Dear Martin and all, Thank you for your help. OK I used the commands you suggested aptitude install xserver-xorg kde-core and aptitude install kdat and I believe things were OK.
Now I have the following info >> george:/var/www/arinet.ari.gov.cy/docs/themes/phpkaox# cat >> /etc/debian_version >> 4.0 >> george:/var/www/arinet.ari.gov.cy/docs/themes/phpkaox# cat >> /etc/apt/sources.list >> #deb file:///cdrom/ sarge main >> deb http://ftp.fi.debian.org/debian/ stable main >> deb-src http://ftp.fi.debian.org/debian/ stable main >> deb http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main >> deb http://dotdeb.pimpmylinux.org/ stable all >> deb-src http://dotdeb.pimpmylinux.org/ stable all >> george:/var/www/arinet.ari.gov.cy/docs/themes/phpkaox# apt-cache policy kdat >> kdat: >> Installed: 4:3.5.5-4 >> Candidate: 4:3.5.5-4 >> Version Table: >> *** 4:3.5.5-4 0 >> 500 http://ftp.fi.debian.org stable/main Packages >> 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status OK, so please let me clarify this, does the above imply that I have Debian Etch now (since its version 4)? How do I start KDE? Last, do I run kdat from within KDE or can I use command line at the command prompt to run kdat? Thank you very much for all your help! George ----- Original Message ---- From: Martin Steigerwald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, September 7, 2007 12:21:48 AM Subject: Re: kde error Am Donnerstag 06 September 2007 schrieb George Adamides: > Hello again, Hi George, > Well I tried to install the xserver so as to get kde working but I get > the following message. Can anybody help me clarify what is wrong? > > george:/usr/bin# apt-get -f install xserver-xorg-core > Reading Package Lists... Done > Building Dependency Tree... Done > You might want to run 'apt-get -f install' to correct these: > The following packages have unmet dependencies: > kdat: Depends: kdelibs4c2a (>= 4:3.5.7-1) but it is not going to be > installed Depends: libc6 (>= 2.5-5) but 2.3.2.ds1-22sarge4 is to be > installed Depends: libgcc1 (>= 1:4.1.2) but 1:3.4.3-13sarge1 is to be > installed Depends: libqt3-mt (>= 3:3.3.7) but it is not going to be > installed Depends: libstdc++6 (>= 4.1.2) but it is not going to be > installed xserver-xorg-core: Depends: x11-common (>= 1:7.0.0) but it is > not going to be installed Depends: libc6 (>= 2.3.6-6) but > 2.3.2.ds1-22sarge4 is to be installed Depends: libfontenc1 but it is > not going to be installed Depends: libgcc1 (>= 1:4.1.1-12) but > 1:3.4.3-13sarge1 is to be installed Depends: libxau6 but it is not > going to be installed Depends: libxdmcp6 but it is not going to be > installed Depends: libxfont1 but it is not going to be installed > Depends: xserver-xorg but it is not going to be installed E: Unmet > dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or specify a > solution). Where do you have the package kdat from? It seems you are running Debian Sarge, but try to install kdat from a newer version of Debian (at least lenny aka testing as only that contains KDE 3.5.7) which needs newer versions of some packages than you have. I suggest removing that package completely with aptitude purge kdat, before trying to install the correct version of the package for Debian Sarge[1]. After removing it, you should be able to safely install the X server and KDE core stuff by using aptitude install xserver-xorg kde-core[1]. The kdat package is available for Sarge[2]. Thus on a Debian Sarge a aptitude install kdat should be able to install it. Could you please post the output - cat /etc/debian_version - cat /etc/apt/sources.list - apt-cache policy kdat If you have sarge or oldstable as Debian release in your sources list, /etc/debian_version shows 3.1 and apt-cache policy shows 4:3.3.2-1 as installable package version, you should be able to install kdat safely on your system by simply using aptitude install kdat, *after* you have removed that newer version you tried to install above[1]. In order to enjoy a newer version of kdat and KDE consider upgrading to Debian Etch. [1] if aptitude wants to remove some packages cause it thinks they are unused and you think they are not be careful, if in doubt better use apt-get then, if interested I can provide a detailed explaination about that, that explaination should be available somewhere on the Debian pages, maybe in the wiki, as well [2] http://packages.debian.org/sarge/kdat Ciao, -- Martin 'Helios' Steigerwald - http://www.Lichtvoll.de GPG: 03B0 0D6C 0040 0710 4AFA B82F 991B EAAC A599 84C7 ____________________________________________________________________________________ Building a website is a piece of cake. Yahoo! Small Business gives you all the tools to get online. http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/webhosting
