Am Freitag, 2. September 2011 schrieb Burlen Loring: > Hi, > > Trinity didn't install cleanly on my system , never worked correctly , > and now I need to clean things up. we have highly customized systems > using local package repos, the install failed and I forced the trinity > install using dpkg on the advise of someone who "knew", so this should > not be taken as a comment on trinity quality. > > My latest problem is that the uninstall is also failing, preventing me > from switching back to kde4. > > Any advise on getting past this would be greatly appreciated. > > $sudo apt-get purge ksmserver-kde3 > Reading package lists... Done > Building dependency tree > Reading state information... Done > The following packages will be REMOVED: > ksmserver-kde3 > 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 0 not upgraded. > 1 not fully installed or removed. > After this operation, 594kB disk space will be freed. > Do you want to continue [Y/n]? Y > (Reading database ... 468424 files and directories currently installed.) > Removing ksmserver-kde3 ... > No diversion `any diversion of /usr/bin/plasma', none removed > Removing `local diversion of /usr/bin/plasma-desktop to > /usr/bin/plasma-desktop.kde4' > dpkg-divert: rename involves overwriting `/usr/bin/plasma-desktop' with > different file `/usr/bin/plasma-desktop.kde4', not allowed > dpkg: error processing ksmserver-kde3 (--remove): > subprocess installed post-removal script returned error exit status 2 > Errors were encountered while processing: > ksmserver-kde3 > E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) First get rid of any KDE4 packages e.g. *plasma*. Then remove tinity. Then install KDE4. BTW, I think you have a broken installation, because some KDE4 packages interfer with trinity. You may reinstall trinity after you purged any KDE4 package - I bet it'll work then. Nik > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > trinity-users-unsubscribe@... For additional > commands, e-mail: trinity-users-help@... Read list > messsages on the Web archive: http://trinity-users.pearsoncomputing.net/ > Please remember not to top-post: > http://trinity.pearsoncomputing.net/mailing_lists/#top-posting -- Mag. Dr. Nikolaus Klepp Einnehmerstraße 14 A-4810 Gmunden Tel.: +43 650 82 11 724 email: office@...