KDE 3.5 Upgrade Problem -- python-qt
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I have the pre-release KDE 3.5 installed OK on SuSE 9.3. Got it from SuSE supplementary source via YaST's "Install and Remove Software" about a week ago. Now I want to update to the official 3.5 release but ran into a problem. It has a missing dependency: kdebindings3-python requires python-qt which is apparently not available. The pre-release 3.5 version does not have this package but it also didn't call it out as a dependency. kdebindings3-python is required in turn by hplip -- needed by CUPS to support my HP Laserjet printer. So, it seems I cannot install the official KDE 3.5. Does anyone have a way around this? Bob
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Skip the kdebindings3-python package. It's what I did and everything work. Francesco Robert Paulsen wrote:
I have the pre-release KDE 3.5 installed OK on SuSE 9.3. Got it from SuSE supplementary source via YaST's "Install and Remove Software" about a week ago.
Now I want to update to the official 3.5 release but ran into a problem. It has a missing dependency: kdebindings3-python requires python-qt which is apparently not available. The pre-release 3.5 version does not have this package but it also didn't call it out as a dependency.
kdebindings3-python is required in turn by hplip -- needed by CUPS to support my HP Laserjet printer.
So, it seems I cannot install the official KDE 3.5.
Does anyone have a way around this?
Bob
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On Thursday 01 December 2005 03:50, Francesco Teodori wrote:
Skip the kdebindings3-python package. It's what I did and everything work. Francesco
Robert Paulsen wrote:
I have the pre-release KDE 3.5 installed OK on SuSE 9.3. Got it from SuSE supplementary source via YaST's "Install and Remove Software" about a week ago.
Now I want to update to the official 3.5 release but ran into a problem. It has a missing dependency: kdebindings3-python requires python-qt which is apparently not available. The pre-release 3.5 version does not have this package but it also didn't call it out as a dependency.
kdebindings3-python is required in turn by hplip -- needed by CUPS to support my HP Laserjet printer.
So, it seems I cannot install the official KDE 3.5.
Does anyone have a way around this?
Bob
Ahh, but do you have a HP Laserjet printer? Do you print via CUPS?
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Robert Paulsen wrote:
On Thursday 01 December 2005 03:50, Francesco Teodori wrote:
Skip the kdebindings3-python package. It's what I did and everything work. Francesco
Robert Paulsen wrote:
I have the pre-release KDE 3.5 installed OK on SuSE 9.3. Got it from SuSE supplementary source via YaST's "Install and Remove Software" about a week ago.
He said skip, not uninstall. IOW, leave that package and update all others. It does work. IIANM, it is a packaging bug.
kdebindings3-python is required in turn by hplip -- needed by CUPS to support my HP Laserjet printer.
So, it seems I cannot install the official KDE 3.5.
Does anyone have a way around this?
Ahh, but do you have a HP Laserjet printer? Do you print via CUPS? He gave you the only present possibility to update. It is still your choice. By NOT updating kdebindings3-python, your printer will still work.
-- Joe Morris Registered Linux user 231871
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Yes, I have two hp laser jet printers (both color and B/W) and I use CUPS without problems. Francesco Robert Paulsen wrote:
On Thursday 01 December 2005 03:50, Francesco Teodori wrote:
Skip the kdebindings3-python package. It's what I did and everything work. Francesco
Robert Paulsen wrote:
I have the pre-release KDE 3.5 installed OK on SuSE 9.3. Got it from SuSE supplementary source via YaST's "Install and Remove Software" about a week ago.
Now I want to update to the official 3.5 release but ran into a problem. It has a missing dependency: kdebindings3-python requires python-qt which is apparently not available. The pre-release 3.5 version does not have this package but it also didn't call it out as a dependency.
kdebindings3-python is required in turn by hplip -- needed by CUPS to support my HP Laserjet printer.
So, it seems I cannot install the official KDE 3.5.
Does anyone have a way around this?
Bob
Ahh, but do you have a HP Laserjet printer? Do you print via CUPS?
![](https://seccdn.libravatar.org/avatar/e7918e9eaae6cfb4c5a2d573adff6c72.jpg?s=120&d=mm&r=g)
On Thursday 01 December 2005 03:50, Francesco Teodori wrote:
Skip the kdebindings3-python package. It's what I did and everything work. Francesco
Robert Paulsen wrote:
I have the pre-release KDE 3.5 installed OK on SuSE 9.3. Got it from SuSE supplementary source via YaST's "Install and Remove Software" about a week ago.
Now I want to update to the official 3.5 release but ran into a problem. It has a missing dependency: kdebindings3-python requires python-qt which is apparently not available. The pre-release 3.5 version does not have this package but it also didn't call it out as a dependency.
kdebindings3-python is required in turn by hplip -- needed by CUPS to support my HP Laserjet printer.
So, it seems I cannot install the official KDE 3.5.
Does anyone have a way around this?
Bob
Well, things have gone down hill! I decided to take all the advice and not install the kdebinding3-python package. Unfortunately when I now run "Install and Remove Software" I get some *additional* missing dependencies and conflicts. Here is a summary. Yes, it does read like nonsense. + installed not available + is not available + not not available + k3b 0.12.8-3b.pm.2 conflict + kdebindings3-python 3.5.0-8 conflict + python-qt not available two days ago I only got the last one (or two) messages. Clicking on the "+" next to k3b gives an interesting result: k3b requires is k3b requires not k3b requires installed My *guess* is that someone updated k3b on the servers but got the rpm SPEC file wrong. It thinks it requires three packages named "is", "not", and "installed"! I tried the main SuSE ftp site and two mirrors and got the same results. Just in case something went wrong with my system I tried "rpm --rebuilddb" but that made no difference.
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On Thursday 01 December 2005 18:11, Robert Paulsen wrote:
My *guess* is that someone updated k3b on the servers but got the rpm SPEC file wrong. It thinks it requires three packages named "is", "not", and "installed"!
Sure enough, I see that the build date for k3b is 1 Dec 2005 (today) so it is the thing that has changed since last I tried this.
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Robert Paulsen wrote:
On Thursday 01 December 2005 03:50, Francesco Teodori wrote:
Skip the kdebindings3-python package. It's what I did and everything work.
Well, things have gone down hill! I decided to take all the advice and not install the kdebinding3-python package. Advice was skip, i.e not update, not to not install (semantics maybe). Unfortunately when I now run "Install and Remove Software" I get some *additional* missing dependencies and conflicts. Here is a summary. Yes, it does read like nonsense.
+ installed not available + is not available + not not available + k3b 0.12.8-3b.pm.2 conflict
As you can see, this is a packman rpm.
+ kdebindings3-python 3.5.0-8 conflict
Did you uninstall the pre-release kdebindings3-python? Why would this be showing up to update?
+ python-qt not available
A known problem with the latest released package, thus the need to not update that package.
two days ago I only got the last one (or two) messages. Clicking on the "+" next to k3b gives an interesting result:
k3b requires is k3b requires not k3b requires installed
My *guess* is that someone updated k3b on the servers but got the rpm SPEC file wrong. It thinks it requires three packages named "is", "not", and "installed"!
I tried the main SuSE ftp site and two mirrors and got the same results. Just in case something went wrong with my system I tried "rpm --rebuilddb" but that made no difference. Care should be taken in reading and looking at error messages in Linux. They are actually usually very helpful and informative, not at all like
Again, that one is a packman rpm. It should be reported to them, not here. Just disable that source and try again. the MS blame game. -- Joe Morris Registered Linux user 231871
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On Thursday 01 December 2005 18:35, Joe Morris (NTM) wrote:
Advice was skip, i.e not update, not to not install (semantics maybe).
Right
+ k3b 0.12.8-3b.pm.2 conflict
As you can see, this is a packman rpm.
So that's what the "pm" means. Yes, Packman is in my "source of installation" list. I didn't notice k3b was coming from packman. But, as I said in my other note the k3b package on SuSE's site (and mirrors) was built today. And I see that Packman's version was also built today.
+ kdebindings3-python 3.5.0-8 conflict
Did you uninstall the pre-release kdebindings3-python? Why would this be showing up to update?
I did not uninstall.
+ python-qt not available
A known problem with the latest released package, thus the need to not update that package.
two days ago I only got the last one (or two) messages. Clicking on the "+" next to k3b gives an interesting result:
k3b requires is k3b requires not k3b requires installed
My *guess* is that someone updated k3b on the servers but got the rpm SPEC file wrong. It thinks it requires three packages named "is", "not", and "installed"!
Again, that one is a packman rpm. It should be reported to them, not here. Just disable that source and try again.
That worked. Guess I'll contact Packman about that.
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi, An acknowledgement that python-qt was missing from KDE Supplimentary was posted to [SLE] list on Wednesday. It *should* appear any time now... ;) cheers the noo... Graham Robert Paulsen wrote:
On Thursday 01 December 2005 03:50, Francesco Teodori wrote:
Skip the kdebindings3-python package. It's what I did and everything work. Francesco
Robert Paulsen wrote:
I have the pre-release KDE 3.5 installed OK on SuSE 9.3. Got it from SuSE supplementary source via YaST's "Install and Remove Software" about a week ago.
Now I want to update to the official 3.5 release but ran into a problem. It has a missing dependency: kdebindings3-python requires python-qt which is apparently not available. The pre-release 3.5 version does not have this package but it also didn't call it out as a dependency.
kdebindings3-python is required in turn by hplip -- needed by CUPS to support my HP Laserjet printer.
So, it seems I cannot install the official KDE 3.5.
Does anyone have a way around this?
Bob
Well, things have gone down hill! I decided to take all the advice and not install the kdebinding3-python package. Unfortunately when I now run "Install and Remove Software" I get some *additional* missing dependencies and conflicts. Here is a summary. Yes, it does read like nonsense.
+ installed not available + is not available + not not available + k3b 0.12.8-3b.pm.2 conflict + kdebindings3-python 3.5.0-8 conflict + python-qt not available
two days ago I only got the last one (or two) messages. Clicking on the "+" next to k3b gives an interesting result:
k3b requires is k3b requires not k3b requires installed
My *guess* is that someone updated k3b on the servers but got the rpm SPEC file wrong. It thinks it requires three packages named "is", "not", and "installed"!
I tried the main SuSE ftp site and two mirrors and got the same results. Just in case something went wrong with my system I tried "rpm --rebuilddb" but that made no difference.
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