I think you should edit the line in your sources.list to deb ftp://ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/stable/packages/debian potato main contrib non-free
(I don't know if KDE uses main contrib and non-free, you should verify htem on thier ftp site). Ron On Sun, 19 Mar 2000, Beavis wrote: > i am trying to load a deb form of kde > > i can't get the apt-get tp point to the right directory > this is what i am trying to do: > > These Debian packages should be apt-get'abl using the following > /etc/apt/sources.list template. Please note you will need to > verify the path. > > deb ftp://ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/stable/packages/debian/potato binary-i386/ > > where ftp.kde.org is your kde ftp mirror and > /pub/kde/stable/packages/debian/potato is the path to the /potato directory > (or /slink) for the 1.1.2 KDE tree > > Basically you want to point to the directory below the binary-xxx dirs for > your distribution. (ie slink or potato) > > >