KDE-mess ...

[abominable]

Hi to all. Recently (2 days ago) I messed up with my repositories. So after an update I ended up with no KDE. I fixed the repos issue and reinstalled the kubuntu-desktop package. But I miss a lot of KDE packages.

For example "System Settings" brings up an empty window. With no options for configuring anything in it. Do you have any idea what package do I miss?

[ceedub2]

Re: KDE-mess ...

Im a newb here but have you thought about installing the Ubuntu desktop then uninstall Kubuntu desktop and reinstall it? Then you can uninstall Ubuntu desktop after everything is working ok.

Just an Idea.

[claydoh]

Re: KDE-mess ...

ceedub2: It doesn't work that way - installing the meta-package ubuntu-desktop WILL install Ubuntu/Gnome, but unintalling it will NOT remove gnome, and the same holds for kubuntu-desktop. abominable has already tried reintalling it to pull in missing KDE packages.

abominable - can you tell us which version of KDE you are running? Then in a teminal run:

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

And paste the output here if you can.

Then, if you can, list the repos you currently have? My guess is that there is a mis-match in the KDE version you have and the KDE version apt wants to install

[abominable]

Re: KDE-mess ...

Thanx for your replies.

Well I think I am using KDE 4.4.5 (saw it through amarok, if credible)

My repos list is ::

# deb cdrom:[Kubuntu 9.10 _Karmic Koala_ - Release amd64 (20091027)]/ karmic main restricted
# See [url]http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes[/url] for how to upgrade to
# newer versions of the distribution.

deb [url]http://gr.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/[/url] lucid main restricted
deb-src [url]http://gr.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/[/url] lucid main restricted

## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
## distribution.
deb [url]http://gr.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/[/url] lucid-updates main restricted
deb-src [url]http://gr.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/[/url] lucid-updates main restricted

## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team. Also, please note that software in universe WILL NOT receive any
## review or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
deb [url]http://gr.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/[/url] lucid universe
deb-src [url]http://gr.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/[/url] lucid universe
deb [url]http://gr.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/[/url] lucid-updates universe
deb-src [url]http://gr.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/[/url] lucid-updates universe

## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu 
## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to 
## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in 
## multiverse WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu
## security team.
deb [url]http://gr.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/[/url] lucid multiverse
deb-src [url]http://gr.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/[/url] lucid multiverse
deb [url]http://gr.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/[/url] lucid-updates multiverse
deb-src [url]http://gr.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/[/url] lucid-updates multiverse

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from the 'backports'
## repository.
## N.B. software from this repository may not have been tested as
## extensively as that contained in the main release, although it includes
## newer versions of some applications which may provide useful features.
## Also, please note that software in backports WILL NOT receive any review
## or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
# deb [url]http://gr.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/[/url] karmic-backports main restricted universe multiverse
# deb-src [url]http://gr.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/[/url] karmic-backports main restricted universe multiverse

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from Canonical's
## 'partner' repository.
## This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is offered by Canonical and the
## respective vendors as a service to Ubuntu users.
deb [url]http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu[/url] lucid partner
# deb-src [url]http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu[/url] karmic partner

deb [url]http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu[/url] lucid-security main restricted
deb-src [url]http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu[/url] lucid-security main restricted
deb [url]http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu[/url] lucid-security universe
deb-src [url]http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu[/url] lucid-security universe
deb [url]http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu[/url] lucid-security multiverse
deb-src [url]http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu[/url] lucid-security multiverse


deb [url]http://gr.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/[/url] lucid-backports restricted main multiverse universe

And after the dist-upgrade got ::

sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree    
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
The following packages will be upgraded:
 chromium-browser-inspector
1 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 614kB of archives.
After this operation, 0B of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? 
Get:1 [url]http://gr.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/[/url] lucid-updates/universe chromium-browser-inspector 5.0.375.125~r53311-0ubuntu0.10.04.1 [614kB]
Fetched 614kB in 0s (8,408kB/s)         
(Reading database ... 281587 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace chromium-browser-inspector 5.0.375.99~r51029-0ubuntu0.10.04.1 (using .../chromium-browser-inspector_5.0.375.125~r53311-0ubuntu0.10.04.1_all.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement chromium-browser-inspector ...
Setting up chromium-browser-inspector (5.0.375.125~r53311-0ubuntu0.10.04.1) ...

[claydoh]

Re: KDE-mess ...

do you have any entries in your /etc/apt/sources.list.d folder? this is where any added ppa/repos are added.

What other things are you seeing wrong?

Paste any errors you get when trying to run System Settings from a terminal, that might give us a better idea of what is missing

[GreyGeek]

Re: KDE-mess ...

Perhaps the install process broke and didn't complete the install?

sudo apt-get -f install

may install the missing apps.