Installing KDE 3.2 via apt-get

Michael Hipp Michael
Mon May 17 11:59:09 PDT 2004


I'm attempting to install KDE 3.2 from kde-redhat.sourceforge.net ...

After wrestling with dependencies for quite some time, I eventually 
ended up with this command:

    apt-get install kde kdebase gtk2 gtk+-devel

Which satisfies dependencies but now it quits with this:

-------------
         file /usr/share/mimelnk/application/vnd.sun.xml.calc.desktop 
from install of kdelibs-3.2.0-0.fdr.1.rh90 conflicts with file from 
package openoffice-1.0.2-4
         file /usr/share/mimelnk/application/vnd.sun.xml.draw.desktop 
from install of kdelibs-3.2.0-0.fdr.1.rh90 conflicts with file from 
package openoffice-1.0.2-4
         file /usr/share/mimelnk/application/vnd.sun.xml.impress.desktop 
from install of kdelibs-3.2.0-0.fdr.1.rh90 conflicts with file from 
package openoffice-1.0.2-4
         file /usr/share/mimelnk/application/vnd.sun.xml.writer.desktop 
from install of kdelibs-3.2.0-0.fdr.1.rh90 conflicts with file from 
package openoffice-1.0.2-4
         file /usr/share/mimelnk/application/x-kudesigner.desktop from 
install of kdelibs-3.2.0-0.fdr.1.rh90 conflicts with file from package 
koffice-1.2.1-7
         file /usr/share/mimelnk/application/x-cue.desktop from install 
of kdelibs-3.2.0-0.fdr.1.rh90 conflicts with file from package 
k3b-0.10.3-1.xcyb.8.rh9
         file /usr/share/mimelnk/application/x-iso.desktop from install 
of kdelibs-3.2.0-0.fdr.1.rh90 conflicts with file from package 
k3b-0.10.3-1.xcyb.8.rh9
         file /usr/share/mimelnk/application/x-ace.desktop from install 
of kdelibs-3.2.0-0.fdr.1.rh90 conflicts with file from package 
krusader-1.30-rhfc1
-------------

Even a --force-yes won't get it past these (seemingly trivial) errors. 
Apt-get doesn't seem to have an option like --prompt-before-die or 
--just-install-the-darn-thing-will-ya.

Anyone know how to get past this?

Thanks,
Michael


More information about the Linux-users mailing list