kdeartwork-theme-icon conflicts with kdelibs-data makes full desktop uninstallable

[Scott Kitterman]

Binary package hint: kdeartwork

kdeartwork-theme-icon was held back after upgrade from Hardy to Intrepid. Trying to update manually clearly was not the right answer:

$ sudo aptitude install kdeartwork-theme-icon
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Reading extended state information
Initializing package states... Done
The following packages are BROKEN:
  k3b kdelibs kdelibs4c2a
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  automoc{u} cmake{u} gettext-kde{u} hspell{u} kdelibs-data{a}
  libacl1-dev{u} libart-2.0-dev{u} libaspell-dev{u} libattr1-dev{u}
  libavahi-client-dev{u} libavahi-common-dev{u} libavahi-qt3-dev{u}
  libdb4.6++{u} libdbus-1-dev{u} libenchant-dev{u} libexiv2-2{u}
  libfinance-quote-perl{u} libgif-dev{u} libhtml-tableextract-perl{u}
  libilmbase-dev{u} libjasper-dev{u} libkdcraw3{u} libkexiv2-3{u}
  libkeyutils-dev{u} liblockdev1{u} liblua50-dev{u} liblualib50-dev{u}
  libmpg123-0{u} libnews-nntpclient-perl{u} libopenexr-dev{u}
  libopensync0{u} libpcre3-dev{u} libpcrecpp0{u} libphonon-dev{u}
  libpisock9{u} libsasl2-dev{u} libsoprano-dev{u} libstreamanalyzer-dev{u}
  libstreams-dev{u} libtiff4-dev{u} libtiffxx0c2{u} libxml2-dev{u}
  libxslt1-dev{u} libxtst-dev{u} lua50{u} mpg123{u} x11proto-record-dev{u}
The following packages will be upgraded:
  kdeartwork-theme-icon
1 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 47 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 29.1MB of archives. After unpacking 34.4MB will be freed.
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
  kdelibs4c2a: Depends: kdelibs-data (> 4:3.5.10) but it is not installable
               Depends: kdelibs-data (< 4:3.5.11) but it is not installable
  k3b: Depends: kdelibs-data (>= 4:3.1.4-2) but it is not installable
  kdelibs: Depends: kdelibs-data (>= 4:3.5.10-0ubuntu5) but it is not installable
The following actions will resolve these dependencies:

Remove the following packages:
amarok
amarok-engine-xine
atlantik
k3b
kaffeine
kasteroids
katapult
kbackgammon
kdat
kde-style-polyester
kde-style-qtcurve
kdeadmin-kfile-plugins
kdebindings-java
kdegraphics-kfile-plugins
kdelibs
kdelibs4c2a
kdelirc
kdewebdev
kdvi
kedit
keep
kenolaba
kfax
kfaxview
kfilereplace
kfouleggs
kghostview
khexedit
kimagemapeditor
kio-locate
klamav
klaptopdaemon
klickety
klinkstatus
kmilo
kmplayer-base
kmrml
kommander
konversation
kooka
kpdf
kpoker
kregexpeditor
ksim
ksirtet
ksmiletris
ksnake
ksokoban
ksvg
ksysv
ktron
kview
kviewshell
kwin4
kxsldbg
libdcop3-java
libdcop3-java-dev
libdcop3-jni
libk3b3
libkbluetooth0
libkcal2b
libkcddb1
libkde3-java
libkde3-jni
libkdeedu3
libkdegames1
libkdepim1a
libkjsembed-dev
libkjsembed1
libkleopatra1
libkmime2
libkonq4
libkorundum0-ruby1.8
libkpimexchange1
libkpimidentities1
libkscan1
libktnef1
libskim0
libsmokekde-dev
libsmokekde1
network-manager-kde
openoffice.org-kde
python-dcop
python-kde3
quanta
skim

Install the following packages:
scim [1.4.7-3ubuntu10 (intrepid)]
scim-gtk2-immodule [1.4.7-3ubuntu10 (intrepid)]

Leave the following dependencies unresolved:
amarok-common recommends amarok (>= 2:1.4.10-0ubuntu2)
kubuntu-desktop recommends amarok
kubuntu-desktop recommends k3b
kubuntu-desktop recommends konversation
kubuntu-desktop recommends network-manager-kde
kubuntu-desktop recommends openoffice.org-kde
kubuntu-desktop recommends skim
network-manager recommends network-manager-gnome | network-manager-kde
quanta-data recommends quanta (= 4:3.5.10-0ubuntu1)
Score is 2008

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ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Dependencies:

DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10
Package: kdeartwork None [modified: /var/lib/dpkg/info/kdeartwork.list]
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 LANGUAGE=en_US
SourcePackage: kdeartwork
Uname: Linux 2.6.27-4-generic i686