How do you install KDE ?

[kdeuser]

Hi there Snowhog,

Yes, just changed to my local server and tried installing Kubuntu-desktop but Synaptic will not move unless those dependencies/broken packages are fixed.

On a side note , download speed has increased.

[Snowhog]

W: GPG error: http://security.ubuntu.com trusty-security Release: Could not execute 'gpgv' to verify signature (is gpgv installed?)
W: GPG error: http://archive.ubuntu.com trusty Release: Could not execute 'gpgv' to verify signature (is gpgv installed?)
W: GPG error: http://archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates Release: Could not execute 'gpgv' to verify signature (is gpgv installed?)

Have you installed gpgv yet?

[anika200]

Have you installed gpgv yet?

See post #2 of course I think he has started over again so, maybe it will help.

[kdeuser]

Yes, gpgv is installed :

reel@BM2LTSR66RBin:/media/hd/home/reel$ sudo apt install gpgv
[sudo] password for reel: 
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
gpgv is already the newest version.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
reel@BM2LTSR66RBin:/media/hd/home/reel$

Below is another snap of errors :

[Snowhog]

Hi anika200,

Seems that gpgv is already installed and the latest version.

Tried the sudo apt-get update and the same gpg errors.

IF gpgv is installed but apt reports it can't be executed, indicates a deeper problem with your system.

[Snowhog]

Yes, gpgv is installed :

reel@BM2LTSR66RBin:/media/hd/home/reel$ sudo apt install gpgv
[sudo] password for reel: 
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
gpgv is already the newest version.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
reel@BM2LTSR66RBin:/media/hd/home/reel$

Below is another snap of errors :

[ATTACH=CONFIG]5771[/ATTACH]

Read: InstallingKDE - Installing KDE Software Compilation on an Ubuntu system

[kdeuser]

Thanks Snowhog, just read that and i have tried all three and same dependancy errors.

This is looking gloomy for BM2LTS . At the moment i`m using Gnome ( compiz ) which is the nearest i can get to a kde desktop.

I miss the clipboard and the whole ease of use of kde.

Placed some icons along the top and bottom taskbars but now want to get rid of some - how is this done ?

I miss kde , damn.....

Thanks for all this help though , still can`t mount those drives on boot up but at least have the commands for manual mounting by Oshunluvr .

[kdeuser]

Found , maybe the dependancy error :

Dependancy is not satisfiable: python3-software-properties (=0.92.36)

Do i install this with a simple `sudo apt-get install python3-software-properties`.

Update : Terminal is saying that it`s the latest version, i`m out of ideas .

[Snowhog]

Do you have any non-standard repositories in use? What do you have in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/

[NickStone]

Do you have any non-standard repositories in use? What do you have in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/

@Snowhog: It is not a proper Ubuntu system.

@kdeuser: Can you display the sources list of the ppa's that it connects to?

[anika200]

kdeuser, did you check for the presence of polkit-kde-1 ?

[kdeuser]

Hi NickStone,

The only thing showing any sources because there are no ppa`s installed is printed below :

## 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 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty universe
# deb http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates universe
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu trusty main universe restricted multiverse
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-security universe restricted multiverse main
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu trusty-updates universe restricted multiverse main

The above comes from `sources.list.save`

[kdeuser]

Hi anika200, just typed ` polkit-kde-1` in Synaptic and yes it`s there but not installed.

Should this be installed , is this the missing piece in the jigsaw ?

Update : Went ahead and installed the app , went through ok.

I`ll try running kubuntu-desktop

Update : No luck - again....

[kdeuser]

@Snowhog.

Sources.list.d :

[Snowhog]

The file sizes says zero, but please ensure that they contain no content.