Hi there,

Very new to Linux so please forgive any ignorance on my part.

I've installed Debian basic install and it boots to the text prompt. So I think okay I need to install some kind of GUI and as I've heard of KDE I opt to install that. I run:

apt-get install get kde

after choosing yes to install I immediately get the error message:

E: This installation run will require temporarily removing the essential package e2fsprogs due to a conflicts/pre-depends loop. This is often bad, but if you're ally to do it, activate the APT::Force-LoopBreak Option
E:Internal Error, could not early remove e2fsprogs

I've tried googling the error but get alot of unhelpful pages, I thought that upgrading the kernel would help but this brings exactly the same error. Cann anyone help me? I'd much rather solve this problem than just use a version with boots straight to GUI.

Thanks in advance for any help.