Am 03. Nov, 2003 schw=E4tzte Alexander Henry so:

> I'm running Debian testing on my box at work.
>
> apt-get update
> apt-get dist-upgrade
> apt-get install pixieplus
> restart machine, to verify computer can be started in the event of a
> power failure.
>
> kde has now been removed and is uninstallable.
> (pixieplus is a kde package.)
>
> apt-get install kde
> **lots of error messages, saying things like I need to install kdelibs3
> and koffice but it's not going to be installed.

What are the error messages?

> kde was running ten minutes ago.  Thanks to apt-get pulling testing
> sources, kde is now not running.  How do I let apt-get revert to the

Is KDE not running or is kdm not running? Both?

> older version of kde?  This much-needed feature seems to be an extremely

apt-get -t stable install kde

That'll drop it back to testing, though. You might have to add other things=
=2E

apt-cache show kde | grep ^Version
dpkg -l kde

apt-get install kde=3D<the version smaller than what you have>

That should go back one version. You will likely have to figure out which
version to install for a bunch of things.

apt-get -t unstable install kde

That'll install KDE from unstable. That might very well fix the problems
you're seeing.

> popular one to keep completely buried in Debian, no man pages, no howtos

man apt-get

It's in there :).

See also cafod, which I've mentioned many times on this list.

https://www.LuftHans.com/unix/

> explain this.  I keep hearing, keep your debs, it has the information
> you need to restore a botched install.  Great, how do I unbotch?

With care ;-).

> an acceptable answer would be, how do I install gnome?  at least I'll
> have some kind of gui at my desk until Debian testing gets its act
> together in two weeks.  apt-cache search gnome seems to pull up all the
> gnome applications, but there's not "just gnome" like there is with kde,
> and installing any gnome-only package doesn't resolve the dependency to
> include "just gnome".  I tried gdm, but it's not 'enough', as I can't
> get past the login prompt.

apt-get install sawfish-gnome

That'll probably do it.

You might want to install something like fvwm for emergencies such as this
as well.

ciao,

der.hans
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