Description of problem: It's impossible to install a new kde5 desktop theme from systemsettings application Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): systemsettings5 5.8.6 How reproducible: Steps to Reproduce: 1. launch systemsettings5 application 2. click workspaceTheme->DekstopTheme->GetNewTheme 3. "System Settings Add-On Installer" window appears and install whatever theme 4. close windows 5. New theme selected is not installed and does not appear as a new theme If you repeat the same commands as above and look at "journalctl -f" from a root console. You can see when you try to install a new theme, that command "plasmapkg2" fails to install : Apr 06 13:10:07 dell630 systemsettings5[14167]: Command ' "plasmapkg2 -t theme -i /tmp/Aldabra_Plasma.tar.gz" ' failed with code 255 Apr 06 13:10:51 dell630 systemsettings5[14167]: Command ' "plasmapkg2 -t theme -i /tmp/1490948315-xane-dark-pack-customization.tar.gz" ' failed with code 255 Apr 06 13:15:18 dell630 systemsettings5[14998]: Command ' "plasmapkg2 -t theme -i /tmp/81388-Glassified.tar.gz" ' failed with code 255 Apr 10 10:08:09 dell630 systemsettings5[2496]: Command ' "plasmapkg2 -t theme -i /tmp/S-Black.tar.gz" ' failed with code 255 Apr 10 10:09:13 dell630 systemsettings5[2496]: Command ' "plasmapkg2 -t theme -i /tmp/master.zip" ' failed with code 255 In the mean time, from a user console, "plasmapkg2 -l" command does not report anything, it looks like it's broken. The last time I was able to install a new theme on cauldron was back in December 2016. See the following report (journalctl output) : Dec 19 13:41:48 dell630 plasmapkg2[11088]: pluginname: "slim-glow" Dec 19 13:41:48 dell630 plasmapkg2[11088]: Generated "/home/jcl/.local/share/plasma/desktoptheme//kpluginindex.json" ( 4 plugins)
CC: (none) => marja11Assignee: bugsquad => kde
CC: (none) => mageiaSummary: Impossible to install a new kde5 desktop theme => Impossible to install a new plasma desktop theme
I am the only guy with that issue ? Nobody else confirm ?
No, you are not the only one - confirmed here too. Theme installation seems to finish OK, and installer lists the theme as installed. However, it does not appear in the list of selectable themes.
CC: (none) => jyri2000
(In reply to Jüri Ivask from comment #2) > No, you are not the only one - confirmed here too. > Theme installation seems to finish OK, and installer lists the theme as > installed. > However, it does not appear in the list of selectable themes. Thanks to confirm this. As I mentioned in my previous post, problem looks to come from plasmapkg2 command which is broken. I am wondering if it is also a known upstream bug ?
Bug still valid at the level Mageia6 rc. As expected, also the same result is achieved when trying to install a new icon theme in the same way through systemsettings5.
*** Bug 21006 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
CC: (none) => alejandro.anv
*** Bug 21287 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
CC: (none) => andy_jefferson
Version: Cauldron => 6CC: (none) => d.nigbur
I can confirm that this bug still exists in Mageia 6. The workaround is to download the theme tarball from the web site and extract it manually to ~/.local/share/plasma/desktoptheme. But the dialogue in System Settings doesn't work as intended.
I can also confirm this bug, on an up to date x86_64 mageia 6, plasmapkg2 doesn't work at all, it immediately return with exit code 255. (thanks for the workaround, by the way)
CC: (none) => r.h.michel+mageia
Hi, I also confirm the bug an the workaround.
CC: (none) => mageia
Need to add information about this in Erratas. But not only for themes also plasmoids and other things (icons?) that the plasma tools offer to search and install but the installation is not are working. https://blog.mageia.org/en/2017/07/16/announcing-mageia-6/#comment-8402 https://blog.mageia.org/en/2017/07/16/announcing-mageia-6/#comment-8412 I don't add the info because i don't know much of plasma/kde
CC: (none) => j.alberto.vcKeywords: (none) => FOR_ERRATA6
See Also: (none) => https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=21105
Keywords: FOR_ERRATA6 => IN_ERRATA6
I was in the same situation. I have debugged plasmapkg2. It seemed to be an error occurring when kpackage was not installed. After installing kpackage, the error no longer exists. And the desktop theme was successfully installed.
CC: (none) => depot.routeadd
Additional to comment #11 suggestion i have to install kemoticons kiconthemes Not all available themes are listed to select after installation but i think is a issue with some themes
Mageia 6 changed to end-of-life (EOL) status on 2019-09-30. It is no longer maintained, which means that it will not receive any further security or bug fix updates. Package Maintainer: If you wish for this bug to remain open because you plan to fix it in a currently maintained version, simply change the 'version' to a later Mageia version. Bug Reporter: Thank you for reporting this issue and we are sorry that we weren't able to fix it before Mageia 6's end of life. If you are able to reproduce it against a later version of Mageia, you are encouraged to click on "Version" and change it against that version of Mageia. Although we aim to fix as many bugs as possible during every release's lifetime, sometimes those efforts are overtaken by events. Often a more recent Mageia release includes newer upstream software that fixes bugs or makes them obsolete. If you would like to help fixing bugs in the future, don't hesitate to join the packager team via our mentoring program [1] or join the teams that fit you most [2]. [1] https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Becoming_a_Mageia_Packager [2] http://www.mageia.org/contribute/ Best regards, Aurélien Bugsquad Team
Status: NEW => RESOLVEDResolution: (none) => OLDCC: (none) => ouaurelien