KDE update error

[Scamentology]

Happpens wth both apt-get install KDE-core and apt-get install kde
using BT4-R1

apt-get install kde

I get the following error (both HD install and live DVD)

...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/kdebase-workspace-bin_4%3a4.1.4-0ubuntu1~intrepid3.1_i386.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

Heres what I did to fix it

cp -r /var/lib/dpkg/info /var/lib/dpkg/infobackup
rm -rf /var/lib/dpkg/info
mkdir /var/lib/dpkg/info
apt-get -f install
cp /var/lib/dpkg/info/* /var/lib/dpkg/infobackup
rm -rf /var/lib/dpkg/info
cp /var/lib/dpkg/infobackup /var/lib/dpkg/info
rm -rf /var/lib/dpkg/infobackup

If you need any other info let me know.

[Snayler]

This is not a bug, the developers actually left kde outdated on purpose. BTW, updating KDE will break things such as the backtrack-menu, among other stuff. And it's not supported here on the forums, so any errors you may find after this, you are on your own.

[Scamentology]

Cool. Disregard. Ive just been playing around with the live dvd doing different stuff. and seeing what it does. Thought it might be helpful.

It hasn't broken anything yet. Ill probably find stuff broken now that you said that. LOL
Thanks

This is not a bug, the developers actually left kde outdated on purpose. BTW, updating KDE will break things such as the backtrack-menu, among other stuff. And it's not supported here on the forums, so any errors you may find after this, you are on your own.

[Snayler]

Cool. Disregard. Ive just been playing around with the live dvd doing different stuff. and seeing what it does. Thought it might be helpful.

Sorry, didn't meant to show disregard, but it's the harsh truth. The "why not using kde4 instead of kde3" topic has popped up multiple times, and it has been discussed extensively. The devs want to keep BT fast, and since there is pyrit, I think it's safe to assume no one wants to waste GPU processing power on "eye candy". For me these are the two main reasons I think backtrack should keep using kde3.

Either way, I like seeing someone putting some effort into this, so maybe you could find a way to update kde without breaking anything and post a tutorial here for those interested.

[sickness]

Not a bug, moved to the proper section.

Why do you need KDE 4 ? Backtrack is a security distribution, it is made to be fast not to look cool or be used as a twitter/facebook machine gun.
If you want the latest KDE use a more friendly distro.

[Archangel-Amael]

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