Dne st 26. února 2014 Marc Chénier napsal(a): > Le mercredi 26 février 2014, Slávek Banko a écrit : > > Dne st 26. února 2014 Marc Chénier napsal(a): > > > Le mercredi 26 février 2014, Slávek Banko a écrit : > > > > Dne st 26. února 2014 Marc Chénier napsal(a): > > > > > I lost my graphical desktop and now have only console access. > > > > > This happened because I could not update the tdebase package > > > > > with adept updater; there was always that one package left that > > > > > could not be updated (something broken). So I thought I could > > > > > fix this by removing the tdebase-trinity package from my system > > > > > and then reinstalling the package fresh. So I rebooted and went > > > > > into recovery mode to a root console and did that with apt-get > > > > > remove, which also removed 2 other packages: > > > > > > > > > > ksmserver-trinity and tdebase-runtime-data-common-trinity > > > > > > > > > > Then I tried to apt-get install tdebase-trinity (and the 2 > > > > > other packages) but could not do it because of an unmet > > > > > dependencies problem for tdebase. About 20 packages are listed > > > > > that need version pr82 and not version pr80 of tdebase. So I > > > > > spent many long hours on various forums looking up info and did > > > > > everything in the book: checked sources.list; did apt-get > > > > > clean, autoclean, update, upgrade, dist-upgrade; tried apt-get > > > > > install -f and dpkg --configure -a ; > > > > > > > > > > I also tried aptitude install which indicated it was going to > > > > > install 3 packages but then did not because of unmet > > > > > dependencies and gave me only one solution: keep the 3 packages > > > > > at their current version [not installed]. > > > > > > > > > > I then thought of looking up the package on the TDE nightly > > > > > builds website and noticed that superseded version 81 and > > > > > published version 82 were marked with a red X (build failures) > > > > > for amd64 systems. Is this relevant to my problem? Does that > > > > > mean it will be fixed and I just have to wait a while? If not, > > > > > is there a solution or a workaround so that I can get my > > > > > faithful TDE desktop back? > > > > > > > > > > Thanks ahead for any help > > > > > > > > > > Marc > > > > > TDE 14 (nightly builds) on Ubuntu Precise installed from live > > > > > TDE-CD on an amd64 board > > > > > > > > Problem is that during building, packages common for all > > > > platforms are built only with i386. If for some reason delayed > > > > building other platforms repository is in an inconsistent state. > > > > As is the case now. > > > > > > > > In the case of the inconsistent repository is not a good idea to > > > > try to solve the broken update. It is preferable to hold the > > > > previous version and wait for new packages. > > > > > > > > Now you have three solutions: > > > > > > > > 1) Manually download packages from the repository for the older > > > > version and manually install them. > > > > > > > > https://quickbuild.pearsoncomputing.net/~trinity/+archive/trinity > > > >-nig htly-builds/+sourcepub/74269/+listing-archive-extra > > > > > > > > 2) On my builder I can build for you tdebase and somehow deliver > > > > to you. > > > > > > > > 3) The package you build yourself. > > > > > > Thank you for your quick response, Slávek. > > > > > > Solution 3 looks too complicated for my level of Linux ability. I > > > don't know how to build a package. > > > > > > Solution 1 is something that i could do, but seems like a lot of > > > work: individually remove 30 packages, download 30 new ones, copy > > > to a keydisk to transfer to the faulty computer and manually > > > install each one of them. If i do that, is there any special order > > > to follow in the last step? > > > > > > Solution 2 seems like the least complicated one *for me*. I would > > > just have to install one package? I don't know if building a > > > tdebase for me on your builder is a lot of work *for you* or not. > > > If it involves only little work, I would appreciate. You could send > > > it to my email address above. Otherwise, let me know asap and I > > > will go for solution 1. > > > > > > Thanks again, > > > > > > Marc > > > > Building package on my builder is not a problem. The result will be > > not a single package, but "all" packages that arise from tdebase. > > However, for simplicity I then give the command that updates only the > > packages you already have installed. > > Thank you, Slávek, I appreciate. > > Marc > But now I have to leave from work, so I'll be offline for a while ... -- Slavek