Install kde in Sid fails - depends libkmid... - How fix?
I just tried a fresh install of Sid KDE. Package kde refused to install, (although kdebase did install), because of a couple nonessential packages. How can this be overcome? I did a fresh install of Woody. Then: apt-get install dist-upgrade- to Sid. then used tasksel to install X That all worked. Then: apt-get -s install kde and apt-get install kde both failed with: apt-get -s install kde Reading Package Lists... 0 Building Dependency Tree... Done Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable distribution that some required packages have not yet been created or been moved out of Incoming. Since you only requested a single operation it is extremely likely that the package is simply not installable and a bug report against that package should be filed. The following information may help to resolve the situation: Sorry, but the following packages have unmet dependencies: kde: Depends: libkmid or libkmid-alsa but it is not going to be installed or libkmid-bin but it is not installable Depends: kdebase-audiolibs but it is not going to be installed or kdebase3-audiolibs but it is not installable E: Sorry, broken packages apt-get -f install kde - got the same result. Now, I don't _need_ audio sound right now. I'd just like to get everything else but those packages. Can that be done??? Note: I then _did_ install: apt-get install kdebase which worked, but didn't even install konqueror! (and almost no other packages either). :( apt-get -s install kdebase Reading Package Lists... Building Dependency Tree... Done The following extra packages will be installed: kdebase-libs kdelibs3 kdelibs3-bin kdewallpapers libbz2-1.0 libfam0 libjpeg62 libkonq3 liblcms libmng1 libqt2 libtiff3g libxml2 libxslt1 The following NEW packages will be installed: kdebase kdebase-libs kdelibs3 kdelibs3-bin kdewallpapers libbz2-1.0 libfam0 libjpeg62 libkonq3 liblcms libmng1 libqt2 libtiff3g libxml2 libxslt1 0 packages upgraded, 15 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. I really want to install the kde metapackage, so I can get most everything installed in one easy step. How can I get that accomplished now? Is there any way? Or, does someone need to file a bug report, and have ccheney or someone fix the packages? Thanks! __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Sports - Coverage of the 2002 Olympic Games http://sports.yahoo.com
Re: openoffice install problem under kde
Am Samstag, 16. Februar 2002 23:09 schrieb Putz Akos: On Saturday 16 February 2002 20:49, Kamil Kisiel wrote: I have the SO 6.0 beta installed and running just fine under the latest KDE 2.2.2 packages, haven't tried installing the OO 641 binaries yet. What exactly do you mean you cannot install it? Do you get some kind of error? or what exactly? Ok, sorry. The problem is : I start ./setup, a progress bar appears, and when it is finished, the setup simply exists. (The only thing what appears on the console is the libc version ( 2.2.4) ) I tried it three machines : two of them with the local X console, they have the latest kde from sid. The third machine was a fairly old woody (2-3 months), but the X display was on the first computer. Same effect. But here comes the strange thing : starting simply failsafe everything runs ok. I have created a new test-user, and under this user's X and kde session I was able to install oo and so too. Failing back to my old user oo and so segfaults. I'm trying localizing the problem. (sorry for the bad english) I had the same problem - but no idea or solution. Sebastian
kdelibs compilation problems
I just tried debuild from a cvs snapshot (20020210) and it breaks because the directory mimelib in kdelibs/debian is missing. Any idea? -- Gregor Zeitlinger [EMAIL PROTECTED] KDE - Kreate Discover Explore
Re: kdelibs compilation problems
On Sunday 17 Feb 2002 3:41 pm, Gregor Zeitlinger wrote: I just tried debuild from a cvs snapshot (20020210) and it breaks because the directory mimelib in kdelibs/debian is missing. Any idea? mimelib is in kdenetwork - so not sure what makes you think its in kdelibs -- Alan Chandler [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: kdelibs compilation problems
On Sun, 17 Feb 2002, Alan Chandler wrote: On Sunday 17 Feb 2002 3:41 pm, Gregor Zeitlinger wrote: I just tried debuild from a cvs snapshot (20020210) and it breaks because the directory mimelib in kdelibs/debian is missing. Any idea? mimelib is in kdenetwork - so not sure what makes you think its in kdelibs the rules in kdelibs demand mimelib - not my idea! Maybe that's an error. -- Gregor Zeitlinger [EMAIL PROTECTED] KDE - Kreate Discover Explore
Re: kdelibs compilation problems
also: are there debian packages for kde3 already? -- Gregor Zeitlinger [EMAIL PROTECTED] KDE - Kreate Discover Explore
Re: kdelibs compilation problems
On Sunday 17 Feb 2002 5:28 pm, Gregor Zeitlinger wrote: also: are there debian packages for kde3 already? I couldn't find any - I just built the whole of kde from source (took all evening and all night Friday) [and I didn't fail trying to build kdelibs!] -- Alan Chandler [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Install kde in Sid fails - depends libkmid... - How fix?
On Sun, Feb 17, 2002 at 01:40:55AM -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I just tried a fresh install of Sid KDE. Package kde refused to install, (although kdebase did install), because of a couple nonessential packages. How can this be overcome? I ran into this last weekend. The problem at that time was that libkmid is dependent explicitly on libglib1.3-12. That's not available any more, being superceded by libglib1.3-13. What I did was track down a copy of libglib1.3-12.deb, and manually install it using dpkg. THEN I installed libkmid, then I installed KDE. Fundamentally, when I run into problems like yours in unstable, I simply try installing down the chain until I find out what the holdup is. If, for instance, you had followed up your first failure with apt-get install libkmid You would have found the dependency, then tried to install the libglib1.3-12 and run into the same thing I did. You'll need, perhaps, to do the same with the kdebase3-audiolibs (and you do want to track kdebase3, I'm pretty sure). Best of luck! .brian -- Brian Bilbrey The ships hung in the sky in [EMAIL PROTECTED] much the same way that bricks don't. www.orbdesigns.comDoug Adams, H2G
Re: Install kde in Sid fails - depends libkmid... - How fix?
Thanks! One quick question as I start to work on your suggestion: --- Brian Bilbrey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I ran into this last weekend. The problem at that time was that libkmid is dependent explicitly on libglib1.3-12. That's not available any more, being superceded by libglib1.3-13. What I did was track down a copy of libglib1.3-12.deb, and manually install it using dpkg. THEN I installed libkmid, then I installed KDE. Assume for the moment my situation turns out to have a similar problem, and I am able to determine what the ultimate depends failure is, how do I track down a copy of the file I'll need? Ie, specifically, where (on what http or ftp) servers would I look to find it? __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Sports - Coverage of the 2002 Olympic Games http://sports.yahoo.com
Re: Install kde in Sid fails - depends libkmid... - How fix?
On Sun, Feb 17, 2002 at 12:29:07PM -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Assume for the moment my situation turns out to have a similar problem, and I am able to determine what the ultimate depends failure is, how do I track down a copy of the file I'll need? Ie, specifically, where (on what http or ftp) servers would I look to find it? FTPsearch, package pool if you are lucky. Perhaps the package may still exist in testing. __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Sports - Coverage of the 2002 Olympic Games http://sports.yahoo.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- GPG key-id: 1024D/DF04A255 Dmitriy AA16 8FAB 74E1 3511 83D0 9F4B F087 CEC9 DF04 A255 * encrypted personal mail is very much preferred * pgpAs76lIssbC.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Install kde in Sid fails - depends libkmid... - How fix?
On Sun, Feb 17, 2002 at 12:29:07PM -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: track down a copy of the file I'll need? Ie, specifically, where (on what http or ftp) servers would I look to find it? mirrors of Debian, and/or a google search. Explicitly, in my case, I started going through this list: http://www.debian.org/misc/README.mirrors until I found a site that had libglib1.3-12 still around. I downloaded it and installed it. Note: I believe that this is already listed as bug number 134168. http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?pkg=libkmid .brian -- Brian Bilbrey The ships hung in the sky in [EMAIL PROTECTED] much the same way that bricks don't. www.orbdesigns.comDoug Adams, H2G
Re: Install kde in Sid fails - depends libkmid... - How fix?
On Sun, Feb 17, 2002 at 02:53:51PM -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [snip] OK, I tried what you suggested and found the same problem as you found. Here are some questions: 1) Is there some way to tell apt-get install kde to just install whatever it can, and ignore any unmet dependency problems? (This would save me a _lot_ of extra learning work right now, which is an acceptable tradeoff to me at this point, knowing some things will not be fully installed.) Not as far as I know, but you could look at dependencies of KDE, perhaps write a script to do that. 2) Is there a way to set up apt to automatically safely solve problems of this kind? Perhaps by using the following 'default release' procedure? [Hmm, my guess is that this probably won't solve this problem. :( ] create the file /etc/apt/apt.conf and put in it only the following line: APT::Default-Release testing;] And, to install a package do: apt-get install package/unstable [in my case: apt-get install kde/unstable] 3) How do I find (track down) a copy of the correct package? I couldn't find libglib at: http://204.152.189.120/debian/pool/main/libg/ I think it's under main/g 4) How can it be installed? - Will something like (making appropriate substitutions) apt-get install libglib1.3-12.deb work? If not, do you have a url or pointer to what I'd need to read to learn how to use dpkg to do this package install? dpkg -i file.deb man dpkg 5) How know which package is the correct one I need to dl install? When I do: apt-get -s install libkmid ... Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable distribution that some required packages have not yet been created or been moved out of Incoming. Sorry, but the following packages have unmet dependencies: libkmid: Depends: libglib1.3-12 (= 1.3.12) but it is not installable That shows =. That is different from what you said: The problem at that time was that libkmid is dependent explicitly on libglib1.3-12. That's not available any more, being superceded by libglib1.3-13. So, if it has been supersceded by 1.3-13, why doesn't apt-get obtain 1.3-13, which would satisfy = 1.3.12? - Oh, is this why: the -13 doesn't refer to the same thing as the .13? Yes, apt sees different packages : libglib1.3-12 and libglib1.3-13 . = tells it about a version of a package. Apt sees libglib1.3-12_1.3.12-1 and libglib1.3-13_1.3.13-1 , which are in it's opinion completely different packages. So, is 1.3-13 being required, but is not available yet? (Maybe I should try looking into this more deeply using apt-cache show libglib1, or showpkg, or?) apt-cache search foo is a neat way to search for keywords. 6) How would one know one wants kdebase3-audiolibs, not kdebase-audiolibs? Do you have a pointer to something that tells me about what kdebase, and kdebase3 are, and how I could determine which I want in my case? 7) Since: apt-get -s install kdebase3-audiolibs Package kdebase3-audiolibs has no available version, but exists in the database. This typically means that the package was mentioned in a dependency and never uploaded, has been obsoleted or is not available with the contents of sources.list E: Package kdebase3-audiolibs has no installation candidate Where do I look next to start tracking this down? Look on what kde depends (apt-cache show kde is a good way). And it says : kdebase-audiolibs | kdebase3-audiolibs so you can try kdebase-audiolibs instead. and don't forget apt-cache search. It's easier to just take list of packages on which kde depends and install them in one big apt-get install . I hope it helps and I am not too confusing :-) [snip] -- GPG key-id: 1024D/DF04A255 Dmitriy AA16 8FAB 74E1 3511 83D0 9F4B F087 CEC9 DF04 A255 * encrypted personal mail is very much preferred * pgp8De78z3DWR.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Install kde in Sid fails - depends libkmid... - How fix?
On Sun, Feb 17, 2002 at 02:53:51PM -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Wow. Lots of questions. The answer to most of them is I tried different things and read man pages and did google searches until I figured out how to solve the problem in front of me. If it is not available anymore, how did you track it down? (See below, also.) Searching through the debian mirrors as previously noted. 1) Is there some way to tell apt-get install kde to just install whatever it can, and ignore any unmet dependency problems? (This would Not when there are broken packages, to my admittedly limited knowledge. save me a _lot_ of extra learning work right now, which is an acceptable tradeoff to me at this point, knowing some things will not be fully installed.) For me, the issue is Can I afford NOT to learn how to cope with this? If I don't figure it out on my own, then I haven't learned enough to be able to generalize from this specific problem to a larger set. 4) How can it be installed? - dpkg -i X.deb Sorry, but the following packages have unmet dependencies: libkmid: Depends: libglib1.3-12 (= 1.3.12) but it is not installable That shows =. That is different from what you said: The problem at that time was that libkmid is dependent explicitly on libglib1.3-12. That's not available any more, being superceded by libglib1.3-13. So, if it has been supersceded by 1.3-13, why doesn't apt-get obtain 1.3-13, which would satisfy = 1.3.12? - Oh, is this why: the -13 doesn't refer to the same thing as the .13? Well, I actually meant what I said, since I went and got and installed libglib1.3-13 (1.3.13), and tried again, getting the same error. Now here's the installed packages in that space, from dpkg -l: ii libglib1.3-12 1.3.12-2 Unstable GLib general-purpose C library ii libglib1.3-13 1.3.13-1 Unstable GLib general-purpose C library 6) How would one know one wants kdebase3-audiolibs, not kdebase-audiolibs? Do you have a pointer to something that tells me about what kdebase, and kdebase3 are, and how I could determine which I want in my case? Nope. Pure guesswork on my part. Just trying to help. All the other kdebase stuff is coming in kdebase3, so I figure... E: Package kdebase3-audiolibs has no installation candidate Where do I look next to start tracking this down? Actually. On examining my current load out, I actually DO have kdebase-audiolibs loaded. Not kdebase3-audiolibs. Sorry for the misdirection. And to answer the $193,000,000, no I didn't win the lottery, and for some weird reason, no, I didn't retain the deb file. I think I parked it in tmp, and killed it off at some point over the last week. Perhaps someone else reading this list actually has the libglib1.3-12 deb still in their apt-cache. regards, .brian. -- Brian Bilbrey The ships hung in the sky in [EMAIL PROTECTED] much the same way that bricks don't. www.orbdesigns.comDoug Adams, H2G
Kweather not working...
I installed the kweather kicker applet. But, for whatever reason, it constantly says No data and has a large /?/ button. I've set it to my local ICAO station (KRDU) but, forwhatever reason, it's not getting any information. The log file I specified has never been created, either. Is there a bug or something with the .deb? -- Darryl L. Pierce [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit the Infobahn Offramp @ http://welcome.to/mcpierce What do you care what other people think, Mr. Feynman? pgpzmh38OV5Tr.pgp Description: PGP signature
KDE-Debian HowTo for KDE2 Debian3=Woody X86. Ver 0.27
KDE-Debian HowTo for KDE2 Debian3=Woody X86. Ver 0.27 By tluxt 020217 STATUS: kde has been uninstallable for about a week. :( It appears the kde metapackage has been been uninstallable for about a week. ccheney also hasn't responded to my status request for more than a week. I regard this as bad. I'd hope ccheney could post a status message for the kde packages at least once, better twice, a week, in order to save debian-kde list reading installers many hours of each having to re-discover problems on their own. Chris - would you please post a very brief status message to the list twice a week, telling readers what the status of your kde packaging effort is, and what potential problems installers might encounter, and how to get around those problems? Those few minutes of you time would save many many hours of the list's reader's time. I'm sure you are very busy. Thank you for your work. See: Broken package status? Some very old. ccheney- would you like some help? http://lists.debian.org/debian-kde/2002/debian-kde-200202/msg00101.html You can read a thread about how to overcome the current problems here: Install kde in Sid fails - depends libkmid... - How fix? http://lists.debian.org/debian-kde/2002/debian-kde-200202/msg00150.html = After much research, and emailing regarding pinning, it appears that the best method for installing kde into woody might be with APT::Default-Release testing; rather than pinning, so that's the procedure I'm recommending now. Furthermore, I have concluded, by a very tiny margin, that at the present time it would be better for most current people wanting KDE 2.2 to install Sid, not Woody, so my procedure suggests that, and relegates info about default-release pinning to the chapter on KDE, and not in the quick instructions. See the end of Section 3 for current KDE status info: Some notes about: What is keeping 'kde' metapackage out of Woody? http://lists.debian.org/debian-kde/2002/debian-kde-200202/msg00060.html The next parts I'll add (maybe): How KDE-Debian is progressing based on Debian packages page data When will KDE on Debian be up to date? cc could use some help? Where? text about pinning After that probably comes howto backup onto CD. Then sound kernel compiling? === I currently do not have enough time to answer questions about KDE or Debian, or even various ways to accomplish the tasks described here. If you have such questions, please ask them on debian-kde@lists.debian.org :) I do welcome info about this document. If you have any corrections, or suggestions about it, please send them to me - these I will make time to answer, if necessary. This document is in a very early version, and there will be addditions and changes. I have done many of the actions described here, so you have that assurance that (many of) these procedures have worked for someone. Many descriptions here are likely from other people (thanks to them!). I may have misinterpreted those descriptions, so that's a possible source of error. Part of this is created from my not immediately recent memory, so there might be something incorrect there. I will attempt to update this document as I personally redo installs, etc, if I notice anything that could be improved. If you see any errors, please let me know. I have decided I don't have time to verify all the info sent to me about these procedures that I conclude should appear in this document. So for a substantial, and increasing, part of the document I have included submitters comments verbatim. The title of this document includes X86. That is because I have done these procedures on that processor. In general, I suspect these procedures will usually apply for other processors. Ultimately the goal is to get this document onto a web page somewhere. === === CONTENTS (Tentative): * Part 1: Intro ** 1) Quick Summary of Install Instructions 2) General Debian Info Pointer to apt howto Pointer to other persons quick notes 3) KDE SW Finding Pulling packages from unstable With pinning otherwise Part 2: SW Installation Descriptions *** 4) Installing Debain X 5) Installing KDE Install KDE Some things to set up in KDE ) Securty - firewall, filter rules, ssh 6) Printing Postscript/PDF CUPS Postscript/PDF; ghostscript gs; Kghostview; gs-aladdin 7) CD Writing Data Backups 8) Konqueror - Saving webpages, java, flash plugin 9) Pictures - Viewing Organizing 10) Communications email, IRC, ICQ, voice video meeting, net2phone 11) Sound - drivers, kernel compiling, mp3, realtime 12) Video - MPEG AVI Quicktime 13) USB 14) Office Aps: WP, HTML editing, Presentations, SSheet, Database
CUPS w/mgetty
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Chris - Please post a brief status message about KDE-Debian to the list
Chris - would you please post a very brief status message to the list twice a week, telling readers what the status of your kde packaging effort is, and what potential problems installers might encounter, and how to get around those problems? Those few minutes of you time would save many many hours of the list's reader's time. I'm sure you are very busy, and probably need another thing to do like you'd need a hole in the head. But, it would really be a big help. I hope you can fit it into your schedule. Please at least once per week, if twice is not possible. Thank you for your work. :) === STATUS: kde has been uninstallable for about a week. :( It appears the kde metapackage has been been uninstallable for about a week. ccheney also hasn't responded to my status request for more than a week. I regard this as bad. I'd hope ccheney could post a status message for the kde packages at least once, better twice, a week, in order to save debian-kde list reading installers many hours of each having to re-discover problems on their own. __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Sports - Coverage of the 2002 Olympic Games http://sports.yahoo.com
Re: Kweather not working...
I installed the kweather kicker applet. But, for whatever reason, it constantly says No data and has a large /?/ button. I've set it to my local ICAO station (KRDU) but, forwhatever reason, it's not getting any information. The log file I specified has never been created, either. Is there a bug or something with the .deb? Hmm, it still works for me. You're not behind a firewall of some sort are you? I don't think kweather is able to use proxies. Ben.
