Bug 175940

Summary:	KDEInit does not launch programs properly in OS X
Product:	[Unmaintained] kdelibs	Reporter:	illogic-al <illogical1>
Component:	kdeinit	Assignee:	kdelibs bugs <kdelibs-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal	CC:	christoph
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	4.1
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Compiled Sources
OS:	macOS
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description illogic-al 2008-11-23 23:21:12 UTC

Version:            (using KDE 4.1.2)
Installed from:    Compiled From Sources

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=75492 seems to be related to this but only by the symptoms preseted. 
The problem is that kdeinit does not manage to launch applications associated with files when these files are clicked. For instance, if I click on a text file expecting kwrite to launch i get a pop-up which says: 

"KDEInit could not launch 'kwrite'.:
Could not find 'kwrite' executable."

"KDEInit could not launch 'kompare'.:
Could not find 'kompare' executable."

On OS X, KDE programs live within bundles. it seems kdeinit is not given the correct location of the executables. 
kwrite for instance would be in kwrite.app/Contents/MacOS/kwrite

Comment 1 Christoph Cullmann 2024-05-04 21:21:46 UTC

We removed kdeinit in KF6.