Attempting to install kubuntu-desktop with apt-get fails with unmet dependencies

[jamesh]

Binary package hint: kubuntu-desktop

When I try to use the command "sudo apt-get install kubuntu-desktop", it fails with the following output:

james@polpot:~$ sudo apt-get install kubuntu-desktop
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... 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: kdegraphics-kfile-plugins but it is not going to be installed
E: Broken packages
james@polpot:~$

I also ran sudo apt-get udpate before trying the command, but this had no effect.

This may be similar to bug 51656, but the packages are different and I'm not sure...

[John Vivirito (gnomefreak)]

This should be fixed now. If not please run sudo aptitude install kubuntu-desktop. That should install it. Let me know if apt-get install kubuntu-desktop works before the other options so i know if the update did fix this. Thank you for reporting this bug.

[John Vivirito (gnomefreak)]

This is fixed already. If you still have a problem with it please reopen this bug.

[sjdurfey (sjdurfey)]

i receive this error when trying to apt-get kubuntu-desktop

stephen@stephen-laptop:~$ 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: hwdb-client-kde but it is not going to be installed
                   Depends: language-selector-qt but it is not going to be installed
                   Depends: software-properties-kde but it is not going to be installed
                   Recommends: apport-qt but it is not going to be installed
                   Recommends: speedcrunch but it is not going to be installed
E: Broken packages

[Sarah Kowalik (hobbsee-deactivatedaccount)]

That's a different bug, and now also fixed.

[pat james (pat0410e)]

I receive this error when when trying to apt-get kubuntu-desktop

 patrick@patrick-desktop:~$ sudo apt-get install kubuntu-desktop
[sudo] password for patrick:
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
                   Recommends: openoffice.org-calc but it is not going to be installed
                   Recommends: openoffice.org-impress but it is not going to be installed
                   Recommends: openoffice.org-kde but it is not going to be installed
                   Recommends: openoffice.org-writer but it is not going to be installed
E: Broken packages
patrick@patrick-desktop:~$

[John Vivirito (gnomefreak)]

On 03/22/2009 05:54 AM, pat james wrote:
> I receive this error when when trying to apt-get kubuntu-desktop
>
> patrick@patrick-desktop:~$ sudo apt-get install kubuntu-desktop
> [sudo] password for patrick:
> 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
> Recommends: openoffice.org-calc but it is not going to be installed
> Recommends: openoffice.org-impress but it is not going to be installed
> Recommends: openoffice.org-kde but it is not going to be installed
> Recommends: openoffice.org-writer but it is not going to be installed
> E: Broken packages
> patrick@patrick-desktop:~$
>
Can you please post your /etc/apt/sources.list file here?
What version of Ubuntu do you have?
What happens when you try to install other packages?
What happens when you run the following commands:
sudo dpkg --configure -a
sudo apt-get -f install
Did you install packages that were not in the official Ubuntu repos?
--
Sincerely Yours,
    John Vivirito

https://launchpad.net/~gnomefreak
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JohnVivirito
Linux User# 414246

"How can i get lost, if i have no where to go"
    -- Metallica from Unforgiven III

[John Vivirito (gnomefreak)]

Changed to incomplete due to the above comment.

[pat james (pat0410e)]

/etc/apt/sources.list.d/hardy-partner.list
/etc/apt/sources.list.d/hardy-partner.list.save
/etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list
/etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list.save
/etc/apt/sources.list.d/playonlinux.list

Ubuntu 8.04

 I have tried to load Open Office 3 but can not do it.I removed Open Office
2.I loaded adobe pdf reader.

I ran sudo dpkg --configure -a and after loading a lot of files? I have on
the terminal :

            ┌────┤ Configuring kdm ├─────

                            │ Default display manager:

                                   gdm
                                    kdm

                                  <Ok>

with gdm highlighted. It then went thru the process of setting up a whole
lot of what I suspect are Kubuntu stuff all starting with a K.
  I wont run sudo apt-get -f install until you see if what I have done is
enough.

On Sun, Mar 22, 2009 at 10:42 PM, John Vivirito <email address hidden>wrote:

> Changed to incomplete due to the above comment.
>
> --
> Attempting to install kubuntu-desktop with apt-get fails with unmet
> dependencies
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/52952
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of the bug.
>
> Status in "kubuntu-meta" source package in Ubuntu: Incomplete
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: kubuntu-desktop
>
> When I try to use the command "sudo apt-get install kubuntu-desktop", it
> fails with the following output:
>
> james@polpot:~$ sudo apt-get install kubuntu-desktop
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree... 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: kdegraphics-kfile-plugins but it is not going to
> be installed
> E: Broken packages
> james@polpot:~$
>
> I also ran sudo apt-get udpate before trying the command, but this had no
> effect.
>
> This may be similar to bug 51656, but the packages are different and I'm
> not sure...
>
>

--
When I'm right no one remembers..When I'm wrong no one forgets..

[John Vivirito (gnomefreak)]

i need the output of the following command:
cat /etc/apt/sources.list
I dont know where you are getting OO.o-3 but the sources.list file will tell me

[pat james (pat0410e)]

patrick@patrick-desktop:~$ cat/etc/apt/sources.list
bash: cat/etc/apt/sources.list: No such file or directory
patrick@patrick-desktop:~$ cat /etc/apt/sources.list
# deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 7.10 _Gutsy Gibbon_ - Release i386 (20071016)]/ gutsy
main restricted
# See http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to upgrade to
# newer versions of the distribution.

deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 8.04 _Hardy Heron_ - Release i386 (20080423)]/ hardy main
restricted
deb http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy main restricted multiverse
# Line commented out by installer because it failed to verify:
# deb-src http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy main restricted

## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
## distribution.

## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to
## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in
## universe WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu security
## team.
deb http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy universe
# Line commented out by installer because it failed to verify:
# deb-src http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy universe
# Line commented out by installer because it failed to verify:
# deb http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy-updates universe
# Line commented out by installer because it failed to verify:
# deb-src http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy-updates universe

## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to
## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in
## multiverse WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu
## security team.
# Line commented out by installer because it failed to verify:
# deb http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy multiverse
# Line commented out by installer because it failed to verify:
# deb-src http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy multiverse
# Line commented out by installer because it failed to verify:
deb http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy-updates multiverse
# Line commented out by installer because it failed to verify:
# deb-src http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy-updates multiverse

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from the 'backports'
## repository.
## N.B. software from this repository may not have been tested as
## extensively as that contained in the main release, although it includes
## newer versions of some applications which may provide useful features.
## Also, please note that software in backports WILL NOT receive any review
## or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
deb http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy-backports main restricted
universe multiverse
# deb-src http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy-backports main
restricted universe multiverse

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from Canonical's
## 'partner' repository. This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is
## offered by Canonical and the respective vendors as a service to Ubuntu
## users.
# deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubun...

[John Vivirito (gnomefreak)]

On 03/24/2009 10:24 PM, pat james wrote:
> patrick@patrick-desktop:~$ cat/etc/apt/sources.list
> bash: cat/etc/apt/sources.list: No such file or directory
> patrick@patrick-desktop:~$ cat /etc/apt/sources.list
> # deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 7.10 _Gutsy Gibbon_ - Release i386 (20071016)]/ gutsy
> main restricted
> # See http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to upgrade to
> # newer versions of the distribution.
>
> deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 8.04 _Hardy Heron_ - Release i386 (20080423)]/ hardy main
> restricted
> deb http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy main restricted multiverse
> # Line commented out by installer because it failed to verify:
> # deb-src http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy main restricted
>
> ## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
> ## distribution.
>
> ## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
> ## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to
> ## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in
> ## universe WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu security
> ## team.
> deb http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy universe
> # Line commented out by installer because it failed to verify:
> # deb-src http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy universe
> # Line commented out by installer because it failed to verify:
> # deb http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy-updates universe
> # Line commented out by installer because it failed to verify:
> # deb-src http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy-updates universe
>
> ## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
> ## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to
> ## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in
> ## multiverse WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu
> ## security team.
> # Line commented out by installer because it failed to verify:
> # deb http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy multiverse
> # Line commented out by installer because it failed to verify:
> # deb-src http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy multiverse
> # Line commented out by installer because it failed to verify:
> deb http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy-updates multiverse
> # Line commented out by installer because it failed to verify:
> # deb-src http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy-updates multiverse
>
> ## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from the 'backports'
> ## repository.
> ## N.B. software from this repository may not have been tested as
> ## extensively as that contained in the main release, although it includes
> ## newer versions of some applications which may provide useful features.
> ## Also, please note that software in backports WILL NOT receive any review
> ## or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
> deb http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy-backports main restricted
> universe multiverse
> # deb-src http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy-backports main
> restricted universe multiverse
>
> ## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from Canonical's
> ## 'partner' repository. This softw...