On (26/07/05 18:01), Marco Guidetti wrote: > On Jul 26, 2005, at 4:23 PM, Clive Menzies wrote: > > >Many people including me have been using KDE on powerpc sid (and Gnome > >as well, I suspect). Why do you say they are unusable? > > 'cause when i try > > #apt-get install kde > > i get error messages saying that this or that packages (can check if > you find it useful) is not installable. That happened the first time > trying to install debtags-edit (and the uninstallable package was > libgtkmm-2.4-1 for what i remember, so it can be wrong), just a minute > before installing kde.
You may be well aware of this but for the sake of the archive: I suggest maintaining sid with aptitude and install apt-listbugs. ie. # aptitude update # aptitude upgrade # aptitude install xxxx etc then when you hit a dependency problem or open bugs that may cause a problem, you can abandon the update or install and go into aptitude interactively: # aptitude you will then be able to adjust what gets upgraded or 'held'. see: man aptitude For me, who can't afford the downtime of dealing with a broken system, it's allowed me to run sid without a problem for the last 18months. Regards Clive > > > >It may be that something is pending transition to sid (xorg is replacing > >xfree86) and holding you up. In which case, you can either wait a few > >days or find another solution which may involve installing the etch > >version of Gnome or KDE until the dust settles > > i have installed xorg, and it works. :) > > >I haven't updated my G4 recently (it's not my main workstation) but on > >amd64, I updated to xorg a couple of days ago and all seems fine. I > >don't know about KDE/Gnome, I use xfce4.2. > > i have here only x86 'puters with debian except this ibook, and all is > working fine, i thought it was an issue related to ppc... :) -- www.clivemenzies.co.uk ... ...strategies for business -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
