Upgrade to KDE SC 4.5 blocked

When I tried apt-get dist-upgrade I got:
43 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 156 not upgraded

Doing sudo aptitude full-upgrade instead, I get:
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  libqtwebkit4{a}
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  ffmpegthumbs{u}

and
198 packages upgraded, 1 newly installed, 1 to remove and 0 not upgraded.

Looks like the packages could still be building as I've just done another update and pulled in a few more packages.

Looks like you might be right Mark :) kdebase-runtime-data just became available for upgrade, although kpackagekit still shows 106 blocked upgrades. Hopefully its just a matter of time until they are ready :)

Cheers

Pat

The amd64 build of the kdebase-workspace package in the Backports PPA has failed. This breaks all upgrade attempts on 64-bit installs. Why the packages were announced on kubuntu.org before this was fixed is beyond me.

I also have this from
$sudo aptitude full-upgrade
http://pastebin.ubuntu.com/476111/

same here

after the upgrade kde doesn't work anymore (black screen after kdm)

Same here. After full distro upgrade kdm ends with black screen. My arch is amd64. I hope the problem will be solved by morning.

Same here! KDE isn't working anymore after upgrade (amd64).
Hope I can upgrade tomorrow

Same here. Kubuntu i386 fresh install

Even more problems show up with the KDE SDK installed:
$aptitude -s full-upgrade
http://pastebin.ubuntu.com/476315/
(There's some noise in there from a broken wesnoth update that also rolled out today, just ignore that.)
Most of it looks to be due to the kdebase-workspace failure, but there's also a kdebase-runtime related breakage.
This is on amd64.

I see more or less the same output, so there's probably no need to file a new bug about the differences.
aptitude reports libqt4-assistant and libqt4-phonon as broken

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
  libqt4-phonon: Depends: libphonon4 (= 4:4.6.3-0ubuntu1) but 4:4.7.0really4.4.2-0ubuntu1~lucid1~ppa1 is to be installed.
  libqt4-assistant: Depends: libqt4-network (= 4:4.6.3-0ubuntu1) but 4:4.7.0~beta2-0ubuntu3~lucid1~ppa4 is to be installed.
                    Depends: libqtcore4 (= 4:4.6.3-0ubuntu1) but 4:4.7.0~beta2-0ubuntu3~lucid1~ppa4 is to be installed.

Akonadi is also broken. It needs packages from 4.4.2.

Sorry, I meant Akregator.

I think I have something close to Alvin's: libqt4-phonon and libqt4-assistant.

http://pastebin.ubuntu.com/476456/

did anyone let those being removed? Sound problems?

After kdebase-workspace has built correctly for amd64, I was able to upgrade my system successfully, with a couple of hacks:

- libqt4-assistant had to be removed first
- kdevelop had to be removed first
- I had to "dpkg -i --force-all" the libqt4-help package, because of conflicts with one of the other qt packages (don't remember which one)

So far everything works fine (a couple of local cfg glitches, but all were easily solvable).

For the people that performed the upgrade yesterday (while kdebase-workspace was broken), your systems are of course broken. You might try installing again the essential packages which were removed (they are listed in this exact bug report several times).

@Onestone
- libqt4-assistant had to be removed first

It requires removing all kde4 related stuff. So if it is not so troubleshoot you, please supply detailed instruction on how to remove this package.

I did the upgrade on a second machine to see more details about the libqt4-help:

During $ sudo apt-get dist-upgrade (no complete output because I have to type this):
[...]
Unpacking replacement libqt4-help ...
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/libqt4-help_4%3a4.7.0~beta2-0ubuntu3~lucid1~ppa4_amd64.deb (--unpack):
 trying to overwrite '/usr/share/qt4/translations/qt_help_cs.qm'. which is also in package libqtcore4 4:4.6.3-0ubuntu1
[...]
Errors where encountered while processing:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/libqt4-help_4%3a4.7.0~beta2-0ubuntu3~lucid1~ppa4_amd64.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

ok, now the upgrade is in a broken state, so run $ sudo apt-get -f dist-upgrade
[...]
Errors where encountered while processing:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/libqt4-help_4%3a4.7.0~beta2-0ubuntu3~lucid1~ppa4_amd64.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

So, retry the $ sudo apt-get -f dist-upgrade
Now the upgrade will be able to finish.

Thanks Avlan it worked for me and i am using 32 bit

I did it like Alvin say. But after reboot, i haven't kde anymore.
So i switch to command line and install kubuntu-desktop.

After reboot all seems to work well.

worked for me on my x86 system only after 5 times of "apt-get -f dist-upgrade". I have also manually checked if kubuntu-desktop and kdebase-workspace-bin are still installed before rebooting and they both were in place.
Everything went smooth after reboot.
tnx.

My upgrade was unblocked after the following commands:

sudo aptitude install python-qt4
sudo dpkg -i --force-overwrite /var/cache/apt/archives/libqt4-help_4%3a4.7.0~beta2-0ubuntu3~lucid1~ppa4_amd64.deb
sudo aptitude install python-qt4

It removed qt4-assistant, installed libqt4-help and I was able to continue the upgrade with:

sudo aptitude update && sudo aptitude full-upgrade && sudo aptitude clean

After doing it, everything ran smoothly and I had KDE 4.5 installed

It asked about updating the file /etc/kde4/kdm/kdmrc

My two cents ;)

@Francesc Vicent

Your method works fine for me on x64 lucid, just updated without any other troubles, thanks! :)

Similar to what Aggry said I managed to successfully upgrade to KDE 4.5 using apt-get -f dist-upgrade 3 times.
The process was interrupted twice due to problems with some of the packages mentioned in the comments above/
Issuing the following commands did the job for me:

sudo apt-get -f dist-upgrade ("155 upgraded, 86 newly installed, 14 to remove and 0 not upgraded" in my case; everything downloaded but while unpacking at some moment an error interrupted the process)
sudo apt-get -f dist-upgrade (the process continued and after a while another error ocurred)
sudo apt-get -f dist-upgrade (the process continued, asked about updating the file /etc/kde4/kdm/kdmrc in the middle, and then finished without errors)
sudo reboot

I have similar problem too. I have x64 lucid. After aptitude dist-upgrade I got similar message:
The following packages are BROKEN:
  libqt4-assistant
I will not try method from Francesc, may be it works, but I do not like hacks on things that had work.
Will be available official solution? If yes when will be ready, or If not, what is recommended solution from Kubuntu team?
Thank you, for answer.

"The following packages are BROKEN:
  libqt4-assistant"

for me;

dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libksane0:
 libksane0 depends on kdegraphics-libs-data (>= 4:4.5.0b-0ubuntu1~lucid1~ppa1); however:
  Package kdegraphics-libs-data is not installed.
dpkg: error processing libksane0 (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libkipi7:
 libkipi7 depends on kdegraphics-libs-data (>= 4:4.5.0b-0ubuntu1~lucid1~ppa1); however:
  Package kdegraphics-libs-data is not installed.
dpkg: error processing libkipi7 (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of kipi-plugins:
 kipi-plugins depends on libkipi7; however:
  Package libkipi7 is not configured yet.
 kipi-plugins depends on libksane0 (>= 4:4.4.4); however:
  Package libksane0 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing kipi-plugins (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of digikam:
 digikam depends on libkipi7; however:
  Package libkipi7 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing digikam (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
 libksane0
 libkipi7
 kipi-plugins
 digikam

Packages around kdegraphics are reported as broken

Hello all

When will the broken packages be solved?

I get this:
sudo aptitude -s full-upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Reading extended state information
Initializing package states... Done
The following packages are BROKEN:
  libqt4-assistant libqt4-phonon
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  digikam-data{a} docbook-xsl{a} docbook-xsl-doc-html{a} kdegraphics-libs-data{a} kdelibs5-plugins{a} kdepimlibs-kio-plugins{a} kdoctools{a} kinfocenter{a} kipi-plugins-common{a} libakonadi-contact4{a}
  libakonadi-kabc4{a} libakonadi-kcal4{a} libakonadi-kde4{a} libakonadi-kmime4{a} libcln6{a} libgpgme++2{a} libgps19{a} libkabc4{a} libkatepartinterfaces4{a} libkblog4{a} libkcal4{a} libkde3support4{a}
  libkdecore5{a} libkdesu5{a} libkdeui5{a} libkdewebkit5{a} libkdnssd4{a} libkfile4{a} libkholidays4{a} libkhtml5{a} libkimap4{a} libkimproxy4{a} libkio5{a} libkjsapi4{a} libkjsembed4{a} libkldap4{a}
  libkmediaplayer4{a} libkmime4{a} libknewstuff2-4{a} libknewstuff3-4{a} libknotifyconfig4{a} libkntlm4{a} libkonqsidebarplugin4a{a} libkontactinterface4{a} libkparts4{a} libkpimidentities4{a}
  libkpimtextedit4{a} libkpimutils4{a} libkpty4{a} libkresources4{a} libkrosscore4{a} libkrossui4{a} libktexteditor4{a} libktnef4{a} libktorrent-l10n{a} libktorrent1{a} libkunitconversion4{a}
  libkutils4{a} libkwineffects1a{a} libkxmlrpcclient4{a} libmailtransport4{a} libmarblewidget10{a} libmessagecore4{a} libmessagelist4{a} libmicroblog4{a} libnepomuk4{a} libnepomukquery4a{a}
  libplasmaclock4b{a} libprocesscore4a{a} libprocessui4a{a} libqalculate4{a} libqgpgme1{a} libqt4-declarative{a} libqtwebkit-dev{a} libqtwebkit4{a} libsmokebase4-3{a} libsmokephonon3{a}
  libsmokeqtcore4-3{a} libsmokeqtdbus4-3{a} libsmokeqtgui4-3{a} libsmokeqtnetwork4-3{a} libsmokeqtopengl4-3{a} libsmokeqtscript4-3{a} libsmokeqtsql4-3{a} libsmokeqtsvg4-3{a} libsmokeqttest4-3{a}
  libsmokeqtuitools4-3{a} libsmokeqtwebkit4-3{a} libsmokeqtxml4-3{a} libsolid4{a} libsolidcontrol4a{a} libsyndication4{a} libtaskmanager4a{a} libtelepathy-qt4-0{a} libthreadweaver4{a} libweather-ion4a{a}
  marble-plugins{a} virtuoso-minimal{a}
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  freespacenotifier{a} kdebase-plasma{a} kdebase-runtime-bin-kde4{a} kdebase-runtime-data-common{a} kdebase-workspace-libs4+5{a} kdepimlibs-data{a} libkfontinst4{a} libkonqsidebarplugin4{a}
  libkwineffects1{a} libmarble4{a} libplasma-applet-system-monitor4{a} libplasmaclock4{a} libprocesscore4{a} libprocessui4{a} libsmokeqt4-3{u} libsmokesoprano3{u} libsolidcontrol4{a} libtaskmanager4{a}
  libweather-ion4{a} libxklavier16{u}
The following packages will be upgraded:
  akonadi-server akregator ark digikam dolphin dragonplayer gwenview kaddressbook kalarm kamera kate kbluetooth kcalc kcm-gtk kcm-touchpad kde-window-manager kde-zeroconf kdebase-bin kdebase-data
  kdebase-runtime kdebase-runtime-data kdebase-workspace kdebase-workspace-bin kdebase-workspace-data kdebase-workspace-kgreet-plugins kdegraphics-strigi-plugins kdelibs-bin kdelibs5 kdelibs5-data
  kdemultimedia-kio-plugins kdepasswd kdepim-groupware kdepim-kresources kdepim-runtime kdepim...

I had the exact same error read out as CI Open Source Foundation on Sunday night August 15th. That being said I got some kind of updates in my package manager and got a clean install last night Monday August 16th.

I'm not sure if the packages were pushed from the regular Kubuntu PPA or if they came from the backports per ppa:kubuntu-ppa/backports, but this has been fixed for me.

I followed the Francesc Vicent 's method and everything works fine!
My system is X64 Lucid
Thanks Francesc!

I have managed to update successfully, but it wasn't a smooth or pleasant experience. It required several repetitions of "aptitude -f full-upgrade" to do it, similar to Alvin's experience in #17. In addition to the usual libqt4-assistant issue, the kubuntu-dev-tools package also had to be removed because it depends on kdebase-runtime-bin-kde4, which is a transitional package that shouldn't be needed anymore and was therefore not included in the update.

I notice a couple other comments mention the libqt4-phonon package causing problems: that's another transitional package that is unfortunately still listed as a dependency by some other packages. In my case it was pulled in by plasma-widget-bkodama; since I wasn't using that widget anyway, I simply removed the problem package ahead of time.

After reboot, my plasma activities were messed up and had to be reconstructed, and the notification area misbehaved a bit at first, but I think that has more to do with the redesign of the software than the packaging.

why aren't those old meta-packages available? (kde-minimal, kde-devel, kdebase-runtime-bin-kde4, etc...)

can't we have at least some dummy upgrade packages?
that will surely help the update...

Another question about this issue: What if I install kde 4.5 with all the forced overwrites? What happens with Kubuntu 10.10 then? Will I have to do a clean install or can I expect a somehow troublefree upgrade? I'd say this would be a major issue as well...

Yet another question: What if I tried installing kde 4.5, had some troubles as described above and removed the kubuntu-backports ppa? Some of the packages got installed successfully, so I actually have a mixture of kde 4.4.5 and 4.5 packages. How can I go back to a pure 4.4.5 system?

And I wish to ask you same question, when the no-problems upgrade to KDE4.5 will be possible using kubuntu-backports? It is 30.8. and I have half of packages in KPackagekit allowed and half not, so upgrade will in my opinion shut down whole KDE after restart, woun't it? Thanks for answer.

Good Morning

I have now successfully upgraded my main machine to KDE 4.5. Thanks to Francesc Vicent's (https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/kubuntu-ppa/+bug/615902/comments/21) comment #21.
Attached is the log of upgrade.

Have a nice day
thomi

As of today, I could upgrade to 4.5 without problems (x64). The only problem I encountered was that I didn't reboot but only logged out and then kdm wouldn't display. I launched startx from the command line which gave me a working gnome environment, opened systemsettings, and changed configuration of kdm, then restarted. Everything went smoothly then. Of course there are minor things like plasma widgets which need tweaking, but that's normal.
Cheers,
Martin

A similar problem has occurred trying to upgrade to kde 4.5.1

aptitude full-install indicated that kde-full kde-standard and libqt4-multimedia were broken. After uninstalling those three packages I was able to upgrade everything else, however I am being prevented from upgrading (or reinstalling as is currently the case) libqt4-multimedia 4:4.7.0~beta2-0ubuntu3~lucid1~ppa6 because it depends on libqtcore4 = 4:4.7.0~beta2-0ubuntu3~lucid1~ppa6 but version 4:4.7.0~rc1-1ubuntu1~lucid1~ppa1 is to be installed AND it also depends on libqtgui4 = 4:4.7.0~beta2-0ubuntu3~lucid1~ppa6 but version 4:4.7.0~rc1-1ubuntu1~lucid1~ppa1 is to be installed.

kde-standard and kde-full were able to be successfully reinstalled however :)

same, same! now i try Francesc Vicent 's method