I'm attempting to update this Lucid/10.04 laptop from the original install of KDE (Trinity) 3.5.11 to Trinity 3.5.13
After some 'strange' results in the massive $ sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade processing with the 3.5.13 PPAs, I've got a problem with this:
==================================================== $ sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade <<-- snip PPA processing -->> Reading package lists... Done Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done You might want to run `apt-get -f install' to correct these. The following packages have unmet dependencies: kpowersave-kde3: Depends: kpowersave-trinity but it is not installed E: Unmet dependencies. Try using -f. $ ================================================
Well, ya, ok, I'll try that:
======================================= $ sudo apt-get -f install Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Correcting dependencies... Done The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required: <<-- snip big list -->> Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them. The following extra packages will be installed: kpowersave-trinity The following NEW packages will be installed: kpowersave-trinity 0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 121 not upgraded. 1 not fully installed or removed. Need to get 2,970kB of archives. After this operation, 4,780kB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y Get:1 http://ppa.quickbuild.pearsoncomputing.net/slavek-banko/axis/ubuntu/ lucid/main kpowersave-trinity 4:3.5.13-2ubuntu0~pre11+2~lucid [2,970kB] Fetched 2,970kB in 31s (95.5kB/s) (Reading database ... 189878 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking kpowersave-trinity (from .../kpowersave-trinity_4%3a3.5.13-2ubuntu0~pre11+2~lucid_i386.deb) ... dpkg-divert: `diversion of /etc/acpi/powerbtn.sh to /etc/acpi/powerbtn.sh.distrib by kpowersave-trinity' clashes with `diversion of /etc/acpi/powerbtn.sh to /etc/acpi/powerbtn.sh.distrib by kpowersave-kde3' dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/kpowersave-trinity_4%3a3.5.13-2ubuntu0~pre11+2~lucid_i386.deb (--unpack): subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 2 /var/lib/dpkg/tmp.ci/postrm: didn't understand being called with `abort-install' Errors were encountered while processing:
/var/cache/apt/archives/kpowersave-trinity_4%3a3.5.13-2ubuntu0~pre11+2~lucid_i386.deb E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) ==================================================================
How do I fix this and move on? `kpowersave` is a wee bit important to the functioning of this laptop. :-)
Thanks in advance. Jonesy