I've since sorted this out by doing 'sudo apt-get -f install' followed by 'apt-get autoremove'. Initially the screen went all wibbly-wobbly but sorted now. Couple of things do not work - such as system settings but time will prevail!
Hello.
I have just attempted a download of KDE 4.2 but got the following error/s (see last 8 lines)
Setting up kdiamond (4:4.2.0-0ubuntu1~intrepid1~ppa2) ...
Setting up kollision (4:4.2.0-0ubuntu1~intrepid1~ppa2) ...
Setting up katomic (4:4.2.0-0ubuntu1~intrepid1~ppa2) ...
Setting up kreversi (4:4.2.0-0ubuntu1~intrepid1~ppa2) ...
Setting up kjumpingcube (4:4.2.0-0ubuntu1~intrepid1~ppa2) ...
Setting up kmahjongg (4:4.2.0-0ubuntu1~intrepid1~ppa2) ...
Setting up kspaceduel (4:4.2.0-0ubuntu1~intrepid1~ppa2) ...
Processing triggers for libc6 ...
ldconfig deferred processing now taking place
Processing triggers for menu ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
superkaramba
kate
ksysguard
kdebase-plasma
python-plasma
plasmoid-quickaccess
kdebase-workspace-bin
I also have some broken dependencies. Any ideas please?
I since tried again and notice that the packages to be downloaded are down from 182 to 114 however got the following error/s this time during the download on Synaptic:
E: /var/cache/apt/archives/kdebase-workspace-data_4%3a4.2.0-0ubuntu1~intrepid1~ppa7_all.deb: trying to overwrite `/usr/share/doc/kde4/HTML/en/kcontrol/windowbehaviour/index.cache.bz2', which is also in package kde-window-manager
E: /var/cache/apt/archives/kdewallpapers_4%3a4.2.0-0ubuntu1~intrepid1~ppa2_all.deb: trying to overwrite `/usr/share/wallpapers/Golden_Ripples/contents/images/1280x1024.jpg', which is also in package kdebase-workspace-wallpapers
and this during installation:
Unknown media type in type 'fonts/package'
Unknown media type in type 'interface/x-winamp-skin'
Setting up akonadi-kde (4:4.2.0-0ubuntu1~intrepid~ppa3) ...
Setting up kmail (4:4.2.0-0ubuntu1~intrepid~ppa3) ...
Setting up kdebase-bin (4:4.2.0-0ubuntu1~intrepid1~ppa2) ...
Setting up kdebase-data (4:4.2.0-0ubuntu1~intrepid1~ppa2) ...
Setting up konqueror (4:4.2.0-0ubuntu1~intrepid1~ppa2) ...
Setting up kdebase (4:4.2.0-0ubuntu1~intrepid1~ppa2) ...
Processing triggers for libc6 ...
ldconfig deferred processing now taking place
Errors were encountered while processing:
kdeartwork
kdebase-workspace-bin
kdebase-workspace
kscreensaver
Hello.
I have just attempted a download of KDE 4.2 but got the following error/s (see last 8 lines)
Setting up kdiamond (4:4.2.0-0ubuntu1~intrepid1~ppa2) ...
Setting up kollision (4:4.2.0-0ubuntu1~intrepid1~ppa2) ...
Setting up katomic (4:4.2.0-0ubuntu1~intrepid1~ppa2) ...
Setting up kreversi (4:4.2.0-0ubuntu1~intrepid1~ppa2) ...
Setting up kjumpingcube (4:4.2.0-0ubuntu1~intrepid1~ppa2) ...
Setting up kmahjongg (4:4.2.0-0ubuntu1~intrepid1~ppa2) ...
Setting up kspaceduel (4:4.2.0-0ubuntu1~intrepid1~ppa2) ...
Processing triggers for libc6 ...
ldconfig deferred processing now taking place
Processing triggers for menu ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
superkaramba
kate
ksysguard
kdebase-plasma
python-plasma
plasmoid-quickaccess
kdebase-workspace-bin
I also have some broken dependencies. Any ideas please?
I since tried again and notice that the packages to be downloaded are down from 182 to 114 however got the following error/s this time during the download on Synaptic:
E: /var/cache/apt/archives/kdebase-workspace-data_4%3a4.2.0-0ubuntu1~intrepid1~ppa7_all.deb: trying to overwrite `/usr/share/doc/kde4/HTML/en/kcontrol/windowbehaviour/index.cache.bz2', which is also in package kde-window-manager
E: /var/cache/apt/archives/kdewallpapers_4%3a4.2.0-0ubuntu1~intrepid1~ppa2_all.deb: trying to overwrite `/usr/share/wallpapers/Golden_Ripples/contents/images/1280x1024.jpg', which is also in package kdebase-workspace-wallpapers
and this during installation:
Unknown media type in type 'fonts/package'
Unknown media type in type 'interface/x-winamp-skin'
Setting up akonadi-kde (4:4.2.0-0ubuntu1~intrepid~ppa3) ...
Setting up kmail (4:4.2.0-0ubuntu1~intrepid~ppa3) ...
Setting up kdebase-bin (4:4.2.0-0ubuntu1~intrepid1~ppa2) ...
Setting up kdebase-data (4:4.2.0-0ubuntu1~intrepid1~ppa2) ...
Setting up konqueror (4:4.2.0-0ubuntu1~intrepid1~ppa2) ...
Setting up kdebase (4:4.2.0-0ubuntu1~intrepid1~ppa2) ...
Processing triggers for libc6 ...
ldconfig deferred processing now taking place
Errors were encountered while processing:
kdeartwork
kdebase-workspace-bin
kdebase-workspace
kscreensaver