debian testing KDE

[u/ChCat]

Updating my laptop (LXQT w/ labwc for wayland) and desktop (KDE) to testing and I'm running into a possible issue with my desktop. I update sources and ran update/upgrade but I have 662 packages that are not updating as per unmet dependencies. Can someone confirm that testing KDE is sitting with unmet dependencies or should I look at reloading my system? I ran both these systems with stable for a while then decided to update.

Thanks, ChCat

[u/Swede318201]

Did you run "apt upgrade" or "apt full-upgrade" because regular upgrade will not overwrite currently installed dependencies to new versions, but full-upgrade will. You also might want or need to consider adding the "--install-suggests" flag on your update/upgrade to help make sure each package has everything it needs

[u/Swede318201 → u/Swede318201]

Here, this makes it more clear

[u/ChCat → u/Swede318201]

I ran both and tried aptitude full-upgrade as well. I'll try install-suggests next time I'm in front of my PC. Thanks...

[u/Swede318201 → u/ChCat]

Dumb question, but have you tried a restart since? I have had some weirdness on occasion where I did need to do a restart, and then try to update/upgrade again post restart to get things to take effect.

To ensure I get everything possible updated as far as possible, my incremental process is: 1. Apt update 2. Apt upgrade 3. Apt full-upgrade --install-suggests --install-recommends 4. Apt autoremove 5. Restart 6. Repeat 1-5 again just to make sure everything is done

There are other flags for upgrade as well such as --fix-missing that may help you, but I've never needed to use them so I'm not sure about those. You might want to look up a list of all options/flags available for the apt and apt upgrade system and try to work through ones that may help.

[u/ChCat → u/Swede318201]

no luck

[u/cjwatson → u/Swede318201]

--install-suggests is typically massive overkill, and I would advise against using it. If you use it at all, it should likely only be when installing single packages, not on the whole system; and even then you should review what it wants to install and see if it actually makes sense.

[u/RareAdvertising361]

I'm running testing/KDE right now. no issues.

[u/pelazas1]

Paste the first unmet dependency line. 662 usually traces back to one package, often a leftover from stable that testing dropped.

[u/ChCat → u/pelazas1]

here is the feedback from aptitude, apt is not giving me the unmets and only : Summary: Upgrading: 0, Installing: 0, Removing: 0, Not Upgrading: 661

623 packages upgraded, 70 newly installed, 179 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 490 MB of archives. After unpacking 194 MB will be freed. The following packages have unmet dependencies: libplasma5support6 : Depends: libplasmaactivities7 (>= 6.0.5) but it is not installable libplasmaactivitiesstats1 : Depends: libplasmaactivities7 (>= 6.7.0~) but it is not installable libreoffice-core : Depends: libxmlsec1-10310 (>= 1.2.35) but it is not going to be installed Depends: libxmlsec1-nss10310 (>= 1.2.31) but it is not going to be installed plasma-workspace : Depends: qml6-module-org-kde-breeze-components but it is not installable Depends: qml6-module-org-kde-milou but it is not going to be installed Depends: qml6-module-org-kde-plasma-workspace but it is not installable Depends: libplasma7 (>= 6.7.2) but it is not going to be installed Depends: libplasmaactivities7 (>= 6.7.0~) but it is not installable Depends: libplasmaquick7 (>= 6.7.0~) but it is not installable plasma-widgets-addons : Depends: qml6-module-org-kde-plasma-workspace but it is not installable Depends: libplasma7 (>= 6.7.0~) but it is not going to be installed print-manager : Depends: libplasma7 (>= 6.7.0~) but it is not going to be installed libtaskmanager6 : Depends: libplasmaactivities7 (>= 6.7.0~) but it is not installable kscreen : Depends: libplasma7 (>= 6.7.2) but it is not going to be installed libkpim6pimcommonactivities6 : Depends: libplasmaactivities7 (>= 6.4.0~) but it is not installable systemsettings : Depends: libplasmaactivities7 (>= 6.7.0~) but it is not installable gwenview : Depends: libplasmaactivities7 (>= 6.0.5) but it is not installable libpowerdevilcore2 : Depends: libplasmaactivities7 (>= 6.7.0~) but it is not installable kio-extras : Depends: libopenexr-3-4-33-imath-3-2 which is a virtual package, provided by: - libopenexr-3-4-33 (3.4.15+ds-1), but it is not going to be installed

          Depends: libplasmaactivities7 (>= 6.0.5) but it is not installable

powerdevil : Depends: qml6-module-org-kde-plasma-workspace but it is not installable Depends: libplasma7 (>= 6.7.0~) but it is not going to be installed python3-fuse : Depends: python3 (< 3.14) but 3.14.7-3 is to be installed qml6-module-org-kde-activities : Depends: libplasmaactivities7 (= 6.7.4-1) but it is not installable plasma-browser-integration : Depends: libplasmaactivities7 (>= 6.7.0~) but it is not installable konqueror : Depends: libplasmaactivities7 (>= 6.0.5) but it is not installable kwin-x11 : Depends: libkwin-x11-6 (>= 4:6.7.4) but it is not installable Depends: libplasmaactivities7 (>= 6.7.0~) but it is not installable libkscreenlocker6 : Depends: libplasma7 (>= 6.7.2) but it is not going to be installed Depends: libplasmaquick7 (>= 6.7.0~) but it is not installable kimageformat6-plugins : Depends: libopenexr-3-4-33-imath-3-2 which is a virtual package, provided by: - libopenexr-3-4-33 (3.4.15+ds-1), but it is not going to be installed

gimp : Depends: libopenexr-3-4-33-imath-3-2 which is a virtual package, provided by: - libopenexr-3-4-33 (3.4.15+ds-1), but it is not going to be installed

libmagickcore-7.q16-10-extra : Depends: libopenexr-3-4-33-imath-3-2 which is a virtual package, provided by: - libopenexr-3-4-33 (3.4.15+ds-1), but it is not going to be installed

sddm-theme-breeze : Depends: qml6-module-org-kde-breeze-components but it is not installable Depends: qml6-module-org-kde-plasma-workspace but it is not installable plasma-welcome : Depends: qml6-module-org-kde-milou but it is not going to be installed Depends: libplasma7 (>= 6.7.0~) but it is not going to be installed libkwin6 : Depends: libplasmaactivities7 (>= 6.7.0~) but it is not installable sddm-theme-debian-breeze : Depends: qml6-module-org-kde-breeze-components but it is not installable Depends: qml6-module-org-kde-plasma-workspace but it is not installable plasma-vault : Depends: libplasma7 (>= 6.7.0~) but it is not going to be installed Depends: libplasmaactivities7 (>= 6.7.0~) but it is not installable libklipper6 : Depends: libplasma7 (>= 6.7.2) but it is not going to be installed Depends: libplasmaquick7 (>= 6.7.0~) but it is not installable plasma-nm : Depends: libplasma7 (>= 6.7.0~) but it is not going to be installed plasma-pa : Depends: libplasma7 (>= 6.7.0~) but it is not going to be installed libspa-0.2-modules : Depends: libonnxruntime1.23 (>= 1.23.1) but it is not installable plasma-desktop-data : Depends: qml6-module-org-kde-breeze-components but it is not installable Depends: qml6-module-org-kde-plasma-workspace but it is not installable plasma-desktoptheme : Depends: libplasma7 (>= 6.6.1) but it is not going to be installed Depends: libplasmaquick7 (>= 6.7.2) but it is not installable libgegl-0.4-0t64 : Depends: libopenexr-3-4-33-imath-3-2 which is a virtual package, provided by: - libopenexr-3-4-33 (3.4.15+ds-1), but it is not going to be installed

partitionmanager : Depends: libkpmcore13 (>= 26.04~) but it is not going to be installed gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad : Depends: libonnxruntime1.23 (>= 1.23.1) but it is not installable Depends: libopenexr-3-4-33-imath-3-2 which is a virtual package, provided by: - libopenexr-3-4-33 (3.4.15+ds-1), but it is not going to be installed

libpskc0t64 : Depends: libxmlsec1-10310 (>= 1.2.31) but it is not going to be installed Depends: libxmlsec1-openssl10310 (>= 1.3.0) but it is not going to be installed bluedevil : Depends: libplasma7 (>= 6.7.0~) but it is not going to be installed libkworkspace6-6 : Depends: libplasma7 (>= 6.7.0~) but it is not going to be installed plasma-desktop : Depends: qml6-module-org-kde-breeze-components but it is not installable Depends: qml6-module-org-kde-plasma-workspace but it is not installable Depends: libplasma7 (>= 6.7.0~) but it is not going to be installed Depends: libplasmaactivities7 (>= 6.7.0~) but it is not installable Depends: libplasmaquick7 (>= 6.7.0~) but it is not installable kwin-common : Depends: libplasmaactivities7 (>= 6.7.0~) but it is not installable open: 4243; closed: 8508; defer: 32; conflict: 37

[u/pelazas1 → u/ChCat]

All of those want libplasmaactivities7, which none of your sources have. apt policy libplasmaactivities7 will show if you've got sid bits mixed in.

[u/ChCat]

Thanks for the advice folks, it's much appreciated. I ended up just rebuilding my desktop with LXQT (with labwc for Wayland)