Version: (using KDE 4.1.3) Installed from: Ubuntu Packages When I try to add the "popcheck" superkaramba theme (the files for which are on my machine) using the "Install New Widgets" dialog, the widget never appears in the list of available widgets after I click "Finish". So I can't add it, even though the files are on the machine.
does it show up if you run kbuildsycoca4 from a konsole? do the popcheck files appear in ~/.kde/share/apps/plasma/plasmoids?
> does it show up if you run kbuildsycoca4 from a konsole? I don't know if you intend me to do this or something else: [HN:~] kbuildsycoca4 kbuildsycoca4 running... kbuildsycoca4(8454) kdemain: Reusing existing ksycoca [HN:~] After running that, I went to look at the widget list, and it was unchanged (i.e., no popcheck). >do the popcheck files appear in ~/.kde/share/apps/plasma/plasmoids? There is a new directory called ~/.kde/share/apps/plasma/plasmoids/sk_popcheck, but the directory is empty.
ok, so the directory was empty which means it didn't install (in 4.2 we actually pop up a message box saying why =) from the command line try: plasmapkg -t superkaramba -i <path to the sk theme> and see what it says. (hopefully the version of plasmapkg you have is capable of -t .. if it isn't, attach the sk theme file to this br)
Created attachment 28655 [details] popfile theme file
This is what I get: ---- [HN:popcheck] plasmapkg -t superkaramba -i *theme plasmapkg(9393) SkPackage::installPackage: archivePath= "/home/n7dr/programs/superkaramba/popcheck/popcheck.theme" packageRoot= "/home/n7dr/.kde/share/apps/plasma/plasmoids" plasmapkg(9393) SkPackage::installPackage: Failed to copy archive= "/home/n7dr/programs/superkaramba/popcheck/popcheck.theme" to path= "/home/n7dr/.kde/share/apps/plasma/plasmoids/sk_popcheck" Installation of /home/n7dr/programs/superkaramba/popcheck/popcheck.theme failed. [HN:popcheck] ---- maybe it wants a new-style skz file, not a theme file? I'm not sure what goes into an skz, though. I'll attach the theme file anyway.
yes, it wants a new skz file. i'll reassign to the superkaramba product just to be safe, but i think this one is a candidate for closure.
Then I think that the instructions should explicitly talk about skz files, not themes. When one goes to install the widget, the filter says "SuperKaramba Theme Files", which seems unambiguously (to me, anyway) to mean a .theme file. There is no hint anywhere that it might mean something else. I'll try to figure out how to build an skz file and then report back on whether that installs correctly.
OK, apart from my comment about providing better instructions, everything seems to work: I created a popcheck.skz file, and it installs and seems to run perfectly. Sorry to have bothered you (but it was a result of the instructions' using "theme" to mean "skz file", so I don't feel like it was a completely unreasonable bug report).
*** Bug 171597 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Hello! Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but this project has been unmaintained for many years so I am closing this bug.