Problems updating KDE to 3.3

jockster666 · 08-23-2004, 05:23 AM

Hi all

I'm a newbie whos been getting to grips with debian and have installed 3.01 and upgraded the kernel to 2.4.26

I'm trying to upgrade KDE to 3.3 (basically i'm a sucker for nice graphics lol) and i have downloaded the src files (all with .tar.bz2 extension) and got the instructions to compile and make the packages.

When i have tried to configure arts it says that it can't find x includes when checking for x

Is this something to do with my PATH settings and if so how do i change them?

Or is it something more sinister due to me being inept

Thanks in advance

m_yates · 08-23-2004, 07:21 AM

Most of KDE 3.3 is already in the unstable branch of Debian. I am running it on my PC at home. You would have a much easier time installing it using apt-get rather than compiling from source. Just add an "unstable' repository to your sources.list file, like:

deb ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian unstable main contrib non-free

Then install kde 3.3 with:

Code:

apt-get -t unstable install kde

jockster666 · 08-23-2004, 08:36 AM

I tried what u said and updated my apt-get but got this error once i tried again:

Reading Package Lists...
Building Dependency Tree...
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: kde-core but it is not going to be installed
Depends: kde-amusements but it is not going to be installed
Depends: kdeaddons but it is not going to be installed
Depends: kdeadmin but it is not going to be installed
Depends: kdeartwork but it is not going to be installed
Depends: kdegraphics but it is not going to be installed
Depends: kdemultimedia but it is not going to be installed
Depends: kdenetwork but it is not going to be installed
Depends: kdepim but it is not going to be installed
Depends: kdeutils but it is not going to be installed
Depends: quanta but it is not going to be installed

E: Sorry broken packages

Any ideas??

m_yates · 08-23-2004, 09:08 AM

Did you run "apt-get update" after modifying your sources.list file?

If so, the only difference between what you are doing and what I did is that I am running testing and unstable, not stable. Some of the required packages may be in testing. Try adding:

deb ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian testing main contrib non-free
deb ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian unstable main contrib non-free

lines to sources.list, then:

Code:

apt-get update
apt-get install kde

jockster666 · 08-23-2004, 09:42 AM

Sorry to be a pain but tried that too but when i tried apt-update this is the error i got:

Hit ftp://ftp.debian.org testing/main Packages
Hit ftp://ftp.debian.org testing/main Release
Hit ftp://ftp.debian.org testing/contrib Packages
Hit ftp://ftp.debian.org testing/contrib Release
Hit ftp://ftp.debian.org testing/non-free Packages
Hit ftp://ftp.debian.org testing/non-free Release
Hit ftp://ftp.debian.org unstable/main Packages
Hit ftp://ftp.debian.org unstable/main Release
Hit ftp://ftp.debian.org unstable/contrib Packages
Hit ftp://ftp.debian.org unstable/contrib Release
Hit ftp://ftp.debian.org unstable/non-free Packages
Hit ftp://ftp.debian.org unstable/non-free Release
Reading Package Lists... Error!
E: Dynamic MMap ran out of room
E: Error occured while processing libforms1 (NewVersion1)
E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.debian.org_debian_dists_unstable_main_binary-i386_Packages
E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.

Hope this helps

m_yates · 08-23-2004, 09:59 AM

I had never seen that error before, but a quick search on google yields: http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/.../msg00168.html

It looks like the fix is to increase the cache size for apt by doing:

Code:

echo 'APT::Cache-Limit "25165824";' >> /etc/apt/apt.conf

Hope that helps.

jockster666 · 08-23-2004, 10:19 AM

That sorted the last error but i'm getting this one again:

paul2:/etc/apt# apt-get install kde
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:

Sorry, but the following packages have unmet dependencies:
kde: Depends: kde-core but it is not going to be installed
Depends: kde-amusements but it is not going to be installed
Depends: kdeaddons but it is not going to be installed
Depends: kdeadmin but it is not going to be installed
Depends: kdeartwork but it is not going to be installed
Depends: kdegraphics but it is not going to be installed
Depends: kdemultimedia but it is not going to be installed
Depends: kdenetwork but it is not going to be installed
Depends: kdepim but it is not going to be installed
Depends: kdeutils but it is not going to be installed
Depends: quanta but it is not going to be installed
E: Sorry, broken packages

I've updated the sources.list as you said so i dont know whats causing this.....

m_yates · 08-23-2004, 10:37 AM

Perhaps you could try installing a single package and see what that does:

Code:

apt-get -t unstable install kdelibs4

or maybe one of the things listed in the error message:

Code:

apt-get -t unstable install kdepim

The error messages you get may help to figure out why the packages aren't being installed.

jockster666 · 08-23-2004, 11:47 AM

installing each one independently is working

have to start off with

Code:

apt-get -t install arts

and then

Code:

apt-get -t install kdelibs

then install anyother of the packages but install kdeaddons last!

Hopefully this should work this time....

Thank you please

jockster666 · 08-23-2004, 11:52 AM

whoops mistake there

Code:

apt-get -t unstable install arts

apt-get -t testing install kdelibs

saying that probably got it wrong again....

lokizen · 08-26-2004, 06:21 PM

Hopping onto this thread, i hope y'all dont mind!
I am having problems with kicker in kde, and
apt-get -t unstable install kde gets me the message that i already have the
most current version.
Kicker, the bottom panel, rarely starts anymore, and running kicker might get it going
some times, but not often...
any ideas?
Lokizen

m_yates · 08-26-2004, 08:12 PM

I haven't had a problem with the kicker failing in KDE 3.3, but are you certain you are completely upgraded to KDE 3.3? Sometimes "apt-get upgrade kde" doesn't upgrade everything. Try installing individual packages like "apt-get -t unstable install kdelibs4 kcontrol kicker" and see if it upgrades it. You can also open synaptic to look a kde packages and see if you have any that haven't been upgraded. I don't know if that will help, but it may be worth a shot.

lokizen · 08-27-2004, 02:32 AM

I fixed the cache problem then proceeded to try to apt-get the files needed for kicker. At one point, a text interface let me know that i pretty much had to kill xdm and gdm to finish the install, and after that, umm... i couldnt get anything done due to dependency hell! now my kde or even gnome wont load due to a missing file or directory, and things have gone kablooey! :: cracking up ::

What can I do to get things back to abnormal?

Lokizen

, but not down for the count!

When in confusion, or in doubt, run in circles, scream and shout...

m_yates · 08-27-2004, 08:05 AM

If both KDM and Gnome won't load, it sounds like an x-windows problem. You could try:

Code:

apt-get -t unstable install x-window-system

to upgrade xfree86.

lokizen · 08-27-2004, 02:10 PM

ok. rather than chase my tail up the dependency tree, i reinstalled linux
and now my usb mouse (/dev/psaux) isnt working, and sound is not working, problems i solved before but forgot how!

But i finally have the resolution i need, but mouse and sound?

any help?

Lokizen, perpetual