not sure what the hell happened this morning, but...

[wizard10000]

Re: not sure what the hell happened this morning, but...

That's *exactly* what happened to me.

[Snowhog]

Re: not sure what the hell happened this morning, but...

No, I don't think so. What you are seeing (most likely) is the upgrade of those packages to KDE 4.6.2. You aren't showing us the rest of the output - the packages that will be installed/upgraded.

If you have doubts then rerun the command 'simulated':

sudo apt-get dist-upgrade --simulate

You will be shown what 'would' happen.

[glitterball]

Re: not sure what the hell happened this morning, but...

Here's the complete output:
glitterball@Gdesktop:~$ sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
akregator amarok apport-kde apturl-kde ark bluedevil dolphin dragonplayer
firefox-kde-support gdebi-kde gwenview jockey-kde k3b kaddressbook kate
kcalc kde-config-touchpad kde-window-manager kdebase-bin kdebase-runtime
kdebase-workspace kdebase-workspace-bin kdelibs5-plugins
kdemultimedia-kio-plugins kdepasswd kdepim-groupware kdepim-kresources
kdepim-runtime kdepim-strigi-plugins kdepim-wizards kdesudo kdm kdoctools
kfind khelpcenter4 kinfocenter klipper kmag kmail kmix kmousetool
knm-runtime knotes konsole kontact kopete kopete-message-indicator
korganizer kpackagekit kpat kppp ksnapshot ksysguard ksystemlog ktorrent
kubuntu-debug-installer kubuntu-desktop kubuntu-firefox-installer
kubuntu-konqueror-shortcuts kubuntu-notification-helper kvkbd kwalletmanager
language-selector-kde libkdepim4 libkopete4 libmessagelist4 libreoffice-kde
nepomukcontroller network-manager-pptp-kde okular partitionmanager
plasma-dataengines-workspace plasma-desktop plasma-netbook
plasma-scriptengine-python plasma-widget-facebook plasma-widget-kimpanel
plasma-widget-networkmanagement plasma-widgets-addons
plasma-widgets-workspace polkit-kde-1 printer-applet python-kde4 qapt-batch
quassel rekonq software-properties-kde system-config-printer-kde
systemsettings update-manager-kde usb-creator-kde userconfig
The following NEW packages will be installed:
apturl gnome-icon-theme libkonqsidebarplugin4a libnm-glib-vpn1
librsvg2-common linux-headers-2.6.38-8 linux-headers-2.6.38-8-generic
linux-image-2.6.38-8-generic python-vte python-webkit xserver-xorg-video-qxl
The following packages will be upgraded:
kdelibs-bin kdelibs5-data libkatepartinterfaces4 libkcmutils4
libkde3support4 libkdecore5 libkdesu5 libkdeui5 libkdewebkit5 libkdnssd4
libkemoticons4 libkfile4 libkhtml5 libkidletime4 libkimproxy4 libkio5
libkjsapi4 libkjsembed4 libkmediaplayer4 libknewstuff2-4 libknewstuff3-4
libknotifyconfig4 libkntlm4 libkparts4 libkprintutils4 libkpty4
libkrosscore4 libktexteditor4 libkunitconversion4 libkutils4 libnepomuk4
libnepomukquery4a libnepomukutils4 libnm-glib2 libplasma3 libsolid4
libthreadweaver4 linux-generic linux-headers-generic linux-image-generic
xserver-xorg-video-all
41 upgraded, 11 newly installed, 92 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 66.1 MB of archives.
After this operation, 18.5 MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? ^Cglitterball@Gdesktop:~$

[wizard10000]

Re: not sure what the hell happened this morning, but...

Yup. I figured "what the hell" and ran it anyway since a restore's pretty easy. It pretty much ate KDE and wouldn't boot at all unless you were in single-user mode.

[kajhaul]

Re: not sure what the hell happened this morning, but...

Exactly some 'adventure' here. I was on 11.04 alfa, and when the 'upgrade' (from kpackagekit) borked the entire KDE (yes, I know - I should have payed attention) I went to another box and downloaded the beta. After a clean install the problem went away, so my guess is that the culprit was a buggy apt.

[wizard10000]

Re: not sure what the hell happened this morning, but...

Happened again this morning. This time I said no

wizard@wizard-desktop:~$ sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
akonadiconsole akregator apport-kde apturl-kde ark bomber bovo compiz-kde
debconf-kde-helper dolphin dragonplayer firefox-kde-support gdebi-kde
granatier gwenview jockey-kde k3b kaddressbook kajongg kapman kate katomic
kbattleship kblackbox kblocks kbounce kbreakout kcalc kde-config-touchpad
kde-window-manager kdebase-apps kdebase-bin kdebase-runtime
kdebase-workspace kdebase-workspace-bin kdegames kdelibs5 kdelibs5-plugins
kdemultimedia-kio-plugins kdepasswd kdepim-groupware kdepim-kresources
kdepim-runtime kdepim-strigi-plugins kdepim-wizards kdesudo kdiamond kdiff3
kdm kdoctools kfind kfourinline kgoldrunner khelpcenter4 kigo killbots
kinfocenter kipi-plugins kiriki kjumpingcube klickety klines klipper kmag
kmahjongg kmail kmines kmix kmousetool knetwalk knotes kolf kollision
konqueror konqueror-nsplugins konquest konsole kontact kopete
kopete-message-indicator korganizer kpackagekit kpat kreversi ksame kshisen
ksirk ksnapshot kspaceduel ksquares ksudoku ksysguard ksystemlog ktorrent
ktron ktuberling kubrick kubuntu-debug-installer kubuntu-desktop
kubuntu-firefox-installer kubuntu-konqueror-shortcuts
kubuntu-notification-helper kvkbd kwalletmanager kwrite
language-selector-kde libkdepim4 libkopete4 libmessagelist4 libmuonprivate1
libreoffice-kde lskat muon muon-installer muon-notifier muon-updater
nepomukcontroller okular palapeli partitionmanager
plasma-dataengines-workspace plasma-desktop plasma-netbook
plasma-scriptengine-python plasma-widget-facebook plasma-widget-kimpanel
plasma-widgets-addons plasma-widgets-workspace polkit-kde-1 printer-applet
python-kde4 qapt-batch quassel rekonq software-properties-kde
system-config-printer-kde systemsettings update-manager-kde usb-creator-kde
userconfig wicd-kde
The following packages will be upgraded:
command-not-found command-not-found-data compiz compiz-core compiz-gnome
compiz-plugins kdelibs-bin libdecoration0 libkatepartinterfaces4
libkcmutils4 libkde3support4 libkdecore5 libkdesu5 libkdeui5 libkdewebkit5
libkdnssd4 libkemoticons4 libkfile4 libkhtml5 libkidletime4 libkimproxy4
libkio5 libkjsapi4 libkjsembed4 libkmediaplayer4 libknewstuff2-4
libknewstuff3-4 libknotifyconfig4 libkntlm4 libkparts4 libkprintutils4
libkpty4 libkrosscore4 libkrossui4 libktexteditor4 libkunitconversion4
libkutils4 libnepomuk4 libnepomukquery4a libnepomukutils4 libplasma3
libsolid4 libthreadweaver4
43 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 141 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 12.3 MB of archives.
After this operation, 302 MB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]?

[wizard10000]

Re: not sure what the hell happened this morning, but...

Repos appear to be fixed now.

[kajhaul]

Re: not sure what the hell happened this morning, but...

It happened again...dist-upgrade wanted to remove 34 packages, including the entire kde. Only this time I was a bit careful and answered 'no'. After a little research I found the culprit: my (Danish) repos are borked. The solution: use synaptic and change to the 'main server'. Run 'update' and - voilá - the whole rigmarole downloaded without a hitch and everything is inorder and up-to-date.

[Snowhog]

Re: not sure what the hell happened this morning, but...

Understandable, but unfortunate. In your case, (all) the package updates didn't make it to your countries repositories "in time." Glad you discovered it before any damage was done.