Hi, i upograded from kde 3.1.4 to 3.2.2 last nite using synaptic on woody..............it went like a dream with not a single problem!................. i would strongly recommend you to use synaptic instead of apt-get as it is much better at handling dependencies etc.......... abhishek.
> I just did a 3.1.3 upgrade to 3.2.3 (sic) and the only thing that failed > was postgresql, but I played a lot. However, the following packages > were kept back. > Building Dependency Tree... Done > The following packages have been kept back > cervisia debconf kappfinder kate kbabel kbugbuster kcalc kcontrol > kdebase kdebase-bin kdebase-kio-plugins kdelibs-bin kdelibs-data > kdelibs4 kdelibs4-dev kdeprint kdesdk kdesdk-kfile-plugins kdesdk-misc > kdesktop kfind khelpcenter kicker klipper kmail kmenuedit kompare > konqueror konqueror-nsplugins konsole kpager kpersonalizer ksmserver > ksnapshot ksplash kspy ksysguard ksysguardd ktip kwin libarts1 > libarts1-dev libkdenetwork2 libkonq4 libpaperg libqt3-headers > libqt3-mt-dev poxml qt3-dev-tools xbase-clients xlibmesa-dev xlibmesa3 > xlibs xlibs-dev0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and > 54 not upgraded. > > apt-get install libxcursor1 got me to the next step, as it now depends > on different packages, however this still wasn't a new enough version > according to apt-get. > "ksplash: Depends: libxcursor1 (> 1.1.2) but 1.0.2-1woody2 is to be > installed" > This would stop the meek and timid from using apt-get, although it > SHOULD work that easy, but remember this is not standard Debian tree > stuff. I suggest that we get that dependency taken care of before you > try it. Andreas? > > However, I notice you using backports, so it might be different, but I > see no libxcursor there so I expect the same results for you. > >> I'd like to try out the upgrade path from KDE 3.1.4 to KDE 3.2.2 using >> the Woody debs that someone (Andreas Mueller ?) has posted at >> download.kde.org. >> >> My system is running vanilla Woody, apart from XFree86 which I >> upgraded from Woody's 4.1.0 to backports.org's 4.2.1 some while back. >> I'm currently running the Ralf Nolden download.k.o KDE 3.1.4 debs. >> >> If I use "apt-get -s (dist-)upgrade" to see what the upgrade proposes, >> I get totally scary output for both cases. >> >> Since people keep telling us that apt-get is braindead, and that >> aptitude does a better job, I tried that too, with similarly scary >> results. Since aptitude's output is more compact, I include it here. >> >> As you can see, a plain "upgrade" will only upgrade my XFree86, plus >> some random _parts_ of KDE (the rest would be _removed_). >> >> On the other hand, a "dist-upgrade" would do much the same *and* would >> _remove_ huge unrelated, and in some cases *vital* parts of my system >> ... such as MySQL, Samba, PPP, Freeswan, man-db, fetchmail, htdig, >> ssh, gcc, etc., etc. >> >> Anyone got any clue as to whether this is tractable, or is something >> badly broken to the point of uselessness here ? >> >> ========================< cut >========================= >> # aptitude -s upgrade >> Reading Package Lists... 0%Reading Package Lists... 100%Reading >> Package Lists... Done >> Building Dependency Tree... 0%Building Dependency Tree... 0%Building >> Dependency Tree... 50%Building Dependency Tree... 50%Building >> Dependency Tree... 86%Building Dependency Tree... Done >> The following packages have been kept back: >> ark arts artsbuilder debconf kaboodle kaddressbook kandy kappfinder >> kasteroids kate kaudiocreator kbackgammon kcontrol kdeartwork-style >> kdebase kdebase-bin kdebase-dev kdebase-kio-plugins kdelibs-bin >> kdelibs-data kdelibs4 kdelibs4-dev kdemultimedia >> kdemultimedia-kfile-plugins kdemultimedia-kio-plugins kdeprint >> kdesktop >> kdf kdm kfind kgamma kget kgpg kgpgcertmanager khelpcenter kicker >> klipper >> kmahjongg kmail kmenuedit kmid kmix knode knotes konqueror >> konqueror-nsplugins konsole kopete kpackage kpager kpersonalizer kppp >> krec ksame kscd kscreensaver ksmserver ksplash ksysguard ksysguardd >> ksysv >> ktip kwin libarts1 libarts1-audiofile libarts1-dev libarts1-mpeglib >> libarts1-xine libkdegames1 libkdenetwork2 libkonq4 libnspr4 libnss3 >> libpaperg libqt3-headers libqt3-mt-dev mozilla-browser mozilla-psm >> mpeglib noatun qt3-dev-tools quanta snmp x-window-system-core >> xbase-clients xlibmesa-gl-dev xlibmesa-glu-dev xlibmesa3 xlibs >> xlibs-dev >> xterm >> The following packages will be upgraded: >> imlib-base kde-i18n-engb kdeartwork-misc kdebase-data kdelibs4-doc >> lbxproxy libartsc0 libartsc0-dev libdps1 libfreetype6 >> libfreetype6-dev >> libmimelib1 libsnmp-base libusb-0.1-4 libxaw6 libxaw7 libxml2 >> libxslt1 >> proxymngr twm x-window-system xdm xfonts-100dpi xfonts-75dpi >> xfonts-base >> xfonts-konsole xfonts-scalable xfree86-common xfs xfwp xlibmesa-dev >> xnest >> xprt xserver-common xserver-xfree86 xspecs xutils xvfb >> 38 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 91 not >> upgraded. >> Need to get 54.4MB of archives. After unpacking 43.2MB will be used. >> Do you want to continue? [Y/n/e/d/v/action/?] Abort. >> >> # aptitude -s dist-upgrade >> Reading Package Lists... 0%Reading Package Lists... 100%Reading >> Package Lists... Done >> Building Dependency Tree... 0%Building Dependency Tree... 0%Building >> Dependency Tree... 50%Building Dependency Tree... 50%Building >> Dependency Tree... 84%Building Dependency Tree... Done >> The following NEW packages will be automatically installed: >> libsnmp5 libxrender1 xlibmesa-gl xlibmesa-glu >> The following packages will be automatically REMOVED: >> abiword abiword-common abiword-gtk abiword-plugins adduser ark arts >> artsbuilder base-config bonobo bsdmainutils console-common >> console-data >> console-tools cvs diald dpkg-dev efax enscript fetchmail >> fetchmail-common >> freeswan gcc-3.0 gdm gnome-applets gnome-panel gnome-panel-data >> gnome-session gnome-utils gs gs-common guarddog gv htdig ipchains >> ipmenu >> iptables kaboodle kaddressbook kandy kappfinder karbon kasteroids >> kate >> >> kaudiocreator kbackgammon kbear kcd kchart kcontrol kde-theme-liquid >> kdeartwork-style kdebase kdebase-bin kdebase-dev kdebase-kio-plugins >> kdelibs-bin kdelibs4 kdelibs4-dev kdemultimedia >> kdemultimedia-kfile-plugins kdemultimedia-kio-plugins kdepim-libs >> kdeprint kdesktop kdevelop kdevelop-data kdf kdm kernel-package >> kernel-source-2.4.18 kfind kformula kgamma kget kgpg kgpgcertmanager >> khelpcenter kicker kit kivio klipper kmahjongg kmail kmenuedit kmid >> kmidi >> kmix kmyfirewall knode knotes koffice koffice-libs konqueror >> konqueror-nsplugins konsole kontour kopete koshell kpackage kpager >> kpersonalizer kppp kpresenter krec ksame kscd kscreensaver ksmserver >> ksplash kspread ksysguard ksysv ktip kugar kwin kword kxconfig >> leafnode >> less lftp libarts1 libarts1-audiofile libarts1-dev libarts1-mpeglib >> libarts1-xine libglide3 libgnomeprint-bin libgnomeprint-data >> libgnomeprint15 libgtkhtml20 libkdegames1 libkdenetwork2 libkonq4 >> libpaperg libqt3-mt libqt3-mt-dev localeconf locales magicfilter >> man-db >> mirrormagic modconf mozilla-browser mozilla-psm mpeglib >> msttcorefonts >> mysql-server nas-dev nas-lib netbase noatun ntpdate pidentd poster >> ppp >> >> pppconfig pppoe pppoeconf psfontmgr psutils qt3-dev-tools quanta >> samba >> >> samba-common smbclient smbfs ssh swat telnetd whiptail wvdial >> x-ttcidfont-conf x-window-system x-window-system-core xaw3dg xdm >> xlibmesa3-gl xlibmesa3-glu xlibs-pic xnest xpdf xpdf-reader >> xpdf-utils >> xprt xprt-common xserver-common xserver-xfree86 >> The following packages have been kept back: >> debconf xbase-clients xlibs xlibs-dev xterm >> The following NEW packages will be installed: >> libsnmp5 libxrender1 xlibmesa-gl xlibmesa-glu >> The following packages will be REMOVED: >> abiword abiword-common abiword-gtk abiword-plugins adduser ark arts >> artsbuilder base-config bonobo bsdmainutils console-common >> console-data >> console-tools cvs diald dpkg-dev efax enscript fetchmail >> fetchmail-common >> freeswan gcc-3.0 gdm gnome-applets gnome-panel gnome-panel-data >> gnome-session gnome-utils gs gs-common guarddog gv htdig ipchains >> ipmenu >> iptables kaboodle kaddressbook kandy kappfinder karbon kasteroids >> kate >> >> kaudiocreator kbackgammon kbear kcd kchart kcontrol kde-theme-liquid >> kdeartwork-style kdebase kdebase-bin kdebase-dev kdebase-kio-plugins >> kdelibs-bin kdelibs4 kdelibs4-dev kdemultimedia >> kdemultimedia-kfile-plugins kdemultimedia-kio-plugins kdepim-libs >> kdeprint kdesktop kdevelop kdevelop-data kdf kdm kernel-package >> kernel-source-2.4.18 kfind kformula kgamma kget kgpg kgpgcertmanager >> khelpcenter kicker kit kivio klipper kmahjongg kmail kmenuedit kmid >> kmidi >> kmix kmyfirewall knode knotes koffice koffice-libs konqueror >> konqueror-nsplugins konsole kontour kopete koshell kpackage kpager >> kpersonalizer kppp kpresenter krec ksame kscd kscreensaver ksmserver >> ksplash kspread ksysguard ksysv ktip kugar kwin kword kxconfig >> leafnode >> less lftp libarts1 libarts1-audiofile libarts1-dev libarts1-mpeglib >> libarts1-xine libglide3 libgnomeprint-bin libgnomeprint-data >> libgnomeprint15 libgtkhtml20 libkdegames1 libkdenetwork2 libkonq4 >> libpaperg libqt3-mt libqt3-mt-dev localeconf locales magicfilter >> man-db >> mirrormagic modconf mozilla-browser mozilla-psm mpeglib >> msttcorefonts >> mysql-server nas-dev nas-lib netbase noatun ntpdate pidentd poster >> ppp >> >> pppconfig pppoe pppoeconf psfontmgr psutils qt3-dev-tools quanta >> samba >> >> samba-common smbclient smbfs ssh swat telnetd whiptail wvdial >> x-ttcidfont-conf x-window-system x-window-system-core xaw3dg xdm >> xlibmesa3-gl xlibmesa3-glu xlibs-pic xnest xpdf xpdf-reader >> xpdf-utils >> xprt xprt-common xserver-common xserver-xfree86 >> The following packages will be upgraded: >> imlib-base kde-i18n-engb kdeartwork-misc kdebase-data kdelibs-data >> kdelibs4-doc ksysguardd lbxproxy libartsc0 libartsc0-dev libdps1 >> libfreetype6 libfreetype6-dev libmimelib1 libnspr4 libnss3 >> libqt3-headers >> libsnmp-base libusb-0.1-4 libxaw6 libxaw7 libxml2 libxslt1 proxymngr >> snmp >> twm xfonts-100dpi xfonts-75dpi xfonts-base xfonts-konsole >> xfonts-scalable >> xfree86-common xfs xfwp xlibmesa-dev xlibmesa-gl-dev >> xlibmesa-glu-dev >> xlibmesa3 xspecs xutils xvfb >> 41 packages upgraded, 4 newly installed, 188 to remove and 5 not >> upgraded. >> Need to get 56.6MB of archives. After unpacking 382MB will be freed. >> Do you want to continue? [Y/n/e/d/v/action/?] Abort. >> ========================< cut >========================= >> >> disclaimer: I'm just a user, not a developer. I use Woody cause I >> don't have the time or the knowledge ro wrangle with unstable. >> >> PS: I could post the apt-get output if anyone thought it would be >> useful. >> >> Cheers, >> >> Nick Boyce >> Bristol, UK >> -- >> Arithmetic: >> An obscure art no longer practiced in the world's developed countries. >> >> >> -- >> To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
