier muon-updater > oxygen-sounds plasma-desktop-data plasma-discover plasma-discover-common > plasma-discover-private plasma-discover-updater powerdevil powerdevil-data > python3-pycurl python3-pyqt5 python3-software-properties > qml-module-org-kde-bluezqt qml-module-qt-labs-folderlistmodel > qml-module-qt-labs-settings qml-module-qtquick-controls-styles-breeze > qtdeclarative5-kf5declarative sni-qt software-properties-common > software-properties-kde systemsettings unattended-upgrades user-manager > 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 92 to remove and 1 not upgraded. > After this operation, 198 MB disk space will be freed. > > Now, after reboot, Plasma does not start ("Plasma Cannot Start. All shell > packages missing."), I cannot connect to the internet, there is no krunner, > etc, basically huge problems. Concerned about this because I had maintained > my laptop on Debian Testing using KDE for almost 3 years without any major > issue. Is there a way to restore what I previously had, or is there any > advice regarding this? > > Thank you. > Allen J