KPackage Error????

**Stryker87** · 06-08-2004, 10:05 PM

when i try to uninstall something under KPackage i get
"Exec Failed: No Such File Or Directory"
but i can uninstall using "dpkg -r <NAME>"
any help would be nice

**fingers99** · 06-09-2004, 02:24 AM

How are you using Kpackage?

**Stryker87** · 06-09-2004, 10:39 PM

Start | System | KPackage

**Mustang64** · 07-09-2004, 09:53 PM

I get the same error. Starting Kpakage from the pop-up menu on the desktop - ?? Knoppix System???

Any Ideas...

Not able to find the same packages in dpkg, or maybe I just don't understand what I see. Kpakage is very easy to understand - If I can get past the error when trying to install...

**nishtya** · 07-10-2004, 01:03 AM

I am not currently using Knoppix but did and am still a regular user of KPackage and have seen plenty of errors with that front end - but not this. I take it you are getting this error after it asks you for root password? If it isn't asking for pw, it should be.

For jollies, start KPackage from the command line, it will still bring up the gui but may be more informative where there are errors. (if you get a zillion errors over the icons, ignore them)

**Mustang64** · 07-10-2004, 03:32 AM

OK - I tried running KPackage from a "root shell" and got the same results

exec failed: No such file or directory

The package I was trying to load was

kdebase

in an attempt to make sure I could install the

kscreensaver

without loosing everything I had done up to now. I'v gotten burned five times and don't realy want to reload everything again!

Any ideas on where to go from here? Do I have to upgrade my install first?

**Mustang64** · 07-10-2004, 04:41 AM

OK - I tried KPackage under a Konsole and got a lot further

Now when I try to update kdebase, I get a few dependancy errors like

< 'kdelibs3' 'kdelibs3-bin' 'kdebase' ;echo RESULT=$?
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.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
kdebase: Depends: libqt2 (>= 3:2.3.1-1) but it is not installable
kdebase-libs: Depends: libqt2 (>= 3:2.3.1-1) but it is not installable
kdelibs3: Depends: libqt2 (>= 3:2.3.1-1) but it is not installable
Depends: libxslt1 (>= 1.0.16) but it is not installable
kdelibs3-bin: Depends: libqt2 (>= 3:2.3.1-1) but it is not installable
Depends: libxslt1 (>= 1.0.16) but it is not installable
lilo-config: Depends: libqt2 (>= 3:2.3.1-1) but it is not installable
E: Broken packages
RESULT=100

here is a list of the packages I was trying to install

kdebase
kdebase-libs
kdelibs3
kdelibs3-bin
lilo-config

I figured I'd pick on something simple - like lilo-config.

Question - What's with the

but it is not installable

I tried to find the file libqt2 without finding any such record on my root drive nor on my swap drive.

Where do I go from here?

**champagnemojo** · 07-10-2004, 04:42 AM

You're getting that when you just type kpackage in the CLI? You can look in /usr/bin and see if kpackage is there. But it sounds like maybe it's not installed.

KPackage really isn't a good idea for things like kde apps that may have many dependencies. If you use apt-get in the command line it will sort out dependency issues, and you can also use the -s tag to simulate everything and see if important things are going to get removed.

Synaptic is a little better, because it will try to get dependencies and such...but apt-get is still the best way to go.

**champagnemojo** · 07-10-2004, 04:47 AM

Originally Posted by Mustang64

Question - What's with the

but it is not installable

I tried to find the file libqt2 without finding any such record on my root drive nor on my swap drive.

Where do I go from here?

That usually means you're trying to install a package that is too out of date or conflicts for whatever reason with packages you already have installed. What package are you trying to install and where are you getting it from?

By the way, you're doing this from a hd-install right?

**Mustang64** · 07-10-2004, 05:15 AM

mojo - Yes, it is a HD install, used knoppix-installer, beginner, to install from Knoppix 3.3 2-16-04. I have not upgraded anything - yet. Going slow this time as I don't want to install AGAIN!!!

I edited my sources list to only the stable listings. Again, trying to play it safe. It looks about like this