Bug 165046

Summary:	Show user error message on failed package install
Product:	[Unmaintained] plasma4	Reporter:	x.para <x.para>
Component:	general	Assignee:	Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal	CC:	amithash, aseigo, bart.burroughs, bmg.andre, bugs, jan.kaspar, mariusz, matthew.r.blissett, missive, rap
Priority:	NOR
Version:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Compiled Sources
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:
Sentry Crash Report:

Description x.para 2008-06-26 22:04:38 UTC

Version:            (using Devel)
Installed from:    Compiled sources
OS:                Linux

Not more to say on top of my summary. The process of installation does not break and widgets that are installed from the internet are marked as installed but not visible in add new widgets dialog.

Comment 1 Cyrill Helg 2008-07-01 11:36:36 UTC

I'm having the same issue. Compiled sources from 3 days ago.

Comment 2 prasadae 2008-07-21 05:45:08 UTC

The same thing happens to me on KDE 4.0.98 on OpenSuse 11.0 and fedora 9. 
And the same thing happens to Login Manager themes. I would not generally mention this, but I feel that they are connected to the same engine.

Comment 3 George Kiagiadakis 2008-07-25 16:08:31 UTC

*** Bug 165691 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 4 Dominik Tritscher 2008-07-29 17:44:18 UTC

*** Bug 167323 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 5 Dominik Tritscher 2008-07-29 17:48:38 UTC

Basically, I can confirm that behaviour. The cause seems to be, that the plasmoids on kde-look.org are only provided as source code, not as plasmagik packages.
The applet installer should check the package format and give a user response.

Comment 6 prasadae 2008-07-29 21:07:44 UTC

If that is the problem, instead of plasma checking the type, can kde-look have a separate repository just for plasmagik packages? That should make things easier for the plasma devs. 

Is there a tool available which can take the source, compile it and finally package as a plasmagik? That should lure the plasmoid contributors in creating plasmagiks.

Comment 7 Aaron J. Seigo 2008-07-31 21:25:30 UTC

*** Bug 167876 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 8 Aaron J. Seigo 2008-07-31 21:26:13 UTC

*** Bug 165253 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 9 Jan Kaspar 2008-08-04 12:13:36 UTC

I have the same trouble.

Comment 10 Rami 2008-08-04 14:14:25 UTC

Confirmed, kde 4.1

Comment 11 Ferdinand 2008-08-05 01:36:37 UTC

Same problem here, i'm using KDE 4.1 on Debian experimental.

In the .xsession-errors log:
Installation of /tmp/kde-ferdinand///78061-plasma-applet-quicklauncher-0.3.tar.gz failed.

Comment 12 Frank Schaefer 2008-08-06 12:49:41 UTC

Yes, the same problem with 4.1 and openSUSE 11.0. One of the main features of KDE4 is still not working...
Even if it is a problem of kde-look.org, the installer should not report success ! Coming from the other side: in which case will the installation process fail ? ;-)

Comment 13 H.H. 2008-08-22 22:27:46 UTC

I agree. Better not offer such a feature, if it does not work. This is one of the features many new user will try first! This is known since kde-4.0.