Fiesty kubuntu-desktop package broken dependancies

[Zee Alexander]

Binary package hint: kubuntu-desktop

I have the default Ubuntu 7.04 system installed.
I tried to install the kubuntu-desktop metapackage.

I have the standard default sources.list file.

When trying to mark kubuntu-desktop to be installed it fails with:
kubuntu-desktop:
 Depends: kde-guidance but it is not going to be installed
 Recommends: kde-guidance-powermanager but it is not going to be installed

A search shows that kde-guidance and kde-guidance-powermanger are availible, but when I try to install via apt-get they fail with:
kde-guidance:
 Depends: libpythonize0 but it is not going to be installed

When I try to install libpythonize0 manually via apt-get it fails with:
libpythonize0:
 Depends: python2.5-dev but it is not going to be installed

When I try to install python2.5-dev manually via apt-get it fails with:
python2.5-dev:
  Depends: python2.5 (=2.5.1~rc1-0ubuntu3) but 2.5.1-0ubuntu1 is to be installed

A quick check in synaptic shows that all the python2.5 packages are at version 2.5.1~rc1-0ubuntu3, EXCEPT FOR python2.5 and python2.5-minimal, which are both at version 2.5.1-0ubuntu1

So therein lies the bug/problem/issue whatever it is. Any help would be much appreciated.

[Zee Alexander (pizzaops)]

Here are the results of apt-get install kubuntu-desktop

zach@zubuntu:~$ sudo apt-get install kubuntu-desktop
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:
  kubuntu-desktop: Depends: kde-guidance but it is not going to be installed
                   Recommends: kde-guidance-powermanager but it is not going to be installed
E: Broken packages

[Scott Kitterman (kitterman)]

Try:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install libpythonize0

The dependencies are correct and the packages exist so it is iikely your package cache is out of sync for some reason.

[Zee Alexander (pizzaops)]

I tried that.

What DID work was sudo aptitude install kubuntu-desktop

I had somehow gotten packages to a HIGHER upgrade level then they should've
been at, and this broke deps. Not sure if its a bug or if I manually
installed something without knowing it.

Anyway aptitude downgraded for me.

On 5/11/07, Scott Kitterman <email address hidden> wrote:
>
> Try:
>
> sudo apt-get update
> sudo apt-get install libpythonize0
>
> The dependencies are correct and the packages exist so it is iikely your
> package cache is out of sync for some reason.
>
> --
> Fiesty kubuntu-desktop package broken dependancies
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/114047
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>

[Scott Kitterman (kitterman)]

Thank you for the update. I'm going to mark this rejected because I believe it was something unique to your situation, most likely installing a higher version of something at some point. I'm glad you got it worked out.

[islet8 (islet8)]

all the python2.5 packages are at version 2.5.1~rc1-0ubuntu3, EXCEPT FOR python2.5 and python2.5-minimal, which are both at version 2.5.1-0ubuntu1

I also met the problem, ubuntu 7.04

[islet8 (islet8)]

i've solved the problem, the Chinese source havn't update to the latest