Upgrade to KDE 4 problems

[drumpat01]

Ok so I'm brand new to the entire Linux thing as of like 3 days ago and I do not understand how to upgrade to KDE4. I have tried to follow the instructions on http://kubuntu.org/announcements/kde-4.0.php but its not working or I dont understand how to do it. First off

1. How do you add deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/kubuntu-members-kde4/ubuntu gutsy main to your /etc/apt/sources.list I tried to add it in adept manager but I dont see KDE4-core anywhere. I've also tried that add/remove programs and its not in there either.

Someone please try to lay this out for me. I'm very fustraited at this point and need basic basic basic steps on what to do.

[arochester]

Re: Upgrade to KDE 4 problems

Open Konsole (Terminal Program) and input the command

kdesu kate /etc/apt/sources.list

This will open the sources list in Kate (Advanced Text Editor). Add the line at the bottom,save and update.

Alternatively if you have Synaptic (Package Manager) Settings>Repositories>Third Party Software>Add

[Fintan]

Re: Upgrade to KDE 4 problems

A bit of reading first:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Repositories/Ubuntu

http://monkeyblog.org/ubuntu/installing/

if you haven't installed kde4 before all you need to do is add:
http://ppa.launchpad.net/kubuntu-members-kde4/ubuntu gutsy main]deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/kubuntu-members-kde4/ubuntu gutsy main[/url]
to your repos as described above and then do in a terminal (you can copy and paste):

sudo apt-get update

sudo at-get install kde4-core

I would not do that in adept as adept is still a bit buggy.
Either do it in a Terminal or install synaptic :

sudo apt-get install synaptic

then go to kmenu->system->synaptic and search for kde4-core and install.

Good luck and welcome

[cynical_remarks]

Re: Upgrade to KDE 4 problems

Hi there,

I am also trying to install it as well, but get nowhere yet...

sudo apt-get install kde4-core
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree    
Reading state information... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.

Since you only requested a single operation it is extremely likely that
the package is simply not installable and a bug report against
that package should be filed.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies.
 kde4-core: Depends: kdebase-kde4 (>= 4:4.0.0) but it is not going to be installed
E: Broken packages

after trying it in synaptics as well and digging around, the problem seems to be the following dependencies, with the culprit being the package kdebase-data-kde4:

kde4-core depends on kdebase-kde4

kdebase-kde4 depends on kdebase-bin-kde4 and konqueror-kde4

kdebase-bin-kde4 depends on kdebase-data-kde4

trying to install that package kdebase-data-kde4 yields the following message:

kdebase-bin-kde4:
 Depends: kdebase-data-kde4 (=4:4.0.0-0ubuntu1~gutsy1) but 4:4.0.0-0ubuntu1~gutsy1~ppa1 is to be installed

konqueror-kde4 also depends on kdebase-data-kde4

trying to install that package konqueror-kde4 yields the following message:

konqueror-kde4:
 Depends: kdebase-data-kde4 (>=4:4.0.0-0ubuntu1~gutsy1) but 4:4.0.0-0ubuntu1~gutsy1~ppa1 is to be installed

there seems to be a discrepancy between 4.0.0-0ubuntu1~gutsy1 and 4.0.0-0ubuntu1~gutsy1~ppa1.

I don't know what it is, but it doesn't work.

Any suggestions?

Cheers,
Mike

[monte48lowes]

Re: Upgrade to KDE 4 problems

Are there any packages that need to be updated after you enable the KDE4 repositories?

I had previously installed KDE4 RC 2 and the kdebase-bin package was updated. This was the first requirement for installing KDE4 RC 2. The updated kdebase-bin was still 3.5.8, however updated to allow for the install of KDE4.

Check to see if there are any updates required before installing KDE4.

Mike

[cynical_remarks]

Re: Upgrade to KDE 4 problems

finally works.

here's the solution http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/inde...opic=3090269.0

the trick is to disable backports in the repositories.

Mike

[coco_ka]

Re: Upgrade to KDE 4 problems

Hello,

I also have problems when trying to upgrade from kde4-rc2 to kde4. I wanted to follow the install instructions on http://kubuntu.org/announcements/kde-4.0.php

So the first step is to remove previous kde4 packages from rc2 with

sudo apt-get remove kdelibs5 kde4base-data kde4libs-data

This step seems to be very critical because, there are lots of packages which are going to be removed, which also involves the current kde3 installation. Here is the output of

sudo apt-get -s remove kdelibs5 kde4base-data kde4libs-data

which simulates removing the packages.

Paket kde4base-data ist nicht installiert, wird also auch nicht entfernt
Paket kde4libs-data ist nicht installiert, wird also auch nicht entfernt
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
 libqca2 libqimageblitz4 libcvsservice0 smbfs kdevelop-data libsearchclient0 cvs kdebase-workspace-data libstrigihtmlgui0 libxklavier11 emerald
 extragear-plasma-data libemeraldengine0 kdepimlibs-data librsvg2-common
Verwenden Sie »apt-get autoremove«, um sie zu entfernen.
Die folgenden Pakete werden ENTFERNT:
 basket digikam dolphin-kde4 extragear-plasma k3b kappfinder-kde4 kde-kdm-themes kde4-core kde4libs-bin kdebase-bin kdebase-bin-kde4 kdebase-kde4
 kdebase-kio-plugins kdebase-runtime kdebase-runtime-bin-kde4 kdebase-workspace kdebase-workspace-bin kdelibs5 kdepasswd-kde4 kdepimlibs5 kdesktop
 kdevelop kdm kfind-kde4 klipper-kde4 kmail kmailcvt kmplayer-konq-plugins knights konq-plugins konqueror konqueror-kde4 konqueror-nsplugins
 konqueror-nsplugins-kde4 konsole-kde4 kontact kopete-kde4 kscreensaver ksysguard-kde4 kubuntu-desktop kubuntu-konqueror-shortcuts kvpnc kwin-kde4
 kwrite-kde4 libkonq5 libplasma1 smb4k strigi-applet systemsettings-kde4
0 aktualisiert, 0 neu installiert, 49 zu entfernen und 0 nicht aktualisiert.
Remv basket [1.0.2-2build2.1]
Remv digikam [2:0.9.2-2ubuntu2]
Remv kde4-core [3.3~gutsy1~ppa1]
Remv kdebase-kde4 [4:4.0.0-0ubuntu1~gutsy1~ppa1]
Remv dolphin-kde4 [4:4.0.0-0ubuntu1~gutsy1~ppa1]
Remv extragear-plasma [4:4.0.0-0ubuntu1~gutsy1~ppa1]
Remv k3b [1.0.3-0ubuntu4]
Remv kappfinder-kde4 [4:4.0.0-0ubuntu1~gutsy1~ppa1]
Remv kde-kdm-themes [2007.01-1]
Remv kopete-kde4 [4:4.0.0-0ubuntu1~gutsy1~ppa1]
Remv kdepimlibs5 [4:4.0.0-0ubuntu1~gutsy1~ppa1]
Remv kdebase-workspace [4:4.0.0-0ubuntu1~gutsy1~ppa1]
Remv kdebase-workspace-bin [4:4.0.0-0ubuntu1~gutsy1~ppa1] [libplasma1 ]
Remv ksysguard-kde4 [4:4.0.0-0ubuntu1~gutsy1~ppa1] [libplasma1 ]
Remv libplasma1 [4:4.0.0-0ubuntu1~gutsy1~ppa1]
Remv kwin-kde4 [4:4.0.0-0ubuntu1~gutsy1~ppa1]
Remv systemsettings-kde4 [4:4.0.0-0ubuntu1~gutsy1~ppa1]
Remv kdepasswd-kde4 [4:4.0.0-0ubuntu1~gutsy1~ppa1]
Remv kwrite-kde4 [4:4.0.0-0ubuntu1~gutsy1~ppa1]
Remv konqueror-kde4 [4:4.0.0-0ubuntu1~gutsy1~ppa1]
Remv libkonq5 [4:4.0.0-0ubuntu1~gutsy1~ppa1]
Remv konsole-kde4 [4:4.0.0-0ubuntu1~gutsy1~ppa1]
Remv kfind-kde4 [4:4.0.0-0ubuntu1~gutsy1~ppa1]
Remv kdebase-bin-kde4 [4:4.0.0-0ubuntu1~gutsy1~ppa1]
Remv konqueror-nsplugins-kde4 [4:4.0.0-0ubuntu1~gutsy1~ppa1]
Remv smb4k [0.8.4-1]
Remv strigi-applet [0.5.6-0ubuntu1]
Remv kubuntu-konqueror-shortcuts [0.4]
Remv kubuntu-desktop [1.59]
Remv konq-plugins [4:3.5.8-0ubuntu2]
Remv kmplayer-konq-plugins [0.9.4a-0ubuntu2]
Remv konqueror [4:3.5.8-2ubuntu3~gutsy1~ppa1] [konqueror-nsplugins ]
Remv konqueror-nsplugins [4:3.5.8-2ubuntu3~gutsy1~ppa1]
Remv knights [0.6-7.1ubuntu2]
Remv kontact [4:3.5.7enterprise20070926-0ubuntu2]
Remv kmailcvt [4:3.5.7enterprise20070926-0ubuntu2]
Remv kmail [4:3.5.7enterprise20070926-0ubuntu2]
Remv kdebase-kio-plugins [4:3.5.8-2ubuntu3~gutsy1~ppa1]
Remv kdesktop [4:3.5.8-2ubuntu3~gutsy1~ppa1]
Remv kdm [4:3.5.8-2ubuntu3~gutsy1~ppa1]
Remv kdevelop [4:3.5.0-0ubuntu2.1]
Remv kvpnc [0.8.9-1]
Remv kscreensaver [4:3.5.8-0ubuntu1]
Remv kdebase-bin [4:3.5.8-2ubuntu3~gutsy1~ppa1]
Remv klipper-kde4 [4:4.0.0-0ubuntu1~gutsy1~ppa1]
Remv kdebase-runtime [4:4.0.0-0ubuntu1~gutsy1~ppa1] [kdebase-runtime-bin-kde4 ]
Remv kdebase-runtime-bin-kde4 [4:4.0.0-0ubuntu1~gutsy1~ppa1]
Remv kde4libs-bin [4:4.0.0-0ubuntu1~gutsy1~ppa1] [kdelibs5 ]
Remv kdelibs5 [4:4.0.0-0ubuntu1~gutsy1~ppa1]

Does anyone have the same problem or even an solution, because I do not want to remove kde3.5.8 packages at the moment, as kde4 (even as it has been released) seems not to be usable at the moment

Kind regards and thanks,
Christian

[monte48lowes]

Re: Upgrade to KDE 4 problems

I use Adept to remove packages. I will select the packages I wish to remove. Then use the filter check boxes to see what is really going to be removed. I can then 'Undo Changes' for the packages I wish to keep. Removing packages using apt-get has bit me in the past.

Mike

[Fintan]

Re: Upgrade to KDE 4 problems

Either that or after the removal just reinstall kubuntu-desktop and all the other relevant kde packages you need.
That is one bit of info the kubuntu people don't give, which I find a bit missing.

[bugmenot]

Re: Upgrade to KDE 4 problems

finally works.

here's the solution http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/inde...opic=3090269.0

the trick is to disable backports in the repositories.

Doesn't work for me as my backports were never enabled.