You have some kind of very odd setup. mkdir shouldn't error with "Audio Clips".. it should say unable to create ".sounds".. that is very strange.

If you downloaded all the files to /home/user/MyDocs/.documents then just go:
ETA: Are you using the file manager, or emelfm2 to try and create these directories?

I'm using file manager.
Here is output error message from qtstalker install

[root@Debian: /]cd /home/user/MyDocs/.documents
[root@Debian: ~/MyDocs/.documents]dpkg -i *.deb
Selecting previously deselected package libqtstalker0.
dpkg: regarding libqtstalker0_0.36-1_armel.deb containing libqtstalker0:
libqtstalker0 conflicts with qtstalker (<< 0.34)
qtstalker (version 0.32-3.1) is present and installed.
dpkg: error processing libqtstalker0_0.36-1_armel.deb (--install):
conflicting packages - not installing libqtstalker0Selecting previously deselected package libta-lib0.
(Reading database ... 42418 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking libta-lib0 (from libta-lib0_0.4.0-2_armel.deb) ...
Preparing to replace qtstalker 0.32-3.1 (using qtstalker_0.36-1_armel.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement qtstalker ...
Preparing to replace qtstalker-doc 0.32-3.1 (using qtstalker-doc_0.36-1_all.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement qtstalker-doc ...
Selecting previously deselected package qtstalker-quote-plugins.
Unpacking qtstalker-quote-plugins (from qtstalker-quote-plugins_0.36-1_armel.deb) ...
Setting up libta-lib0 (0.4.0-2) ...
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of qtstalker:
qtstalker depends on libqtstalker0 (>= 0.36); however:
Package libqtstalker0 is not installed.
dpkg: error processing qtstalker (--install):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Setting up qtstalker-doc (0.36-1) ...
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of qtstalker-quote-plugins:
qtstalker-quote-plugins depends on libqtstalker0 (>= 0.36); however:
Package libqtstalker0 is not installed.
dpkg: error processing qtstalker-quote-plugins (--install):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Processing triggers for menu ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Processing triggers for doc-base ...
Processing 1 changed doc-base file(s)...
Registering documents with scrollkeeper...
Errors were encountered while processing:
libqtstalker0_0.36-1_armel.deb
qtstalker
qtstalker-quote-plugins
[root@Debian: ~/MyDocs/.documents]

Any ideas? TIA

libqtstalker0 conflicts with qtstalker (<< 0.34)
qtstalker (version 0.32-3.1) is present and installed.


apt-get remove qtstalker
apt-get remove qtstalker-doc

Make sure you get rid of the OLD version.. then try and install the new version again

I'm taking good notes and I plan to put them up somewhere because Debian has a lot more tricks that you need to know.

Thanks for all your help and patience. Should I remove the plugin that has a problem?

[root@Debian: /]apt-get remove qtstalker
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
You might want to run `apt-get -f install' to correct these:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
qtstalker-quote-plugins: Depends: libqtstalker0 (>= 0.36) but it is not installable
E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or specify a solution).
[root@Debian: /]apt-get remove qtstalker-doc
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
You might want to run `apt-get -f install' to correct these:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
qtstalker: Depends: libqtstalker0 (>= 0.36) but it is not installable
Recommends: qtstalker-doc (= 0.36-1) but it is not going to be installed
qtstalker-quote-plugins: Depends: libqtstalker0 (>= 0.36) but it is not installable
E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or specify a solution).
[root@Debian: /]

yeah run apt-get -f install.. it should remove qstalker, qtstalker-doc, qtstalker-quote-plugins.

Sorry.. I didn't think about the fact you had a pre-existing version.. once you get qtstalker all the way off your system then try and install mine.

Here is lastest errors. How do I proceed from here. Hal was very difficult to install if I remove it will throw off other apps.

[root@Debian: /]apt-get -f install
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:
python-uno qtstalker-doc libdb4.3
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
The following packages will be REMOVED:
qtstalker qtstalker-quote-plugins
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 2 to remove and 200 not upgraded.
5 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 1630kB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
(Reading database ... 42361 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing qtstalker ...
Removing qtstalker-quote-plugins ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Processing triggers for menu ...
Setting up hal (0.5.11-2) ...
dpkg: error processing hal (--configure):
subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of gnome-device-manager:
gnome-device-manager depends on hal; however:
Package hal is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing gnome-device-manager (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of gparted:
gparted depends on hal; however:
Package hal is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing gparted (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
hal
gnome-device-manager
gparted
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
[root@Debian: /]

TIA

those aren't relevant to qtstalker. You got rid of qtstalker you should be able to install my files now. Might want to run "apt-get remove qtstalker-doc" again just to be sure (before installing mine).. I don't see it there.

I believe Qole has some post somewhere about how to get around the gparted problems.. and I don't have a clue about gnome-device-manager. You dont need hal or gnome-device-manager so much in a chroot environment...

You are a genius! I want to learn how to do this. Now I need to fix remaining packages. Do you happen tp know how to get gmpc to work? I have it loaded but no output. Others have gotten it to work.

BTW the mouse makes qtstalker easy to get around in.