digiKam disaster

[rikona]

Hello Pete and Liam,

First, many thanks to both of you for the help!!

Tuesday, February 11, 2014, 3:54:15 AM, Liam wrote:

> On 11 February 2014 07:54, Pete Smout <smoutpete at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> Oops sorry :) sudo apt-get -f install
>>>
>>> Is this to install, or done after install?
>>
>> This should force (-f) all dependencies and missing lib files that your
>> system thinks it needs to be installed, hopefully ending any missing
>> dependency errors!

> `apt-get install -f` just means "fix". It tries to sort any dependency
> problems by adding or removing dependencies without needing to also
> add or remov any additional whole programs.

Ran that - still gave hundreds of CLI errors and didn't work.

<snip>

> The sequence would normally go

> [1] dpkg-reconfigure foo

> # Write a fresh config for program `foo`

Didn't work either...

> `foo` still not working? Then:

> [2] apt-get install -f

> `foo` still not working? Then:

<snip many steps that were done>

> apt-get install foo -y

> # reinstall a clean copy with any dependencies

That did it!! digiKam is back, no [significant] errors in the CLI -
even the menus and tips box works. A LOT of stuff was
removed/changed/reinstalled/cleaned up along the way.

This is a good list to keep!

The 'side effect' with konq is still there though, but I'll keep that
as a different, perhaps unrelated thread.

Again, thanks.

-- 

 rikona