Debian AMD64 Etch cannot install KDE

shrabok · 07-01-2006, 03:53 PM

I'm relatively new to using Debian and just recently installed AMD64 kernel. Everytime i try to apt-get install kde it returns with the following

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
kde: Depends: kdewebdev (>= 4:3.4.3) but it is not going to be installed
E: Broken packages

I tryed going back as far to find that some of its dependancies are broken as well, but how would i find these packages to fix this problem.

Thanks

leonscape · 07-01-2006, 04:16 PM

My best advice is wait, your using unstable and this is not to uncommon with AMD64, it means the package for the kdewebdev module has been updated, but a library hasn't ( 64 libraries can sometimes take a little extra time. ).

Install the packages kde-amusements, kde-core, kdeaccessibility, kdeaddons, kdeadmin, kdeartwork, kdegraphics, kdemultimedia, kdenetwork, kdepim and kdeutils. You'll have a complete kde system apart from Quanta, Kommander, KFileReplace, KImageMapEditor, KLinkStatus and kxsldbg.

JackieBrown · 07-01-2006, 07:54 PM

change it to this

apt-get install kde-core kdm

This will give you a fully working KDE desktop. (The KDE metapackage is overkill for almost anybody)

leonscape · 07-03-2006, 05:59 PM

Hey what he said... I'd forgotten about that package. D'oh!

shrabok · 07-07-2006, 10:10 PM

Thanks, worked out fine.