Bug 386509

Summary:	plasmapkg2 does not copy desktop file to service location
Product:	[Frameworks and Libraries] libplasma	Reporter:	LinG <lingtjien>
Component:	libplasma	Assignee:	Alexander Lohnau <alexander.lohnau>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal	CC:	alexander.lohnau, bugs.kde.org, dag, joenosie, kishore96, konstantinos.smanis, nate, plasma-bugs-null
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Arch Linux
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:
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Description LinG 2017-11-03 22:20:12 UTC

When I install a kwin script using:

plasmapkg2 --type kwinscript -i test

It works fine but for some reason I don't get the gear icon that allows to interact with the ui.

To reproduce:

1. copy the default videowall kwin script that is located here /usr/share/kwin/scripts/videowall to somewhere

2. rename all the names (Name, X-KDE-PluginInfo-Name, X-KDE-PluginKeyword and X-KDE-ParentComponents) inside metadata.desktop to something else such as "test"

3. install the test package using: plasmapkg2 --type kwinscript -i "name"

4. open kwin scripts and observe that there is no gear icon for the test script while the default videowall script does have a gear icon.

Comment 1 Martin Flöser 2017-11-04 14:02:58 UTC

The desktop file needs to be copied to service location for config to be found. This might be missing in plasmapkg.

Comment 2 LinG 2019-03-05 11:30:46 UTC

This problem also exists with `kpackagetool5` just as with `plasmapkg2`

Comment 3 Piotr Dobrogost 2019-03-31 17:25:25 UTC

Any update on this?
Is there a way to bring this into the radar of someone active in this area?

I came here from issue 79 of kwin-tiling – „No config options“ (https://github.com/kwin-scripts/kwin-tiling/issues/79)


(In reply to Martin Flöser from comment #1)
> The desktop file needs to be copied to service location for config to be
> found.

Is this documented somewhere?

> This might be missing in plasmapkg.

You mean this should be handled by plasmapkg during installation of a package but it's not?

Comment 4 Nate Graham 2020-12-01 18:26:20 UTC

*** Bug 378250 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 5 Alexander Lohnau 2022-07-21 05:43:07 UTC

By now one should use X-KDE-ConfigModule to point to the config plugin that should be loaded. The desktop file bases plugin loading is deprecated.