kdelibs3 and apt

When I do an apt-get install kvirc i get the error:

Sorry, but the following packages have unmet dependencies:
kvirc: Depends: kdelibs3 (>= 4:2.2.2-1) but it is not going to be installed

Fine, so apt-get install kdelibs3

but then it wants to uninstall a ton of other packages effectively breaking kde and even then kdelibs3 will not install.

I'm at my utter wits end, why the hell does package management have to be such a headache? Any ideas what I could be doing wrong? The knoppix install is practically fresh.

Thanks.

Change /etc/apt/apt.conf

from testing to unstable

Re: kdelibs3 and apt

Quote:

Originally Posted by ferreter

I'm at my utter wits end, why the hell does package management have to be such a headache? Any ideas what I could be doing wrong? The knoppix install is practically fresh.

Thanks.

You are trying to install the wrong version, install from the unstable branch with the command apt-get -s install kvirc/unstable it will more than likely tell you there is a conflict mith libqt3c102-mt at least on my machine it does so try installing with apt-get -s install kvirc/unstablelibqt3c102-mt/unstable and it should succeed. The way it looks on my computer:

Code:

HappyTux:/home/stephen# apt-get -s install kvirc 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: kvirc: Depends: kdelibs3 (>= 4:2.2.2-1) but it is not going to be installed E: Broken packages HappyTux:/home/stephen# apt-cache policy kvirc kvirc: Installed: (none) Candidate: 1:2.1.2-11 Version Table: 2:2.1.2-24 0 500 http://ftp.de.debian.org unstable/main Packages 1:2.1.2-11 0 500 http://ftp.de.debian.org stable/main Packages 990 http://ftp.de.debian.org testing/main Packages HappyTux:/home/stephen# apt-get -s install kvirc/unstable Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done Selected version 2:2.1.2-24 (Debian:unstable) for kvirc 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: kvirc: Depends: libqt3c102-mt (>= 3:3.2.1) but 3:3.1.1-9 is to be installed E: Broken packages HappyTux:/home/stephen# apt-cache policy libqt3c102-mt libqt3c102-mt: Installed: 3:3.1.1-9 Candidate: 3:3.1.1-9 Version Table: 3:3.2.1-4 0 500 http://ftp.de.debian.org unstable/main Packages *** 3:3.1.1-9 0 990 http://ftp.de.debian.org testing/main Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status HappyTux:/home/stephen# apt-get -s install kvirc/unstable libqt3c102-mt/unstable Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done Selected version 2:2.1.2-24 (Debian:unstable) for kvirc Selected version 3:3.2.1-4 (Debian:unstable) for libqt3c102-mt The following extra packages will be installed: kvirc libqt3c102-mt libxcursor1 Suggested packages: libqt3c102-mt-mysql Recommended packages: kvirc-doc The following NEW packages will be installed: kvirc libxcursor1 The following packages will be upgraded libqt3c102-mt 1 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 2 not upgraded. Inst libxcursor1 (1.0.2-2 Debian:testing) Inst libqt3c102-mt [3:3.1.1-9] (3:3.2.1-4 Debian:unstable) Inst kvirc (2:2.1.2-24 Debian:unstable) Conf libxcursor1 (1.0.2-2 Debian:testing) Conf libqt3c102-mt (3:3.2.1-4 Debian:unstable) Conf kvirc (2:2.1.2-24 Debian:unstable)

Now if I remove the -s from the last command I could install kvirc. BTW Knoppix includes Xchat which works well for irc.

Re: kdelibs3 and apt

Quote:

Originally Posted by ferreter

When I do an apt-get install kvirc i get the error:

Sorry, but the following packages have unmet dependencies:
kvirc: Depends: kdelibs3 (>= 4:2.2.2-1) but it is not going to be installed

Fine, so apt-get install kdelibs3

but then it wants to uninstall a ton of other packages effectively breaking kde and even then kdelibs3 will not install.

I'm at my utter wits end, why the hell does package management have to be such a headache? Any ideas what I could be doing wrong? The knoppix install is practically fresh.

Thanks.

Try this:

Code:

apt-get -t unstable install kvirc