[EN] cant install kwin because libxcb-sync0 uninstallable after dist-upgrade

[dlalias2k1]

Not sure what happened, but :


Cant install kwin because libxcb-sync0 uninstallable after dist-upgrade


What are my options?

[dlalias2k1]

The oddities don't stop.


apt-get -s install lxde returns:

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
  lxde-common lxde-core lxde-icon-theme
Recommended packages:
  lxmusic lxpolkit
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  lxde lxde-common lxde-core lxde-icon-theme
0 upgraded, 4 newly installed, 0 to remove and 62 not upgraded.
Inst lxde-common (0.5.5-6 Debian:unstable [all])
Inst lxde-core (4+nmu2 unstable [all])
Inst lxde-icon-theme (0.5.0-1 Debian:unstable [all])
Inst lxde (4+nmu2 unstable [all])
Conf lxde-common (0.5.5-6 Debian:unstable [all])
Conf lxde-core (4+nmu2 unstable [all])
Conf lxde-icon-theme (0.5.0-1 Debian:unstable [all])
Conf lxde (4+nmu2 unstable [all])




apt-get -s install kde returns:

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Package kde is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source


E: Package 'kde' has no installation candidate


It returns the same message for a number of kde apps.
I'm not sure what has happened really.

[sunrat]

There is no "kde" package.
Try kde-plasma-desktop, kde-standard, or kde-full, depending on how many extra programs you want included. There is also kde-plasma-netbook for small screens.
lxde looks installable.

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$ apt-cache policy kde kwin
kde:
  Installed: (none)
  Candidate: (none)
  Version table:
kwin:
  Installed: (none)
  Candidate: (none)
  Version table:I'm not sure how to get kwin by itself, though I've heard of it being used with other DEs. The gurus here may know.

[piper]

There is no package "kde"

You have

• kde-plasma-desktop
• kde-plasma-netbook
• kde-full
• kdebase (kde-baseapps)
• kde-standard

How exactly did you do a dist-upgrade ?

[piper]

kwin


http://packages.debian.org/sid/kde-window-manager

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apt-cache policy kde-window-manager
kde-window-manager:
  Installed: 4:4.11.5-90r0

[dlalias2k1]

apt-get install kde-window-manager
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:
 kde-window-manager : Depends: libxcb-sync0 but it is not installable
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

[dlalias2k1]

For dist-upgrade I went:


init 3
su
apt-get update
apt-get dist-upgrade

[piper]

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piper@x1:~$ apt-cache policy libxcb-sync0
libxcb-sync0:
  Installed: 1.9.1-3.1
  Candidate: 1.9.1-3.1
  Version table:
 *** 1.9.1-3.1 0
Make sure you have these 4 depends installed

http://packages.debian.org/sid/libxcb-sync0

[dlalias2k1]

 apt-get install multiarch-support libc0.3 libc6 libxcb1
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Package libc0.3 is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source
However the following packages replace it:
  libc-bin tzdata initscripts libdb1-compat


E: Package 'libc0.3' has no installation candidate

[piper]

Ouch my bad, try the 2 depends

multiarch-support
libxcb1

So sorry about that

[dlalias2k1]

apt-get install multiarch-support libxcb1         
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
multiarch-support is already the newest version.
libxcb1 is already the newest version.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 62 not upgraded.



 apt-get install libxcb-sync0
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Package libxcb-sync0 is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source


E: Package 'libxcb-sync0' has no installation candidate

[piper]

What is the output of

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inxi -F && inxi -Srxxx

[dlalias2k1]

 inxi -F && inxi -Srxxx
System:    Host: horse Kernel: 3.13-0.towo-siduction-amd64 x86_64 (64 bit)
           Console: tty 2 Distro: siduction 12.1 Desperado - lxde - (201205212234)
Machine:   Mobo: ASUSTeK model: M3N78 PRO version: 1.XX serial: MS1C93BC1C00487
           Bios: Phoenix version: ASUS M3N78 PRO 1402 date: 12/04/2009
CPU:       Quad core AMD Phenom 9500 (-MCP-) cache: 2048 KB flags: (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 sse4a svm)
           Clock Speeds: 1: 2200.054 MHz 2: 2200.054 MHz 3: 2200.054 MHz 4: 2200.054 MHz
Graphics:  Card: NVIDIA G96 [GeForce 9400 GT]
           X.org: 1.14.5 driver: nvidia tty size: 80x24 Advanced Data: N/A for root out of X
Audio:     Card: NVIDIA MCP72XE/MCP72P/MCP78U/MCP78S High Definition Audio driver: snd_hda_intel
           Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture ver: k3.13-0.towo-siduction-amd64
Network:   Card: NVIDIA MCP77 Ethernet driver: forcedeth
           IF: eth0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: 00:24:8c:69:eb:04
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 2008.4GB (90.3% used) 1: id: /dev/sda model: WDC_WD10EADS size: 1000.2GB
           2: id: /dev/sdb model: ST31000528AS size: 1000.2GB 3: USB id: /dev/sdc model: Cruzer_Edge size: 8.0GB
Partition: ID: / size: 28G used: 11G (42%) fs: ext4 ID: /home size: 30G used: 8.3G (30%) fs: ext4
           ID: swap-1 size: 2.15GB used: 0.10GB (5%) fs: swap
RAID:      No RAID devices detected - /proc/mdstat and md_mod kernel raid module present
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 57.0C mobo: 43.0C
           Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: 5152
Info:      Processes: 229 Uptime: 2 days Memory: 1335.6/3963.7MB Runlevel: 5 Client: Shell (bash) inxi: 1.9.17
System:    Host: warhorse Kernel: 3.13-0.towo-siduction-amd64 x86_64 (64 bit, gcc: 4.8.2)
           Console: tty 2 dm: kdm Distro: siduction 12.1 Desperado - lxde - (201205212234)
Repos:     Active apt sources in file: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.list
           deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian unstable main contrib non-free
           deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian experimental main contrib non-free
           Active apt sources in file: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/multimedia.list
           deb http://www.deb-multimedia.org sid main non-free
           Active apt sources in file: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/plex.list
           deb http://shell.ninthgate.se/packages/debian squeeze main
           Active apt sources in file: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/siduction.list
           deb http://packages.siduction.org/base unstable main contrib non-free
           deb http://packages.siduction.org/extra unstable main contrib non-free
           deb http://packages.siduction.org/user unstable main contrib non-free
           deb http://packages.siduction.org/fixes unstable main contrib non-free
           Active apt sources in file: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/x2go.list
           deb http://packages.x2go.org/debian wheezy main
           deb-src http://packages.x2go.org/debian wheezy main

[piper]

siduction 12.1 Desperado - lxde    ?? ?? ??

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apt-get -s install lxde returns:

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
  lxde-common lxde-core lxde-icon-theme
Recommended packages:
  lxmusic lxpolkit
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  lxde lxde-common lxde-core lxde-icon-theme
0 upgraded, 4 newly installed, 0 to remove and 62 not upgraded.
Inst lxde-common (0.5.5-6 Debian:unstable [all])
Inst lxde-core (4+nmu2 unstable [all])
Inst lxde-icon-theme (0.5.0-1 Debian:unstable [all])
Inst lxde (4+nmu2 unstable [all])
Conf lxde-common (0.5.5-6 Debian:unstable [all])
Conf lxde-core (4+nmu2 unstable [all])
Conf lxde-icon-theme (0.5.0-1 Debian:unstable [all])
Conf lxde (4+nmu2 unstable [all])
Did you purge lxde ??

[piper]

Disable all repos but siduction and do

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apt-get clean

init 3 && apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade
Those other repo's probably screwed your system beyond repairable (with the exception of deb-multimedia)