Errors when updating to KDE 4.2 [Resolved]

[gigabz666]

Seems I've got myself into a spot of bother. Updated on my home desktop fine but run into a mess of problems on my laptop. I followed the instructions on the Kubuntu website for upgrading to 4.2. However during the upgrade process, I'm getting errors and now I'm unable to actually boot into KDE. If I try to login, I just get a blank screen and it dumps be back onto the login screen.

sudo apt-get -f install

dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/kde-icons-oxygen_4%3a4.2.0-0ubuntu1~intrepid1~ppa3_all.deb (--unpack):
 trying to overwrite `/usr/share/icons/oxygen/16x16/actions/object-order-front.png', which is also in package koffice-data-kde4
dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe)
Preparing to replace kde-window-manager 4:4.1.3-0ubuntu1~intrepid1 (using .../kde-window-manager_4%3a4.2.0-0ubuntu1~intrepid1~ppa7_i386.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement kde-window-manager ...
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/kde-window-manager_4%3a4.2.0-0ubuntu1~intrepid1~ppa7_i386.deb (--unpack):
 trying to overwrite `/usr/share/kde4/apps/kconf_update/plasma-add-shortcut-to-menu.upd', which is also in package kdebase-workspace-data
dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe)

sudo dpkg --configure -a

dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of superkaramba:
 superkaramba depends on libplasma3; however:         
 Package libplasma3 is not installed.             
dpkg: error processing superkaramba (--configure):       
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured          
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of kate:    
 kate depends on libplasma3; however:             
 Package libplasma3 is not installed.             
dpkg: error processing kate (--configure):           
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured          
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of kdebase-runtime:
 kdebase-runtime depends on kde-icons-oxygen (>= 4:4.2.0-0ubuntu1~intrepid1~ppa3); however:
 Version of kde-icons-oxygen on system is 4:4.1.3-0ubuntu1~intrepid1.          
dpkg: error processing kdebase-runtime (--configure):                   
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured                        
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of kdebase-runtime-bin-kde4:       
 kdebase-runtime-bin-kde4 depends on kdebase-runtime (>= 4:4.1.96); however:       
 Package kdebase-runtime is not configured yet.                     
dpkg: error processing kdebase-runtime-bin-kde4 (--configure):              
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured                        
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of kdebase-workspace-libs4+5:       
 kdebase-workspace-libs4+5 depends on kdebase-runtime (>= 4:4.1.96); however:       
 Package kdebase-runtime is not configured yet.                     
 kdebase-workspace-libs4+5 depends on libplasma3; however:                
 Package libplasma3 is not installed.                          
dpkg: error processing kdebase-workspace-libs4+5 (--configure):              
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured                        
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of ksysguard:               
 ksysguard depends on kdebase-runtime (>= 4:4.1.96); however:               
 Package kdebase-runtime is not configured yet.                     
 ksysguard depends on kdebase-workspace-libs4+5; however:                 
 Package kdebase-workspace-libs4+5 is not configured yet.                
 ksysguard depends on libplasma3; however:                        
 Package libplasma3 is not installed.                          
dpkg: error processing ksysguard (--configure):                      
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured                        
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libkdecorations4:           
 libkdecorations4 depends on kdebase-runtime (>= 4:4.1.96); however:           
 Package kdebase-runtime is not configured yet.                     
 libkdecorations4 depends on kdebase-workspace-libs4+5; however:             
 Package kdebase-workspace-libs4+5 is not configured yet.                
dpkg: error processing libkdecorations4 (--configure):                  
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured                        
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of kdebase-plasma:            
 kdebase-plasma depends on kdebase-runtime (>= 4:4.1.96); however:            
 Package kdebase-runtime is not configured yet.                     
 kdebase-plasma depends on libplasma3; however:                      
 Package libplasma3 is not installed.                          
dpkg: error processing kdebase-plasma (--configure):                   
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured                        
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of python-plasma:             
 python-plasma depends on python-kde4 (>= 4:4.1.96); however:               
 Version of python-kde4 on system is 4:4.1.3-0ubuntu1~intrepid1.             
dpkg: error processing python-plasma (--configure):                    
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured                        
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of plasmoid-quickaccess:         
 plasmoid-quickaccess depends on kdebase-runtime (>= 4:4.1.96); however:         
 Package kdebase-runtime is not configured yet.                     
 plasmoid-quickaccess depends on libplasma3; however:
 Package libplasma3 is not installed.
dpkg: error processing plasmoid-quickaccess (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of kdebase-workspace-bin:
 kdebase-workspace-bin depends on kdebase-runtime (>= 4:4.1.96); however:
 Package kdebase-runtime is not configured yet.
 kdebase-workspace-bin depends on kdebase-workspace-libs4+5; however:
 Package kdebase-workspace-libs4+5 is not configured yet.
 kdebase-workspace-bin depends on libplasma3; however:
 Package libplasma3 is not installed.
 kdebase-workspace-bin depends on kdebase-workspace-data (= 4:4.2.0-0ubuntu1~intrepid1~ppa7); however:
 Version of kdebase-workspace-data on system is 4:4.1.3-0ubuntu1~intrepid1.
dpkg: error processing kdebase-workspace-bin (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libkwineffects1:
 libkwineffects1 depends on kdebase-runtime (>= 4:4.1.96); however:
 Package kdebase-runtime is not configured yet.
 libkwineffects1 depends on kdebase-workspace-libs4+5; however:
 Package kdebase-workspace-libs4+5 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing libkwineffects1 (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
 superkaramba
 kate
 kdebase-runtime
 kdebase-runtime-bin-kde4
 kdebase-workspace-libs4+5
 ksysguard
 libkdecorations4
 kdebase-plasma
 python-plasma
 plasmoid-quickaccess
 kdebase-workspace-bin
 libkwineffects1

Any ideas?

EDIT: Ok, I'm stupid, I obviously didn't follow all the instructions as I forgot to remove koffice-data-kde4. But of course now I'm stuck. What should I do?

[hord45]

Re: Errors when updating to KDE 4.2

Just remove the koffice package and continue with the upgrade.

[gigabz666]

Re: Errors when updating to KDE 4.2

Thanks for the help. Unfortunately I wasn't able to do that because it kept complaining about the broken packages.

However I was able to solve the problem and that was to use

sudo dpkg -i --force-overwrite /var/cache/apt/archives/kde-icons-oxygen_4%3a4.2.0-0ubuntu1~intrepid1~ppa3_all.deb

That then allowed me to use apt-get -f install to install the rest of the packages and continue with the rest of the update. So I now have 4.2 working.

[gotaug]

Re: Errors when updating to KDE 4.2 [Resolved]


This happened to me.

I chose recovery mode in the GRUB boot menu.

Then I chose the DPKG option in the next menu.

Then I said Y to everything it asked me.

When it was done I rebooted and everything was fine and I had KDE 4.2!

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