I am trying to install gnome desktop from kubuntu. So I did this : sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop It ran well but now I am getting this error:
sudeep@sudeep:~$ sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done ubuntu-desktop is already the newest version. You might want to run 'apt-get -f install' to correct these: The following packages have unmet dependencies: firefox-globalmenu : Depends: firefox (= 20.0+build1-0ubuntu0.12.10.3) but it is not going to be installed firefox-gnome-support : Depends: firefox but it is not going to be installed lightdm-remote-session-uccsconfigure : Depends: firefox but it is not going to be installed xul-ext-websites-integration : Depends: firefox (>= 9.0) but it is not going to be installed E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or specify a solution). EDIT sudo apt-get -f install ubuntu-desktop
Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Correcting dependencies... Done The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required: linux-headers-3.5.0-17 linux-headers-3.5.0-17-generic Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them. The following extra packages will be installed: firefox Suggested packages: latex-xft-fonts The following NEW packages will be installed: firefox 0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 14 not upgraded. 509 not fully installed or removed. Need to get 0 B/24.5 MB of archives. After this operation, 51.3 MB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y (Reading database ... 239358 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking firefox (from .../firefox_20.0+build1-0ubuntu0.12.10.3_i386.deb) ... dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/firefox_20.0+build1-0ubuntu0.12.10.3_i386.deb (--unpack): trying to overwrite '/usr/share/applications/firefox.desktop', which is also in package kubuntu-firefox-installer 12.04ubuntu1 No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already dpkg-deb: error: subprocess paste was killed by signal (Broken pipe) Errors were encountered while processing: /var/cache/apt/archives/firefox_20.0+build1-0ubuntu0.12.10.3_i386.deb E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) Please help me correct this.
33 Answers
The first command you ran is correct!
It stated that ubuntu-desktop is already installed – you need to select it at your Kubuntu login screen.
Remove the package kubuntu-firefox-installer.
Check if you have Universe and Multiverse repositories enabled.
$ su - # nano /etc/apt/sources.list Sample output from Xubuntu 12.04 which is precise, make sure those line are uncommented, with the correct release name.
Ubuntu 10.04 lucid Ubuntu 12.04 precise Ubuntu 12.10 quantal Ubuntu 13.04 raring deb precise universe deb-src precise universe deb precise-updates universe deb-src precise-updates universe deb precise multiverse deb-src precise multiverse deb precise-updates multiverse deb-src precise-updates multiverse After make sure you have enabled Universe and Multiverse repositories in /etc/apt/sources.list we now can install gnome.
# apt-get update # apt-get install ubuntu-desktop ubuntu-desktop package will install full gnome desktop addition softwares like firefox, libreoffice, rhythmbox. If you just want the clean gnome desktop environment without those softwares, you can run this command.
# apt-get update # apt-get install ubuntu-desktop --without-recommends 
