From: "Timothy Pearson" <kb9vqf@...>
Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2010 10:43:54 -0500

Hi Murray,

The outdated 3.5.10 version of kdelibs in the Ubuntu archives (including
kdelibs-data) is not compatible with the new KDE3/Trinity version of
kdelibs (which includes kdelibs-data-kde3).  Please remove kdelibs-data,
and note which programs will be removed with it.  Then try reinstalling
those programs, but with a -kde3 suffix appended.  For example,
kolourpaint becomes kolourpaint-kde3.

Hope this helps!

Tim

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Hello

I have the same problem(s) (the sudo problem and now this library 
problem, in jaunty everything was smooth, but no complain, since I very 
much appreciate you efforts)
however it seems that I can't solve the lib problem

for exmaple>

sudo apt-get install kdelibs4c2a-kde3
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
kdelibs4c2a-kde3 is already the newest version.
You might want to run `apt-get -f install' to correct these:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
   libskim0: Depends: kdelibs4c2a (>= 4:3.5.9) but it is not going to be 
installed
   skim: Depends: kdelibs4c2a (>= 4:3.5.9) but it is not going to be 
installed
E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or 
specify a solution).


so how to I interpret this message?

Then
sudo apt-get install kubuntu-desktop-kde3
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
kubuntu-desktop-kde3 is already the newest version.
You might want to run `apt-get -f install' to correct these:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
   libskim0: Depends: kdelibs4c2a (>= 4:3.5.9) but it is not going to be 
installed
   skim: Depends: kdelibs4c2a (>= 4:3.5.9) but it is not going to be 
installed
E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or 
specify a solution).
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I feel uneasy about these messages

finally:

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  sudo apt-get -f install
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Correcting dependencies... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
   kdelibs-data kdelibs4c2a
The following NEW packages will be installed:
   kdelibs-data kdelibs4c2a
0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 49 not upgraded.
393 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0B/17.0MB of archives.
After this operation, 57.1MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
(Reading database ... 128989 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking kdelibs-data (from 
.../kdelibs-data_4%3a3.5.10.dfsg.1-3ubuntu2_all.deb) ...
dpkg: error processing 
/var/cache/apt/archives/kdelibs-data_4%3a3.5.10.dfsg.1-3ubuntu2_all.deb 
(--unpack):
  trying to overwrite '/etc/kde3/colors/40.colors', which is also in 
package kdelibs-data-kde3 4:3.5.12-0ubuntu6+r1152788
dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe)
Unpacking kdelibs4c2a (from 
.../kdelibs4c2a_4%3a3.5.10.dfsg.1-3ubuntu2_i386.deb) ...
dpkg: error processing 
/var/cache/apt/archives/kdelibs4c2a_4%3a3.5.10.dfsg.1-3ubuntu2_i386.deb 
(--unpack):
  trying to overwrite '/etc/kde3/khotnewstuffrc', which is also in 
package kdelibs-data-kde3 4:3.5.12-0ubuntu6+r1152788
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
  /var/cache/apt/archives/kdelibs-data_4%3a3.5.10.dfsg.1-3ubuntu2_all.deb
  /var/cache/apt/archives/kdelibs4c2a_4%3a3.5.10.dfsg.1-3ubuntu2_i386.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
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regards

Uwe Brauer