mint-meta-kde problems

[Azati Prime]

I'm trying to install Mint KDE alongside Gnome so I figured I'd just install mint-meta-kde. I get an error saying

mint-meta-kde:
Depends: openoffice.org-kde but it is not going to be installed
Depends: openoffice.org-kab but it is not going to be installed
Depends: kio-sysinfo but it is not going to be installed

I tried installing kio-sysinfo separately and got

kio-sysinfo:
Depends: kdebase-runtime (>=4:4.2.4) but 4:4.2.2-0ubuntu1 is to be installed
Depends: kdelibs5 (>=4:4.2.4) but 4:4.2.2-0ubuntu5 is to be installed

What am I supposed to do now?

[Boo]

the problem is that your gnome mint /etc/apt/sources.list is not the same as the kde mint sources list.
I can not access one atm so hopefully someone else may post the kde one.
there are ppa repo keys to add too.

also check out this post:
http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=109&t=24857

Boo

[merlwiz79]

Here is what I have for /etc/apt/sources.list in Kde CE 7.

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## ---------------------
## LINUX MINT REPOSITORIES
## -----------------------

## +++ Linux Mint 7 Gloria (stable) +++
deb http://packages.linuxmint.com/ gloria main upstream import

## +++ Backports (not as stable) +++
#deb http://packages.linuxmint.com/ gloria backport

## +++ Community (not as stable) +++
#deb http://packages.linuxmint.com/ gloria community

## +++ Romeo (unstable) +++
#deb http://packages.linuxmint.com gloria romeo

## +++ Source Repositories +++
#deb-src http://packages.linuxmint.com/ gloria main upstream import
#deb-src http://packages.linuxmint.com/ gloria community
#deb-src http://packages.linuxmint.com/ gloria backport
#deb-src http://packages.linuxmint.com/ gloria romeo

## -------------------
## UBUNTU REPOSITORIES
## -------------------

## +++ Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty (stable) +++
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jaunty main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jaunty-updates main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jaunty-security main restricted universe multiverse

## +++ Backports & Proposed (not as stable) +++
#deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jaunty-backports main restricted universe multiverse
#deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jaunty-proposed main restricted universe multiverse

## +++ Source Repositories +++
#deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jaunty main restricted universe multiverse
#deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jaunty-updates main restricted universe multiverse
#deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jaunty-security main restricted universe multiverse
#deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jaunty-backports main restricted universe multiverse
#deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jaunty-proposed main restricted universe multiverse

## ------------------
## OTHER REPOSITORIES
## ------------------

## +++ Canonical (stable) +++
deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu jaunty partner

## +++ Medibuntu (stable) +++
deb http://packages.medibuntu.org/ jaunty free non-free

## +++ Cathbard +++
#deb ftp://cathbard.com/ ./

## +++ Tribler +++
#deb http://ubuntu.tribler.org/ jaunty main

## KDE 4 PPA repositories.
# KDE 4.2.4
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/kubuntu-ppa/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main
# KDE 4.3 RC 2, amarok 2.1, koffice 2.
#deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/kubuntu-ppa/backports/ubuntu jaunty main
# KDE 4.3 experimental
#deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/kubuntu-ppa/experimental/ubuntu jaunty main
# vlc
#deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/medigeek/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main

[Azati Prime]

the problem is that your gnome mint /etc/apt/sources.list is not the same as the kde mint sources list.
I can not access one atm so hopefully someone else may post the kde one.
there are ppa repo keys to add too.

also check out this post:
http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=109&t=24857

Boo

I tried adding those two repos and got this error message when adding the keys.

apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys 8AC93F7AExecuting: gpg --ignore-time-conflict --no-options --no-default-keyring --secret-keyring /etc/apt/secring.gpg --trustdb-name /etc/apt/trustdb.gpg --keyring /etc/apt/trusted.gpg --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys 8AC93F7A
gpg: requesting key 8AC93F7A from hkp server keyserver.ubuntu.com
gpg: no writable keyring found: eof
gpg: error reading `[stream]': general error
gpg: Total number processed: 0

[Azati Prime]

Bump?

[delro]

I remember adding the repos successfully but it turned out mint-kde-artwork was in conflict with mint-gnome-artwork. KDE installed (with all the apps) but not with the appropriate Mint-KDE theme.

[Azati Prime]

I got the repos added but I'm still getting an error about open office.

mint-meta-kde:
Depends: openoffice.org-kde but it is not going to be installed
Depends: openoffice.org-kab but it is not going to be installed

If I try to manually install openoffice.org-kde I get this error.

openoffice.org-kde:
Depends: openoffice.org-core but it is not going to be installed

openoffice.org-core is already installed so I'm not sure what that's about. Is there some way to just install Mint KDE without all the applications? I'm fine with the ones I have now.

[Azati Prime]

Bump.

[Kaye]

Installing metapackages can easily become a nightmare like this. Why do you need to install the metapackages? Is there a specific reason, or is there another way for you to accomplish your goal?

[Azati Prime]

I guess that's what I'm asking. Is there some way to get the parts of KDE Mint without using the meta package?

[Kaye]

What parts of KDE are you talking about? If you want KDE, why not simply switch to the KDE edition?