Attempting to move from kde 4.2.2 to 4.2.3

[David McGlone]

On Friday 29 May 2009 05:52:33 pm steven vollom wrote:
> (Trim)
>
> > To do this:
> > Open System Settings
> > click on "add remove software"
> > click on "settings" in the left pane
> > click "edit software sources" in the right pane
> > enter your password if needed
> > when the box pops up click on the "third party software" tab at the top
> > of the box
> > Click on add button at the bottom
> > when the box pops up copy and paste the proceeding line into the box:
> >
> > deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/kubuntu-ppa/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main
> >
> > Make sure the new entry is checked and click on "close" button
> > a box will pop up with a "reload" button, click this button
> >
> > then click on the "Updates" tab and put a check mark next to:
> >
> > "Pre-release updates"
>
> I attempted to use kpackgekit, and got an unusual and never before
> experienced error message:
>
> No package cache is available - KPackageKit
>
> The package list needs to be rebuilt.
> This should have been done by the backend automatically.
>
> Details
>
> Package cache could not be opened
>
> I have never run into this before and don't have a clue what to do to
> rectify the problem.

What version of kpackagekit are you running?

type in console:

kpackagekit -v

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Blessings,
David M.
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