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marietta_greg

Re: How to install KDE

Post by marietta_greg »

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sudo apt-get purge 4:4.8.2+dfsg-2ubuntu1~precise1~ppa1
[sudo] password for greg: 
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package 4:4.8.2+dfsg-2ubuntu1~precise1~ppa1
E: Couldn't find any package by regex '4:4.8.2+dfsg-2ubuntu1~precise1~ppa1'

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sudo apt-get purge dfsg
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package dfsg
Also I couldnt find any packages "dfsg" in that packport packages link in any status or any series, nor in Synaptic
zerozero

Re: How to install KDE

Post by zerozero »

hi'
with the terminal try this way

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dpkg -l | grep search-query
something like this

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zerozero@deb-kde ~/Documents $ dpkg -l | grep dfsg
ii  apg                                           2.2.3.dfsg.1-2                       amd64        Automated Password Generator - Standalone version
ii  bison                                         1:2.5.dfsg-2.1                       amd64        YACC-compatible parser generator
ii  bogofilter                                    1.2.2+dfsg1-1+b1                     amd64        fast Bayesian spam filter (dummy package)
ii  bogofilter-bdb                                1.2.2+dfsg1-1+b1                     amd64        fast Bayesian spam filter (Berkeley DB)
ii  bogofilter-common                             1.2.2+dfsg1-1                        all          fast Bayesian spam filter (common files)
ii  cowsay                                        3.03+dfsg1-4                         all          configurable talking cow
ii  docbook-xsl                                   1.76.1+dfsg-1                        all          stylesheets for processing DocBook XML to various output formats
ii  enblend                                       4.0+dfsg-4+b3                        amd64        image blending tool
ii  enfuse                                        4.0+dfsg-4+b3                        amd64        image exposure blending tool
ii  extlinux                                      2:4.05+dfsg-6                        amd64        collection of boot loaders (ext2/3/4 and btrfs bootloader)
ii  fonts-opensymbol                              2:102.2+LibO3.5.4+dfsg-3             all          OpenSymbol TrueType font
ii  gawk                                          1:4.0.1+dfsg-2                       amd64        GNU awk, a pattern scanning and processing language
ii  ghostscript                                   9.05~dfsg-6.2                        amd64        interpreter for the PostScript language and for PDF
ii  ghostscript-cups                              9.05~dfsg-6.2                        amd64        interpreter for the PostScript language and for PDF - CUPS filters
ii  ghostscript-x                                 9.05~dfsg-6.2                        amd64        interpreter for the PostScript language and for PDF - X11 support
ii  gs                                            8.64~dfsg-1+squeeze1                 all          Transitional package
ii  gs-common                                     9.02~dfsg-3                          all          Transitional dummy package for ghostscript
ii  hugin                                         2011.4.0+dfsg-5                      amd64        panorama photo stitcher - GUI tools
ii  hugin-data                                    2011.4.0+dfsg-5                      all          panorama photo stitcher - common data files
ii  hugin-tools                                   2011.4.0+dfsg-5                      amd64        panorama photo stitcher - commandline tools
ii  info                                          4.13a.dfsg.1-10                      amd64        Standalone GNU Info documentation browser
ii  install-info                                  4.13a.dfsg.1-10                      amd64        Manage installed documentation in info format
ii  isc-dhcp-client                               4.2.2.dfsg.1-5+deb70u2               amd64        ISC DHCP client
ii  isc-dhcp-common                               4.2.2.dfsg.1-5+deb70u2               amd64        common files used by all the isc-dhcp* packages
ii  jackd2                                        1.9.8~dfsg.4+20120529git007cdc37-4.1 amd64        JACK Audio Connection Kit (server and example clients)
ii  jackd2-firewire                               1.9.8~dfsg.4+20120529git007cdc37-4.1 amd64        JACK Audio Connection Kit (FFADO and FreeBoB backends)
marietta_greg

Re: How to install KDE

Post by marietta_greg »

That found some stuff. Wonder why other package tools would not

So I take it I need to purge each of these libqt*.* and the qdbus package. What does the "ii" and the "rc" at the beginning of each line mean? "rc" = release candidate in my experience but may be entirely different here.

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greg@greg-Inspiron ~ $ dpkg -l | grep precise1~ppa1
ii  libqt4-dbus                                   4:4.8.2+dfsg-2ubuntu1~precise1~ppa1       Qt 4 D-Bus module
rc  libqt4-dbus:i386                              4:4.8.2+dfsg-2ubuntu1~precise1~ppa1       Qt 4 D-Bus module
ii  libqt4-declarative                            4:4.8.2+dfsg-2ubuntu1~precise1~ppa1       Qt 4 Declarative module
rc  libqt4-declarative:i386                       4:4.8.2+dfsg-2ubuntu1~precise1~ppa1       Qt 4 Declarative module
ii  libqt4-designer                               4:4.8.2+dfsg-2ubuntu1~precise1~ppa1       Qt 4 designer module
rc  libqt4-designer:i386                          4:4.8.2+dfsg-2ubuntu1~precise1~ppa1       Qt 4 designer module
ii  libqt4-help                                   4:4.8.2+dfsg-2ubuntu1~precise1~ppa1       Qt 4 help module
ii  libqt4-network                                4:4.8.2+dfsg-2ubuntu1~precise1~ppa1       Qt 4 network module
rc  libqt4-network:i386                           4:4.8.2+dfsg-2ubuntu1~precise1~ppa1       Qt 4 network module
ii  libqt4-opengl                                 4:4.8.2+dfsg-2ubuntu1~precise1~ppa1       Qt 4 OpenGL module
rc  libqt4-opengl:i386                            4:4.8.2+dfsg-2ubuntu1~precise1~ppa1       Qt 4 OpenGL module
ii  libqt4-qt3support                             4:4.8.2+dfsg-2ubuntu1~precise1~ppa1       Qt 3 compatibility library for Qt 4
rc  libqt4-qt3support:i386                        4:4.8.2+dfsg-2ubuntu1~precise1~ppa1       Qt 3 compatibility library for Qt 4
ii  libqt4-script                                 4:4.8.2+dfsg-2ubuntu1~precise1~ppa1       Qt 4 script module
rc  libqt4-script:i386                            4:4.8.2+dfsg-2ubuntu1~precise1~ppa1       Qt 4 script module
rc  libqt4-scripttools:i386                       4:4.8.2+dfsg-2ubuntu1~precise1~ppa1       Qt 4 script tools module
ii  libqt4-sql                                    4:4.8.2+dfsg-2ubuntu1~precise1~ppa1       Qt 4 SQL module
rc  libqt4-sql:i386                               4:4.8.2+dfsg-2ubuntu1~precise1~ppa1       Qt 4 SQL module
ii  libqt4-sql-sqlite                             4:4.8.2+dfsg-2ubuntu1~precise1~ppa1       Qt 4 SQLite 3 database driver
ii  libqt4-svg                                    4:4.8.2+dfsg-2ubuntu1~precise1~ppa1       Qt 4 SVG module
rc  libqt4-svg:i386                               4:4.8.2+dfsg-2ubuntu1~precise1~ppa1       Qt 4 SVG module
rc  libqt4-test:i386                              4:4.8.2+dfsg-2ubuntu1~precise1~ppa1       Qt 4 test module
ii  libqt4-xml                                    4:4.8.2+dfsg-2ubuntu1~precise1~ppa1       Qt 4 XML module
rc  libqt4-xml:i386                               4:4.8.2+dfsg-2ubuntu1~precise1~ppa1       Qt 4 XML module
ii  libqt4-xmlpatterns                            4:4.8.2+dfsg-2ubuntu1~precise1~ppa1       Qt 4 XML patterns module
rc  libqt4-xmlpatterns:i386                       4:4.8.2+dfsg-2ubuntu1~precise1~ppa1       Qt 4 XML patterns module
ii  libqtcore4                                    4:4.8.2+dfsg-2ubuntu1~precise1~ppa1       Qt 4 core module
rc  libqtcore4:i386                               4:4.8.2+dfsg-2ubuntu1~precise1~ppa1       Qt 4 core module
ii  libqtgui4                                     4:4.8.2+dfsg-2ubuntu1~precise1~ppa1       Qt 4 GUI module
rc  libqtgui4:i386                                4:4.8.2+dfsg-2ubuntu1~precise1~ppa1       Qt 4 GUI module
ii  phonon-backend-gstreamer                      4:4.7.0really4.6.2-0ubuntu1~precise1~ppa1 Phonon GStreamer 0.10.x backend
ii  qdbus                                         4:4.8.2+dfsg-2ubuntu1~precise1~ppa1       Qt 4 D-Bus tool
Slowly chewing through this mess. Thanks loads!

And holy mackerel, purging the first want to dump loads more K stuff:

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sudo apt-get purge libqt4-dbus
[sudo] password for greg: 
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  libchromaprint0 unetbootin-translations projectm-data extlinux syslinux-themes-debian libprojectm2 libopencsg1 libqjson0 librecad-data
  libdxflib-2.2.0.0 libqxt-core0 libfparser-4.3 syslinux-themes-debian-squeeze
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  appmenu-qt* ark* clementine* dolphin* jovie* katepart* kde-baseapps-bin* kde-runtime* kde-style-oxygen* kde-window-manager*
  kde-window-manager-common* kdelibs-bin* kdelibs5-plugins* kdesdk-dolphin-plugins* kdoctools* kfind* khelpcenter4* kmouth* kompare* konq-plugins*
  konqueror* konqueror-nsplugins* konsole* kubuntu-debug-installer* kwalletmanager* libattica0.3* libcgal8* libdbusmenu-qt2* libdconf-qt0*
  libechonest1.2* libindicate-qt1* libkactivities-bin* libkactivities6* libkatepartinterfaces4* libkcmutils4* libkde3support4* libkdeclarative5*
  libkdecorations4* libkdecore5* libkdesu5* libkdeui5* libkdewebkit5* libkdnssd4* libkemoticons4* libkephal4abi1* libkfile4* libkhtml5*
  libkidletime4* libkio5* libkjsapi4* libkjsembed4* libkmediaplayer4* libknewstuff3-4* libknotifyconfig4* libkntlm4* libkonq-common* libkonq5abi1*
  libkonqsidebarplugin4a* libkparts4* libkprintutils4* libkpty4* libkrosscore4* libktexteditor4* libkwineffects1abi3* libkwinglutils1*
  libkworkspace4abi1* liblastfm0* libnepomuk4* libnepomukdatamanagement4* libnepomukquery4a* libnepomuksync4* libnepomukutils4* libokularcore1abi1*
  libphonon4* libplasma3* libpolkit-qt-1-1* libpoppler-qt4-3* libqapt-runtime* libqapt1* libqimageblitz4* libqt4-dbus* libqt4-declarative*
  libqt4-designer* libqt4-help* libqt4-network* libqt4-opengl* libqt4-qt3support* libqt4-script* libqt4-svg* libqt4-xmlpatterns* libqtbamf1*
  libqtdee2* libqtgconf1* libqtgui4* libqtwebkit4* libqxt-gui0* librecad* libsolid4* libsolidcontrol4abi2* libsoprano4* okular* openscad* phonon*
  phonon-backend-gstreamer* phonon-backend-vlc* pinentry-qt4* plasma-scriptengine-javascript* plasma-widget-networkmanagement* polkit-kde-1*
  qapt-batch* qdbus* qt-at-spi* sni-qt* soprano-daemon* unetbootin* vlc*
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 116 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
After this operation, 209 MB disk space will be freed.
HOW caould all of this stayed hidden??
zerozero

Re: How to install KDE

Post by zerozero »

just be aware that in this cleaning process :lol: you will most probably loose app that you want to keep (i see in this first output vlc for example) best option is to let them go and reinstall them afterwards.
marietta_greg

Re: How to install KDE

Post by marietta_greg »

Yeah, and unetbootin I saw go. Will put it back later. So blow away all that stuff, or just what you highlighted in red on page 2 of this thread?
zerozero

Re: How to install KDE

Post by zerozero »

all the stuff in the last output you provided (purging libqt4-dbus) has to go
after that grep again precise1-ppa1
marietta_greg

Re: How to install KDE

Post by marietta_greg »

OK, blew out anything with precise1~ppa1

did an update, then $ sudo apt-get update | grep -i backport came back empty, so I'm SURE I'm using no backports for ANYTHING.

apg-get kde-full? (I'm nervous :mrgreen: )
zerozero

Re: How to install KDE

Post by zerozero »

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dpkg -l | grep precise1-ppa2

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dpkg -l | grep precise1-ppa3

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dpkg -l | grep ubuntu12.04.1
just to be sure
marietta_greg

Re: How to install KDE

Post by marietta_greg »

all return nothing

woops, check this!

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$ dpkg -l | grep -i kde
rc  kde-runtime-data                              4:4.8.5-0ubuntu0.1                      shared data files for the KDE base runtime module
rc  kdelibs5-data                                 4:4.8.5-0ubuntu0.1                      core shared data for all KDE Applications
rc  libkwinnvidiahack4   
Last edited by marietta_greg on Wed Nov 14, 2012 3:59 pm, edited 1 time in total.
zerozero

Re: How to install KDE

Post by zerozero »

ok :wink:

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sudo aptitude -s install kde-full
marietta_greg

Re: How to install KDE

Post by marietta_greg »

check my updated post!
zerozero

Re: How to install KDE

Post by zerozero »

checking now (will update the post in minutes)
EDIT:
i can only find one of those packages in the ppa https://launchpad.net/~kubuntu-ppa/+arc ... hive-extra (kde-runtime-data: and as you can see the version is different)

also those 2 libraries are rc (removed and residual config files left-over) i *believe* that it's safe to ignore them.
marietta_greg

Re: How to install KDE

Post by marietta_greg »

I blew them out to be sure.

OK, -s install kde-full came back PRETTY clean. File is attached.

The only problem, and I saw it in your post, page 2 is:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
mate-notification-daemon : Conflicts: notification-daemon but it is not going to be installed.
The following actions will resolve these dependencies:

Remove the following packages:
1) mate-notification-daemon


Now, I want to keep MATE. Remember, I'm trying out KDE, I may want to go back to MATE, or sometimes use MATE, and don't want to delete parts of it.

I take it, I will not have a notification daemon in KDE if I don't blow out MATE's ? Thought the DMs are stand-alone. What's a dude to do? :o
zerozero

Re: How to install KDE

Post by zerozero »

:shock: ohh that conflict between mate-notification-daemon and notification-daemon; i saw it ages ago http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.p ... 00#p566635
you won't be loosing mate, only changing the way the notifications appear on the screen when using mate. kde has its own notification system.

as far as i can see my work here :lol: :lol: is done:
- dependencies are sorted
- kde is installable
- it was an interesting trip these days

can only hope that you give kde a fair try and get involved in this sweet world 8)
marietta_greg

Re: How to install KDE

Post by marietta_greg »

OK, I'm going to go for it!

Very interesting trip and I learned a lot. Seems to me dkpg is superior in its ability to be granular about what's installed. But apt handles and pulls in dependencies better, I understand.

I will give it a fair try. I've heard the new KDE is great. I like MATE, but GNOME2 it's getting long in the tooth. Can't get Cinnamon to work (freezes on boot, no solution thru forum), and Unity -fuggedabboudit!

I've been using Ubuntu 8.04 since my last laptop came with Vista on it. MS Pissed me off so much I dumped Windows and never went back. And I'm an MCSE! I push Mint wherever anyone's frustrated with Win. I think Win8 will push more people over here. Looks like a train wreck.

The ONLY thing I find I cannot do in Linux is synch my ipod nano 6th gen. Apple did something with the database which hosed all of the Linux music players sych-ability. Been watching for a fix, but it's looooong in coming.

I will post you on how this KDE install and use goes. Thanks SO much for the help :!:
zerozero

Re: How to install KDE

Post by zerozero »

almost forgot something :)
after this installation of kde 4.8.x you can then add kubuntu backports ppa and do a

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apt upgrade
to go into 4.9.x
marietta_greg

Re: How to install KDE

Post by marietta_greg »

Backports scare the hell out of me, now. :)

What's compelling about 4.9.x ?
zerozero

Re: How to install KDE

Post by zerozero »

well :lol: i'm using 4.8.4 in one system and 4.9.3 in another; there's no earth-breaking changes, the layout of the DE doesn't change as it did from kde3.x to kde4.x or from gnome2.x to gnome3.x

if you want to use the semantic desktop (nepomuk) 4.9.x works way better (i don't use it)

if you want to use activities they are "almost" mature in 4.9

i hear that the pim suite is also more functional in 4.9 (for me has always been broken and i just gave up on it - probably something i need to check again)

this is just a very very small overview of my few strong points on 4.9 over 4.8; then you have the general improvement and bug-fixes that come with every new release

as a final note some say that kwin is now a lot faster, smarter, better 8) it has been the best WM for me for long
marietta_greg

Re: How to install KDE

Post by marietta_greg »

Getting it customized the way I like....but I like this! Pretty sweet DM :!: and I'm sure I haven't seen it all.
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