trying to add gnome to 4.0.2 cd

**greenbag** · 07-16-2007, 01:36 AM

howdy.....

I've been able to remaster 4.0.2 with kde pretty well - but I want to remove kde and add gnome instead.

From all the read-me's, the procedure is:

Comment all the lines in /etc/apt/sources.list except the unstable ones.

Then:

apt-get update
apt-get install gnome

Then, in order to have gnome-session working, you must execute the following and choose metacity:

update-alternatives --config x-window-manager

But, when apt-get update, says can't find katonix. Also gives more errors:

Code:

root@1[knoppix]# apt-get update gnome
E: The update command takes no arguments
root@1[knoppix]# apt-get install gnome
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:
  gnome: Depends: gnome-desktop-environment (= 1:2.14.3.6) but it is not going to be installed
         Depends: gnome-office (= 1:2.14.3.6) but it is not going to be installed
         Depends: gdm-themes but it is not going to be installed
         Depends: gnome-cups-manager (>= 0.30) but it is not going to be installed
         Depends: gnome-themes-extras but it is not going to be installed
         Depends: rhythmbox (>= 0.9.2) but it is not going to be installed
         Depends: synaptic (>= 0.53.4) but it is not going to be installed or
                  gnome-apt but it is not going to be installed
         Depends: gnome-screensaver (>= 2.14.3) but it is not going to be installed or
                  xscreensaver but it is not going to be installed
         Depends: gnome-power-manager (>= 2.14.2) but it is not going to be installed or
                  xscreensaver but it is not going to be installed
         Depends: totem-mozilla but it is not going to be installed
  hpijs: Depends: gs-gpl (>= 8.01-5) but it is not going to be installed or
                  gs-esp (>= 7.07.01-8) but it is not going to be installed or
                  gs-afpl (>= 7.04-2) but it is not going to be installed
E: Broken packages

here's the cd's souces.list:

Code:

# /etc/apt/sources.list for Knoppix
# If you want to do a "full upgrade", you should first
# upgrade the Packages from Debian/unstable (KDE & Co.)
# before doing a (dist-)upgrade for Debian/testing.
#
# See sources.list(5) for more information, especialy
# Remember that you can only use http, ftp or file URIs
# CDROMs are managed through the apt-cdrom tool.

# Security updates for "stable"
deb http://security.debian.org stable/updates main contrib non-free
deb http://security.debian.org testing/updates main contrib non-free

# Stable
deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/pub/debian stable main contrib non-free

# The non-US branch doesn't exist anymore since sarge. -KK
# deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/pub/debian-non-US stable/non-US main contrib non-free
# deb-src http://ftp.de.debian.org/pub/debian-non-US stable/non-US main contrib non-free
# deb-src http://ftp.de.debian.org/pub/debian-non-US testing/non-US main contrib non-free
# deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian-non-US unstable/non-US main contrib non-free
# deb-src http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian-non-US unstable/non-US main contrib non-free
# deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/pub/debian-non-US testing/non-US main contrib non-free

# Stable Sources
# deb-src http://ftp.de.debian.org/pub/debian stable main contrib non-free

# Testing
deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/pub/debian testing main contrib non-free

# Testing Sources
# deb-src http://ftp.de.debian.org/pub/debian testing main contrib non-free

# Unstable
deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian unstable main contrib non-free

# Unstable Sources
 deb-src http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian unstable main contrib non-free

# Experimental
deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian ../project/experimental main contrib non-free

# Experimental Sources
# deb-src http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian ../project/experimental main contrib non-free

# ndiswrapper source
deb http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net/debian ./

# KDE 3.4 (not in sarge)
# deb http://pkg-kde.alioth.debian.org/kde-3.4.1/ ./
# deb-src http://pkg-kde.alioth.debian.org/kde-3.4.1/ ./

# Unichrome graphics driver
# deb http://www.physik.fu-berlin.de/~glaweh/debian/ unichrome/
# deb-src http://www.physik.fu-berlin.de/~glaweh/debian/ unichrome/

# NX stuff
# deb http://www.kalyxo.org/debian/ experimental main
# deb http://www.kalyxo.org/debian/ unstable main

# ndiswrapper
# deb   http://rigtorp.se/debian unstable/
# deb-src       http://rigtorp.se/debian unstable/

# Blades Repository (pppoeconf & co)
# deb http://people.debian.org/~blade/testing ./
# deb-src http://people.debian.org/~blade/testing ./

# deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 2.2 r3 _Potato_ - Official i386 Binary-1 (20010427)]/ unstable contrib main non-US/contrib non-US/main

# Knoppix special packages resource at LinuxTag HQ
# deb http://developer.linuxtag.net/knoppix ./
# deb-src http://developer.linuxtag.net/knoppix ./

# deb http://snapshot.debian.net/archive pool gcc
# deb-src http://snapshot.debian.net/archive pool gcc

# From the Kanotix archives
deb http://kanotix.com/files/debian/ ./
# deb-src http://kanotix.com/files/debian/ ./

# Packages from ubuntu. CAUTION, they don't mix well with Debian
# deb http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hoary main universe multiverse
# deb-src http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hoary main universe multiverse

even tried a sources.list from a thread:

Code:

#Stable Sarge
 deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian/ stable main contrib non-free 
 deb-src http://http.us.debian.org/debian/ stable main contrib non-free 
 #Security Updates Stable
 deb http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main contrib non-free 
 
 #Debian Unofficial packages for Sarge/stable Opera, Java, Netscape
 # deb http://ftp.debian-unofficial.org/debian/ sarge main contrib non-free restricted 
 # deb-src http://ftp.debian-unofficial.org/debian/ sarge main contrib non-free restricted 
 
 # Testing Etch
 deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian/ testing main contrib non-free 
 # Testing Sources
 deb-src http://http.us.debian.org/debian/ testing main contrib non-free 
 
 # Unstable Sid
 deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian/ unstable main contrib non-free 
 # Unstable Sources
 deb-src http://http.us.debian.org/debian/ unstable main contrib non-free 
 
 # Debian experimental
 # deb ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/ ../project/experimental main 
 # deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian/ ../project/experimental main contrib non-free 
 
 # Kanotix
 deb http://kanotix.com/files/debian/ ./ 
 deb-src http://kanotix.com/files/debian/ ./ 
 
 #mplayer,acroread.realplayer,various packages
 deb ftp://ftp.nerim.net/debian-marillat/ etch main 
 deb ftp://ftp.nerim.net/debian-marillat/ sid main 
 deb-src ftp://ftp.nerim.net/debian-marillat/ sid main 
 
 #OpenOffice.org 2.0beta
 deb http://debian.tu-bs.de/project/kanotix/ooo-kanotix/ ./

What am I doing wrong?

Any help appreciated...

cheers (:

**JohnnyH** · 07-16-2007, 06:29 PM

Probably your main problem is that the meanings of 'testing' and so on have changed since Debian Etch was released as 'stable' a few months ago.
I don't run Knoppix 4.0.2 so I don't know off-hand whether it is compatible with the Etch libraries; as it's quite old Sarge might be a better bet. (Sarge now = 'oldstable' ). Anyway suggest you simplify your sources.list using something like the following:
For Sarge:

Code:

# Do not forget to run apt-get update after modifying the /etc/apt/sources.list file. You must do this to let APT obtain the package lists from the sources you specified. 

deb http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian sarge main contrib non-free

deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US sarge/non-US main contrib non-free

deb http://security.debian.org sarge/updates main contrib non-free

Or for Etch:

Code:

deb http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/ etch main non-free contrib

deb http://security.debian.org/ etch/updates main contrib non-free

You might want to change the national location of your mirror in the above

**greenbag** · 07-16-2007, 11:04 PM

thanks JohnnyH.....

I must admit, this is first time I actually used the web to install packages - I'd always just built/installed by source. I even tried sources.list from 5.0.2 dvd, but the same errors.

I'll give it a shot.

cheers (: