Installing KDE 3.5

Dotan Cohen dotancohen at gmail.com
Thu Feb 16 06:48:06 UTC 2006


On 2/15/06, Chuck Mattsen <mattsen at arvig.net> wrote:
> Dotan Cohen wrote:
> > I'm a recent convert from Fedora Core 4. I really miss KDE 3.5
> > (automount USB devices, other goodies). Is there a simple way to
> > install it on Kubuntu? Or must I compile?
>
> http://kubuntu.org/announcements/kde-351.php
> [worked nicely for me] :)
>
>


I followed e instructions on the suggested page, and ran
distro-update. In the end I got these errors (and more were sprinkled
about in the verbitose install):

W: Couldn't stat source package list ftp://bolugftp.uni-bonn.de breezy/main Pack
ages (/var/lib/apt/lists/bolugftp.uni-bonn.de_pub_kde_stable_3.5.1_kubuntu_dists
           _breezy_main_binary-i386_Packages) - stat (2 No such file
or directory)
W: Couldn't stat source package list http://www.mirrorservice.org
breezy/main Pa            ckages
(/var/lib/apt/lists/www.mirrorservice.org_sites_ftp.kde.org_pub_kde_stabl
           e_3.5.1_kubuntu_dists_breezy_main_binary-i386_Packages) -
stat (2 No such file o            r directory)
W: Couldn't stat source package list http://mirror.cc.columbia.edu
breezy/main P            ackages
(/var/lib/apt/lists/mirror.cc.columbia.edu_pub_software_kde_stable_3.5.1
           _kubuntu_dists_breezy_main_binary-i386_Packages) - stat (2
No such file or direc            tory)
W: Couldn't stat source package list ftp://bolugftp.uni-bonn.de
breezy/main Pack            ages
(/var/lib/apt/lists/bolugftp.uni-bonn.de_pub_kde_stable_3.5.1_kubuntu_dists
           _breezy_main_binary-i386_Packages) - stat (2 No such file
or directory)
W: Couldn't stat source package list http://www.mirrorservice.org
breezy/main Pa            ckages
(/var/lib/apt/lists/www.mirrorservice.org_sites_ftp.kde.org_pub_kde_stabl
           e_3.5.1_kubuntu_dists_breezy_main_binary-i386_Packages) -
stat (2 No such file o            r directory)
W: Couldn't stat source package list http://mirror.cc.columbia.edu
breezy/main P            ackages
(/var/lib/apt/lists/mirror.cc.columbia.edu_pub_software_kde_stable_3.5.1
           _kubuntu_dists_breezy_main_binary-i386_Packages) - stat (2
No such file or direc            tory)
W: You may want to run apt-get update to correct these problems
root at ety:~#

I am now running apt-get update. Is there anything else that I must do
to correct the situation?
Thank you for your patience with me.

Dotan Cohen
http://technology-sleuth.com/short_answer/how_can_i_be_safe_online.html


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