Dear Martin and all,
Thank you for your . OK I used the commands you suggested
aptitude install xserver-xorg kde-core and
aptitude install kdat
and I believe things were OK.

Now I have the following info
>> george:/var/www/arinet.ari.gov.cy/docs/themes/phpkaox# cat /etc/debian_version
>> 4.0
>> george:/var/www/arinet.ari.gov.cy/docs/themes/phpkaox# cat /etc/apt/sources.list
>> #deb file:///cdrom/ sarge main
>> deb http://ftp.fi.debian.org/debian/ stable main
>> deb-src http://ftp.fi.debian.org/debian/ stable main
>> deb http://security.debian.org/ stable/updatesmain
>> deb http://dotdeb.pimpmylinux.org/ stable all
>> deb-src http://dotdeb.pimpmylinux.org/ stable all
>> george:/var/www/arinet.ari.gov.cy/docs/themes/phpkaox# apt-cache policy kdat
>> kdat:
>> Installed: 4:3.5.5-4
>> Candidate: 4:3.5.5-4
>> Version Table:
>> *** 4:3.5.5-4 0
>> 500 http://ftp.fi.debian.org stable/main Packages
>> 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

OK, so please let me clarify this, doesthe above imply that I have Debian Etch now (since its version 4)? How do I start KDE? Last, do I run kdat from within KDE or can I use command line at the command prompt to run kdat?

Thank you very much for all your !
George



----- Original Message ----
From: Martin Steigerwald <Martin@lichtvoll.de>
To: debian-kde@lists.debian.org
Sent: Friday,September 7, 2007 12:21:48 AM
Subject: Re: kde error


Am Donnerstag 06 September 2007 schrieb George Adamides:
> Hello again,

Hi George,

> Well I tried to install the xserver so as to get kde working but I get
> the following message. Can anybody me clarify what is wrong?
>
> george:/usr/bin# apt-get -f install xserver-xorg-core
> Reading Package Lists... Done
> Building Dependency Tree... Done
> You mightwant to run 'apt-get -f install' to correct these:
> The following packages have unmet dependencies:
> kdat: Depends: kdelibs4c2a (>= 4:3.5.7-1) but it is not going to be
> installed Depends: libc6 (>= 2.5-5) but2.3.2.ds1-22sarge4 is to be
> installed Depends: libgcc1 (>= 1:4.1.2) but 1:3.4.3-13sarge1 is to be
> installed Depends: libqt3-mt (>= 3:3.3.7) but it is not going to be
> installed Depends: libstdc++6 (>= 4.1.2)but it is not going to be
> installed xserver-xorg-core: Depends: x11-common (>= 1:7.0.0) but it is
> not going to be installed Depends: libc6 (>= 2.3.6-6) but
> 2.3.2.ds1-22sarge4 is to be installed Depends: libfontenc1 but it is
> not going to be installed Depends: libgcc1 (>= 1:4.1..1-12) but
> 1:3.4.3-13sarge1 is to be installed Depends: libxau6 but it is not
> going to be installed Depends: libxdmcp6 but it is not going to be
> installed Depends: libxfont1 but it is not going to be installed
>Depends: xserver-xorg but it is not going to be installed E: Unmet
> dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or specify a
> solution).

Where do you have the package kdat from? It seems you are running Debian
Sarge, but try to install kdat from a newer version of Debian (at least
lenny aka testing as only that contains KDE 3.5.7) which needsnewer
versions of some packages than you have. I suggest removing that package
completely with aptitude purge kdat, before trying to install the correct
version of the package for Debian Sarge[1]. After removing it,you should
be able to safely install the X server and KDE core stuff byusing
aptitude install xserver-xorg kde-core[1].

The kdat package is available for Sarge[2]. Thus on a Debian Sarge a
aptitude install kdat should be able to install it.

Could you please post the output

- cat /etc/debian_version

- cat /etc/apt/sources.list

- apt-cachepolicy kdat

If you have sarge or oldstable as Debian release in your sources
list, /etc/debian_version shows 3.1 and apt-cache policy shows 4:3.3.2-1
as installable package version, you should be able to install kdat safely
on your system by simply using aptitude install kdat, *after*you have
removed that newer version you tried to install above[1].

In order to enjoy a newer version of kdat and KDE consider upgrading to
Debian Etch.

[1] if aptitude wants to remove some packages cause itthinks they are
unused and you think they are not be careful, if in doubt better use
apt-get then, if interested I can provide a detailed explaination about
that, that explaination should be available somewhere on the Debian
pages, maybe in the wiki, as well

[2] http://packages.debian.org/sarge/kdat

Ciao,
--
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On 10 Sep., 10:10, George Adamides <gmadam...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Dear Martin and all,
> Thank you for your . OK I used the commands you suggested
> aptitude install xserver-xorg kde-core and
> aptitude install kdat
> and I believe things were OK.
[...]
> OK, so please let me clarify this, does the above imply that I have Debian Etch now (since its version 4)? How do I start KDE? Last, do I run kdat from within KDE or can I use command line at the command prompt to run kdat?

Try 'startx' to run kde, but i bet you might want to install 'kdm' to
manage your display allowing you to login. Since kdat is supposed to
be a graphical application you can not run it without kde, of course
you will be able to start it via the commandline within a xterm.

>
> Thank you very much for all your !
> George


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Hi George,

Am Montag 10 September 2007 schrieb George Adamides:
> Dear Martin and all,
> Thank you for your . OK I used the commands you suggested
> aptitude install xserver-xorg kde-core and
> aptitude install kdat
> and I believe things were OK.
>
> Now I have the following info
>
> >> george:/var/www/arinet.ari.gov.cy/docs/themes/phpkaox# cat
> >> /etc/debian_version 4.0
> >> george:/var/www/arinet.ari.gov.cy/docs/themes/phpkaox# cat
> >> /etc/apt/sources.list #deb file:///cdrom/ sarge main
> >> deb http://ftp.fi.debian.org/debian/ stable main
> >> deb-src http://ftp.fi.debian.org/debian/ stable main
> >> deb http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main
> >> deb http://dotdeb.pimpmylinux.org/ stable all
> >> deb-src http://dotdeb.pimpmylinux.org/ stable all
> >> george:/var/www/arinet.ari.gov.cy/docs/themes/phpkaox# apt-cache
> >> policy kdat kdat:
> >> Installed: 4:3.5.5-4
> >> Candidate: 4:3.5.5-4
> >> Version Table:
> >> *** 4:3.5.5-4 0
> >> 500 http://ftp.fi.debian.org stable/main Packages
> >> 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

> OK, so please let me clarify this, does the above imply that I have
> Debian Etch now (since its version 4)?

Seems so - 4.0 is Debian Etch. In order to find out whether all packages
were upgraded to Debian Etch, you can use my apt-show-version grep
examples, but when aptitude upgrade doesn't want to upgrade any packages
and does not hold any packages back, you are on Debian Etch since you
have "stable" in your /etc/apt/sources.list.

If aptitude upgrade / dist-upgrade wants to update packages or holds some
back there are still packages that are not upgraded to Debian Etch.

> How do I start KDE?

startx

or install a display manager with

aptitude install kdm

> Last, do I
> run kdat from within KDE or can I use command line at the command
> prompt to run kdat?

It need to access a running X server and KDE I think. I did not look
closer at kdat, but if it does not have a command line mode it will need
a way to display its GUI.

Regards,
--
Martin 'Helios' Steigerwald - http://www.Lichtvoll.de
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