| Summary: | website link to download KDE Connect for Linux doesn't work | ||
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| Product: | [Applications] kdeconnect | Reporter: | muh2lintech |
| Component: | common | Assignee: | Albert Vaca Cintora <albertvaka> |
| Status: | RESOLVED DOWNSTREAM | ||
| Severity: | critical | CC: | andrew.g.r.holmes, cwo.kde |
| Priority: | NOR | ||
| Version First Reported In: | unspecified | ||
| Target Milestone: | --- | ||
| Platform: | Mint (Ubuntu based) | ||
| OS: | Linux | ||
| Latest Commit: | Version Fixed/Implemented In: | ||
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Description
muh2lintech
2024-11-15 14:46:32 UTC
Thanks for the bug report! If the appstream link does not work, that is something your distribution needs to fix in their repositories. In any case, it would only install the package from your Mint Debian Package search; appstream is basically a way to install software from your distribution by clicking a link. It's not a download itself, just a pointer that your distribution's package management should be able to map to a particular package. Unfortunately, there's nothing we can do if the package in your distribution is too old, as KDE does not provide these packages. You could compile it from source, I guess, but this is a bit involved. One of the downsides of Debian is that you'll often have software that's long out of date. I have no practical experience with this, but I would assume that version can still connect with iOS even if it's not explicitly listed in the package description, as the iOS-specific parts should happen in the app on the device, and the things on your computer should be device-neutral, so it's worth a try. Marking this as resolved but please feel free to reply if I've misunderstood you or there's something else I can do to help. Having software that is long out of date really sucks. What distro do you use? On 2024-12-27 05:07, cwo wrote: > https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=496303 > > cwo <cwo.kde@posteo.net> changed: > > What |Removed |Added > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Resolution|--- |DOWNSTREAM > Status|REPORTED |RESOLVED > CC| |cwo.kde@posteo.net > > --- Comment #1 from cwo <cwo.kde@posteo.net> --- > Thanks for the bug report! > > If the appstream link does not work, that is something your distribution needs > to fix in their repositories. In any case, it would only install the package > from your Mint Debian Package search; appstream is basically a way to install > software from your distribution by clicking a link. It's not a download itself, > just a pointer that your distribution's package management should be able to > map to a particular package. > > Unfortunately, there's nothing we can do if the package in your distribution is > too old, as KDE does not provide these packages. You could compile it from > source, I guess, but this is a bit involved. One of the downsides of Debian is > that you'll often have software that's long out of date. > > I have no practical experience with this, but I would assume that version can > still connect with iOS even if it's not explicitly listed in the package > description, as the iOS-specific parts should happen in the app on the device, > and the things on your computer should be device-neutral, so it's worth a try. > > Marking this as resolved but please feel free to reply if I've misunderstood > you or there's something else I can do to help. > (In reply to muh2lintech from comment #2) > Having software that is long out of date really sucks. What distro do > you use? Yes, it's a pain. I was a Kubuntu user for many years (and Ubuntu for a decade before that), and still have a computer with that in regular use. But for my main computers I've switched to Fedora or Tuxedo OS. Have had good experiences with both so far. Tuxedo OS is based on Ubuntu LTS so can still become rather outdated, but it has a more current KDE stack, with new versions of Plasma coming out soon after release. |