can't install k3b due to unmet dependencies

Mathsniper · 01-16-2006, 01:46 AM

I have been searching about this article for solving this problem but I still get trouble in it. and I have put "deb http://www.planet-moll.de/debian sarge main" in my /etc/apt/sources.list(The offical suggesting link)

Code:

mathsniper:~# apt-get install k3b
Reading package lists... Done
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:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
  k3b: Depends: k3blibs (>= 0.12.2) but it is not going to be installed
       Depends: kdelibs4 (>= 4:3.3.2-6.1) but it is not installable
       Depends: libmusicbrainz4 (>= 2.1.1) but it is not installable
       Depends: libqt3c102-mt (>= 3:3.3.4) but it is not installable
E: Broken packages

HappyTux · 01-16-2006, 11:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mathsniper

I have been searching about this article for solving this problem but I still get trouble in it. and I have put "deb http://www.planet-moll.de/debian sarge main" in my /etc/apt/sources.list(The offical suggesting link)

Code:

mathsniper:~# apt-get install k3b
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
  k3b: Depends: k3blibs (>= 0.12.2) but it is not going to be installed
       Depends: kdelibs4 (>= 4:3.3.2-6.1) but it is not installable
       Depends: libmusicbrainz4 (>= 2.1.1) but it is not installable
       Depends: libqt3c102-mt (>= 3:3.3.4) but it is not installable
E: Broken packages

Well you should be using apt-get install k3b k3blibs but that is not the worst of the problems. You need to use apt-cache policy on each of the other three packages and see what version is available to be installed and if greater than the version it says it needs then install it.

lestoil · 01-16-2006, 11:10 PM

If you have Sarge installed with desktop environment then kde(3.3.2) is installed and k3b would be included. You might consider adding marillat(Sarge) site to apt sources list. See top of this forum for sources lists.
Good luck.

guedellas · 01-17-2006, 12:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HappyTux

You need to use apt-cache policy on each of the other three packages and see what version is available to be installed and if greater than the version it says it needs then install it.

Hi!! can you explain this a little deeper, I'm completely stuck as far as I cannot burn my CD's in linux

I'm in Debian Etch, my sources.list has an entry for an official repository and the unofficial link pointed here (planet-moll)
The ouput of apt-get install k3b is practically the same as Mathsniper.
Here is the output for libqt3c102-mt (if it can be of any help).

Code:

deimos:~# apt-cache policy libqt3c102-mt
libqt3c102-mt:
  Installed: (none)
  Candidate: (none)
  version table:
     3:3.3.4-3 0
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

If I try to install libqt3c102-mt, I get (well, I need to translate it, sorry if it doesn't exactly fit with the english version):

Code:

deimos:~# apt-get install libqt3c102-mt
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Package libqt3c102-mt is not available, but other package reffers to it. 
This could mean that either the package is missing, is obsolete or it's only available for another source.
However, the following packages replace it:
  libqt3-mt
E: Package libqt3c102-mt has no candidate for its installation.
deimos:~#

So, the above outputs mentioned mean that I should move to Sid in order to burn CD's??
What about the line that says, the following package replace it. Is this a light of hope?

Thanks in advance!!

rickh · 01-17-2006, 02:00 PM

Here's what you need to do.

1. Change sources.list from 'testing' to 'unstable'
2. apt-get update
3. apt-get install k3b
4. Change sources.list back to 'testing'
5. apt-get update
6. Burn cd-r

greenmeanie · 01-17-2006, 11:14 PM

I actually had to goto sid to get K3B to install

guedellas · 01-18-2006, 02:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rickh

Here's what you need to do.

1. Change sources.list from 'testing' to 'unstable'
2. apt-get update
3. apt-get install k3b
4. Change sources.list back to 'testing'
5. apt-get update
6. Burn cd-r

Ok, I'll try this when I arrive my home.

Just some final newbie questions, to be sure:
I guess that this action will turn my machine a bit shakier, for the broken dependences(which seems KDE libraries) will be patched with SID libraries. Could there be any problem with, let's say, KDE behavior, if I do this upgrade?? I also mean, problems in the future, if I return to the normal maintenance of my system with my TESTING repository (apt-get update;apt-get -u dist-upgrade)

And very related to that one, is a normal (and safe) operation to "play" with repositories in order to get latest versions of applications or it's better to stay sticked to one line of distribution (sarge, etch or sid)

Thanks

pstoddard · 01-18-2006, 07:57 AM

Or you could just type apt-get install -t unstable k3b.

rickh · 01-18-2006, 10:46 AM

Quote:

I guess that this action will turn my machine a bit shakier, for the broken dependences(which seems KDE libraries) will be patched with SID libraries.

You will get a lot of Sid's KDE libraries. I personally use Gnome as my default desktop, but several KDE based programs. I have had zero problems as a result of the k3b installation. I tried updating completely to SID and there were way too many things broken then, but Etch with the k3b Sid installation seems very smooth.

And pstoddard's one liner is probably the correct 'Linux' way to accomplish my convoluted scenario, but I have never taken the time to make sure that subsequent k3b updates to Sid will not install on my regular 'apt-get update' runs. I wanted to be sure that I had k3b working, but not to update again until it gets to Etch.

greenmeanie · 01-18-2006, 12:04 PM

What does the -t command do? does this command pull dependencies as well?

Quote:

Originally Posted by pstoddard

Or you could just type apt-get install -t unstable k3b.

guedellas · 01-18-2006, 04:01 PM

Ok, I'm done. I've not tried to burn but at least the k3b runs fine (although I had to solve a couple of problems)

- first (the easy and funny one) after downloading 50 MB of data to set k3b and k3b-i18n (and lots of KDE's libraries) I run my k3b. Message: I cannot burn CD's until you install a ridiculous cdrdao package of 500 KB

funny people indeed those packagers.

- second (tough one):

Code:

    Could not find mime type
    application/octet-stream

    No mime types installed

Ok, I did a search and I got this:

rm -r /var/tmp/kdecache-USER/ksycoca*

The person who wrote this still doesn't understand why this solve the problem nor do I, but it really does in his case and in mine.

Thanks everybody for your support!!