said Sl�vek Banko:

| As a result of the move file edit-as-root.desktop
| (in /opt/trinity/share/apps/konqueror/servicemenus/) from package
| konqueror-trinity to package libkonq4-trinity during upgrade occurs
| conflict between these packages and you must run upgrade 2� to solve
| this problem.

alas, the error remains. so i tried to simply install kdelibs-trinity, and 
got this:

dep@dep-desktop:~$ sudo apt-get install kdelibs-trinity
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 kdelibs-trinity : Depends: kdelibs4c2a-trinity (>= 
4:3.5.13-2ubuntu0~pre41+5~precise) but 4:3.5.13-2ubuntu0~pre40+5~precise 
is to be installed
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

am puzzled.
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