Bug 495644 - Merkuro does not create application menu entries if installed from Flathub
Summary: Merkuro does not create application menu entries if installed from Flathub
Status: REPORTED
Alias: None
Product: Merkuro
Classification: Applications
Component: general (show other bugs)
Version: 24.08.2
Platform: Flatpak Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Claudio Cambra
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Reported: 2024-10-31 15:16 UTC by cberlinger
Modified: 2025-01-17 22:16 UTC (History)
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Description cberlinger 2024-10-31 15:16:30 UTC 
SUMMARY
When following the instructions on the Merkuro project gitlab page, the installation via Flathub flatpak does not expose any Merkuro groupware applications. According to the project page: "Will there be a flatpak? Yes, Merkuro is part of the org.kde.kontact flatpak." https://invent.kde.org/pim/merkuro#will-there-be-a-flatpak

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Run Fedora 40 Kinoite (fully patched 10/28/2024)
2. Install org.kde.kontact flatpak, from Flathub
3. Observe only Kontact appears the in system application menu.

OBSERVED RESULT
Merkuro Mail, Contacts, and Calendar entries do not appear in the system application menu

EXPECTED RESULT
Entries for Merkuro Mail, Contacts, and Calendar should appear in the system according to the project page instructions.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Operating System: Fedora Linux Kinoite 40
KDE Plasma Version: 6.2.2
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.7.0
Qt Version: 6.7.2
Kernel Version: 6.11.4-201.fc40.x86_64 (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland
Processors: 4 × Intel® Core™ i5-4690K CPU @ 3.50GHz
Memory: 15.5 GiB of RAM
Graphics Processor: AMD Radeon RX 480 Graphics

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
flatpak info org.kde.kontact

Kontact - Handle all your emails, calendars, contacts and more within a single
window

          ID: org.kde.kontact
         Ref: app/org.kde.kontact/x86_64/stable
        Arch: x86_64
      Branch: stable
     Version: 6.2.2
     License: GPL-2.0+
      Origin: flathub
  Collection: org.flathub.Stable
Installation: system
   Installed: 421.1 MB
     Runtime: org.kde.Platform/x86_64/6.7
         Sdk: org.kde.Sdk/x86_64/6.7

      Commit: 2666e94f09f0fc82687bb54f8abc7b5b71ec4cc344dadb8addca7cab95b2ebbe
      Parent: 79f5f14e8839ce4dea3f0ab8eab118c6fe83da6c1c7e58cf11bb3c565de70921
     Subject: Update to 24.08.2 (64b062ec)
        Date: 2024-10-13 04:49:18 +0000
Comment 1 domojestic 2025-01-17 22:16:57 UTC 
I'm having the same issue on Kubuntu 22.04.5, exactly as you've described. The Kontact flatpak doesn't provide me with the Merkuro suite.