Hello SuSE people, Running SuSE 8.2 and a long time user of apt-get. Don't know why this is happening. Did an apt-get "update" and then an "upgrade" for my system. Downloaded a bunch of files. When apt tried to install them I got several conflicts. One was for kdebase3-devel-3.2.1-11, and the other is for susewm. So I did an rpm -e for the kdebase-devel package, thinking I could reinstall it later, just a -devel package. Uninstalled just fine. Tried to do the same with the susewm package but ran into tons of dependencies. Thus, I am calling upon the experts. Following are excerpts from the error message. (Shortened for your sanity) --------------------------------<snip>---------------------- file /opt/kde3/include/kbookmarkimporter_ie.h from install of kdelibs3-devel-3.2.1-11 conflicts with file from package kdebase3-devel-3.1.5-0 file /opt/kde3/include/kbookmarkimporter_opera.h from install of kdelibs3-devel-3.2.1-11 conflicts with file from package kdebase3-devel-3.1.5-0 --------------------------<snip>------------------------- file /opt/kde3/share/mimelnk/application/vnd.sun.xml.calc.desktop from install of kdelibs3-3.2.1-11 conflicts with file from package susewm-3.6.0-232 file /opt/kde3/share/mimelnk/application/vnd.sun.xml.draw.desktop from install of kdelibs3-3.2.1-11 conflicts with file from package ---------------------<snip>--------------------------------- E: Sub-process /bin/rpm returned an error code (84) linux:/ # rpm -e kdebase3-devel linux:/ (Uninstalled OK) ---------------------------------------------------------- linux:/ # rpm -e susewm error: removing these packages would break dependencies: susewm is needed by susewm-kcmyast-3.6.0-232 susewm is needed by kdebase3-SuSE-8.2-112 (then I tried to remove some of the dependencies) linux:/ # rpm -e kdebase3-SuSE error: removing these packages would break dependencies: suse_help_viewer is needed by susehelp-2003.02.14-30 -------------------------------------------------------- linux:/ # rpm -e susewm-kcmyast error: removing these packages would break dependencies: susewm-kcmyast is needed by kdebase3-SuSE-8.2-112 linux:/ # -------------------------------------------------------------- So I gave up. Anyone tell me why I am having this problem?? This is strange to me. I have usually been able to work out apt-get problems before. Bob S.