Bug 463161

Summary:	Global theme installation failing with SDDM dependencies
Product:	[Frameworks and Libraries] frameworks-knewstuff	Reporter:	John M Lenard <john.m.lenard>
Component:	general	Assignee:	Alexander Lohnau <alexander.lohnau>
Status:	REPORTED ---
Severity:	normal	CC:	alexander.lohnau, john.m.lenard, kdelibs-bugs-null, nate
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	5.101.0
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Neon
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description John M Lenard 2022-12-17 17:13:00 UTC

SUMMARY

Installing global themes through system settings fails, throws an error of dependency failures for corresponding SDDM themes. Tested primarily with Sweet and Sweet-Ambar-Dark, although other themes show exact same issue


STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Search for, and install, global theme with corresponding SDDM dependency
2. Enter password to extract SDDM theme when prompted
3. Error message shown

OBSERVED RESULT

An Error Occurred

Installation of /tmp/mFJcyq-Sweet.tar.xz failed: Could not install dependency: 'kns://sddmtheme.knsrc/api.kde-look.org/1334945'

EXPECTED RESULT

Theme should install SDDM dependency

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Linux/KDE Plasma: KDE Neon 5.26
(available in About System)
KDE Plasma Version: 5.26.4
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.101.-
Qt Version: 5.15.7

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Changing DNS to Google public DNS (8.8.8.8, 8.8.4.4) made no difference
Manually installing SDDM themes made no difference
Manually installing/extracting themes did not allow theme to function

Comment 1 Alexander Lohnau 2023-01-05 20:23:03 UTC

What happens when you run the following command?

sddmthemeinstaller -i  /tmp/<something>-Sweet.tar.xz