Hello, you probably get errors because you are not including "-t debian-desktop"
Cheers, Andrej 2012/3/15 Nick Boyce <[email protected]> > [I realise the various unofficial KDE backports are not the primary > topic on this list, so this email is just in case my question is > Frequent, and/or there's anybody here with any obvious answers. TIA.] > > This is the first time I've tried installing Debian KDE since 3.3 on > 'sarge', so please be gentle :) > > I have just installed a fresh and bare-bones (no desktop) 'squeeze' > system on an AMD64 box, using the netinst 6.0.4 CD, and I'd now like to > install KDE 4.6.5 from http://www.debian-desktop.org/, but am unsure > what is a sensible way of installing a useful chunk of the desktop. > > I've been following the advice at > http://pkg-kde.alioth.debian.org/kde4.html > and http://www.debian-desktop.org/doku.php/start > and I've tried all the obvious meta-packages, with these results : > > "aptitude install kde (or kde-standard or kde-full)" gives : > The following packages have unmet dependencies: > kde-standard: Depends: polkit-kde-1 (>= 0.99) but it is not going to > be installed. > plasma-scriptengine-python: Depends: python-kde4 (>= 4:4.6.80) but > 4:4.4.5-3 is to be installed. > plasma-desktop: Breaks: plasma-widget-networkmanagement (< > 0.1+git20110422.810bc16-1+) but 0.1~svn1141976-1 is to be installed. > kdebase-runtime-data: Breaks: plasma-widget-networkmanagement (< > 0.1+git20110422.810bc16-1+) but 0.1~svn1141976-1 is to be installed. > > "aptitude install kde-minimal" gives : > No candidate version found for kde-minimal > > The least broken option is this : > > "aptitude install kde-plasma-desktop" gives : > The following packages have unmet dependencies: > plasma-scriptengine-python: Depends: python-kde4 (>= 4:4.6.80) but it > is not going to be installed. > > Would that last one give me a good result ? > Does a missing 'plasma-scriptengine-python' matter much ? > > As for the others, I don't think I need > 'plasma-widget-networkmanagement', but I suspect 'polkit-kde-1' is > rather important ... any comments ? > > Anyway, any insights into all this would be gratefully received. > > [Yes, I could just install the KDE 4.4.3 that comes with 'squeeze' - I > quite like it, but I thought I'd just have a look at the 4.6.5 backport.] > > PS: what's with the wacky version numbers (5:66) of stable packages like > 'kde', 'kde-full' and 'kde-plasma-desktop' ? Why not '4:4.4.3' ? > > Cheers > Nick Boyce > -- > "Bob has a problem requiring secure communication. > He decides to use certificates. > Now Bob has two problems." > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [email protected] > Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected] > >
