When i try to install something from apt-get i usually get errors like this:

Code:
root@knoppix:/home/jerome187# apt-get install kde-devel
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-devel: Depends: kdelibs-dev
             Depends: libarts-dev but it is not going to be installed
             Depends: libkmid-dev but it is not going to be installed
             Depends: kdebase-dev but it is not going to be installed
             Depends: kdbg but it is not going to be installed
             Depends: kde-designer but it is not installable
             Depends: kprof but it is not going to be installed
             Depends: dcopperl but it is not going to be installed
             Depends: dcoppython but it is not going to be installed
             Depends: libkdexparts-dev but it is not going to be installed
             Depends: koffice-dev but it is not going to be installed
E: Sorry, broken packages
root@knoppix:/home/jerome187#
and when i try to install something from source it gives me tons of dependices and when i try to install these dependices via apt-get i get errors like above.

i know apt-get is setup properly because i DID get one think working right, gkrellm2. installed perfectly, but anything else i've tryed dosent work.

is there anyway to fix this so i can actually use apt-get correctly?

TIA

jerome187