Bob S wrote:
Hello SuSE KDE people.
I installed 11.1 shortly after it was released and elected to install KDE4.1 as a test bed and to see how I liked it. It was OK but lt lacked many features. So I waited until 4.2 was released, The other night I did the "one click" install and came up with a huge amount of dependencies. I kind of expected that from following the mailing list.
On many of the dependencies the only option was to uninstall the package. Kmail was one of them. I OK'd that (and others) thinking they would be reinstalled. Wrong !!
The actual message on the dependency was "Nothing provides libical0>=0.43 Needed by kdepimlibs4-4.1.96-1.5x86_64" and was the same for many other apps. Now, kdepimlibs4-4.1 ???? Why ? And the other apps with dependencies were designated 4.1 also. No upgrades on those packages? And what the heck is, or where do I find libical0 ?
Not only that, when the upgrade was done doing it's thing, the next time I booted up 11.1 the whole desktop had changed, theme, everything. AND the taskbar kicker or whatever it is called now was missing. Gone! I couldn't figure out how to bring it back or find a way to bring up the menu or log out.
So, bottom line, if someone could explain the libical thing so I can get Kmail back it would be good. Then maybe I can find out how KDE4.2 is.
I had almost the same experience - and am still having dependency problems on a daily basis - except that I did a clean, new installation only a few days ago. Dependency hassles galore :-( . However, the main dependency problems are with amarok - which I don't use so I simply don't install any updates for it - and with kdebase, or something, which dependency error tells that it wants to downgrade to kde3-something which will also affect some 112 other files. In answer to this dependency error I give it the two-finger salute- and keep going with what is installed. (Oh, apart from being a new installation I also used the 1-click install.) Strange, though, I had little trouble when I "simply" added the 3 necessary directories to an existing KDE4.1 installation on oS11.1 and it got updated to KDE4.2RC1. New installation and using the 1-click resulted in all sorts of hassles. Re the lose of desktop/taskbar ticker etc: rename (or delete) the ~/.kde4 directory and the whole desktop will rebuild itself on next logon - but you will also have to reconfigure it. Ciao. -- "I do not instruct the uninterested; I do not help those who fail to try. If I mention one corner of a subject and the pupil does not deduce therefrom the other three, I drop him." Confucius -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-kde+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-kde+help@opensuse.org