Bug 463566

Summary:	Provide working Vector editor, please
Product:	[KDE Neon] neon	Reporter:	Uwe Köhler <U.Koehler_sec>
Component:	Packages User Edition	Assignee:	Neon Bugs <neon-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED DOWNSTREAM
Severity:	normal	CC:	jr, nate, neon-bugs-null, sitter
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Neon
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description Uwe Köhler 2022-12-28 19:43:29 UTC

SUMMARY
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I tried to edit a PDF on a freshly installed and up-to-date KDE Neon. No program worked. I extended an issue for Inkscape (https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=461887) and Krita (https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=463565). Other software was unable to read the PDF correctly.
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STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Try any of the available VectorEditors to open my PDF
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OBSERVED RESULT
Either the PDF is read wrong, cannot be read at all or the resulting work cannot be exported.

EXPECTED RESULT
At least Krita or Inkscape work

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Operating System: KDE neon 5.26
KDE Plasma Version: 5.26.4
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.101.0
Qt Version: 5.15.7
Kernel Version: 5.15.0-56-generic (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: X11
Processors: 16 × AMD Ryzen 7 5700U with Radeon Graphics
Memory: 15,0 GiB of RAM
Graphics Processor: AMD RENOIR
Manufacturer: Acer
Product Name: Aspire A515-45G
System Version: V1.08

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Comment 1 Nate Graham 2023-01-06 21:27:50 UTC

Please report issues with 3rd-party apps to the developers of those apps. Thanks!

Comment 2 Uwe Köhler 2023-01-06 22:03:28 UTC

I did report the bugs to the app developer and they claim there are packaging issues.

Comment 3 Nate Graham 2023-01-06 22:06:09 UTC

Distro-packaged apps are not supported in Neon; you should get them from Snap or Flatpak. If those apps exhibit packaging errors, they should be reported to the packagers of those apps.

Comment 4 Uwe Köhler 2023-01-06 22:21:21 UTC

For Inkscape all the available versions (native, snap and flatpak) had bugs (different ones). I reported the bugs here, because they refer to packages installed in KDE Neon with pkcon install. Are these packaged by KDE Neon ( I  thought so at least for KRITA  to get the most up-to-date version) or just the Ubuntu versions?

Comment 5 Nate Graham 2023-01-06 22:24:23 UTC

KDE apps like Krita are formally supported in KDE Neon's distro packaging. 3rd-party apps like Vedtor and Inkscape are not.

But when you experience a bug in the app, it's best to report the bug to the app's developers, not the packagers of the app--unless you have good reason to believe that the issue is caused by a packaging error specifically, rather than a code issue.