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Kxed

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From: Tennessee

Registered: 2022-10-06

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i got sucked into dependency hell when trying to switch to KDE

[kxeo@archlinx Downloads]$ sudo pacman -S plasma
:: There are 49 members in group plasma:
:: Repository extra
   1) bluedevil  2) breeze  3) breeze-gtk  4) discover  5) drkonqi
   6) flatpak-kcm  7) kactivitymanagerd  8) kde-cli-tools
   9) kde-gtk-config  10) kdecoration  11) kdeplasma-addons
   12) kgamma5  13) khotkeys  14) kinfocenter  15) kmenuedit
   16) kpipewire  17) kscreen  18) kscreenlocker  19) ksshaskpass
   20) ksystemstats  21) kwallet-pam  22) kwayland-integration
   23) kwin  24) kwrited  25) layer-shell-qt  26) libkscreen
   27) libksysguard  28) milou  29) oxygen  30) oxygen-sounds
   31) plasma-browser-integration  32) plasma-desktop
   33) plasma-disks  34) plasma-firewall  35) plasma-integration
   36) plasma-nm  37) plasma-pa  38) plasma-sdk
   39) plasma-systemmonitor  40) plasma-thunderbolt
   41) plasma-vault  42) plasma-welcome  43) plasma-workspace
   44) plasma-workspace-wallpapers  45) polkit-kde-agent
   46) powerdevil  47) sddm-kcm  48) systemsettings
   49) xdg-desktop-portal-kde

Enter a selection (default=all): all
error: invalid number: all

Enter a selection (default=all): 
resolving dependencies...
:: There are 2 providers available for phonon-qt5-backend:
:: Repository extra
   1) phonon-qt5-gstreamer  2) phonon-qt5-vlc

Enter a number (default=1): 
looking for conflicting packages...
error: failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies)
:: installing poppler (23.02.0-1) breaks dependency 'poppler=23.01.0' required by poppler-glib
[kxeo@archlinx Downloads]$ sudo pacman -R poppler-glib
checking dependencies...
error: failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies)
:: removing poppler-glib breaks dependency 'poppler-glib' required by evince
:: removing poppler-glib breaks dependency 'poppler-glib' required by gegl
:: removing poppler-glib breaks dependency 'libpoppler-glib.so=8-64' required by sane
:: removing poppler-glib breaks dependency 'poppler-glib' required by tracker3-miners (what is tracker3-miners anyway?) 

I just wanted to switch from GNOME to KDE...
(also, title seems to be a bit extreme, sorry)

Last edited by Kxed (2023-03-19 18:52:40)

Scimmia

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Registered: 2012-09-01

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Re: i got sucked into dependency hell when trying to switch to KDE

Fully update your system first.

dakota

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Registered: 2016-05-20

Posts: 195

Re: i got sucked into dependency hell when trying to switch to KDE

Please use code tags for code.

$ sudo pacman -S plasma
...
:: installing poppler (23.02.0-1) breaks dependency 'poppler=23.01.0' required by poppler-glib

Perhaps updating your system first? Or using -Syu?

EDIT - ninja'd

Last edited by dakota (2023-03-18 15:50:36)

WorMzy

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Posts: 11,068

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Re: i got sucked into dependency hell when trying to switch to KDE

Please use code tags, and don't run partial upgrades (which is what caused the mismatch between poppler and poppler-glib).

pacman -Syu plasma

should work, but if not, post your /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist. In code tags.

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Kxed

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From: Tennessee

Registered: 2022-10-06

Posts: 78

Re: i got sucked into dependency hell when trying to switch to KDE

Not enough storage for that.

WorMzy

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Re: i got sucked into dependency hell when trying to switch to KDE

Then increase the size of the partition that has insufficient space, or clean up whatever is using up the storage. If you can't `-Syu` on a regular basis then you're using the wrong distro.

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dakota

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Registered: 2016-05-20

Posts: 195

Re: i got sucked into dependency hell when trying to switch to KDE

Not enough storage for that.

Too bad. Nobody can help you with that...
... unless you post more information (like: what command you used, and what the output was).

A wild guess: maybe you could manage your storage? And you could also edit your first post to use code tags.

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Edit: however, judging from your post history, perhaps this distribution is too advanced for you?

Last edited by dakota (2023-03-19 01:04:24)

seth

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Registered: 2012-09-03

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Re: i got sucked into dependency hell when trying to switch to KDE

Not enough storage for that.

I just wanted to switch from GNOME to KDE...

Remove gnome first?

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Kxed

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From: Tennessee

Registered: 2022-10-06

Posts: 78

Re: i got sucked into dependency hell when trying to switch to KDE

Not enough storage for that.

I just wanted to switch from GNOME to KDE...

Remove gnome first?

sudo pacman -R gnome:
error: failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies)
:: removing gnome-settings-daemon breaks dependency 'gnome-settings-daemon' required by gnome-tweaks
:: removing gnome-backgrounds breaks dependency 'gnome-backgrounds' required by lightdm-webkit2-greeter
:: removing gnome-keyring breaks dependency 'gnome-keyring' required by xdg-desktop-portal-gnome

Last edited by Kxed (2023-03-19 18:53:41)

seth

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Re: i got sucked into dependency hell when trying to switch to KDE

'Remove "the stuff you do't want to keep" first'

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