SUMMARY Kate does not launch anymore on Ubuntu 22.04.5 LTS after 25.04.0 update. STEPS TO REPRODUCE 1. On Ubuntu 22.04.5 LTS, install kate snap using sudo snap install kate --classic 2. launch kate OBSERVED RESULT Systematic error: $> kate /snap/kate/201/usr/bin/kate: error while loading shared libraries: libpxbackend-1.0.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory EXPECTED RESULT it works. SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS Linux/KDE Plasma: Ubuntu 22.04.5 LTS
Further information regarding my last findings: This library not found error is thrown on my Ubuntu 22.04.5 LTS, with XDG_SESSION_TYPE=x11 This morning, I tested the same Kate on my home workstation Ubuntu and it's working: $> lsb_release --all No LSB modules are available. Distributor ID: Ubuntu Description: Ubuntu 22.04.5 LTS Release: 22.04 Codename: jammy $> env| grep -i session SESSION_MANAGER=local/vUbuntu2204:@/tmp/.ICE-unix/2099,unix/vUbuntu2204:/tmp/.ICE-unix/2099 GNOME_DESKTOP_SESSION_ID=this-is-deprecated GNOME_SHELL_SESSION_MODE=ubuntu DESKTOP_SESSION=ubuntu XDG_SESSION_DESKTOP=ubuntu XDG_SESSION_TYPE=wayland XDG_SESSION_CLASS=user GDMSESSION=ubuntu $> snap info kate name: kate summary: KDE Advanced Text Editor publisher: KDE✓ store-url: https://snapcraft.io/kate contact: https://bugs.kde.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=neon&component=Snaps license: GPL-2.0+ description: | Kate is a multi-document, multi-view text editor by KDE. It features stuff like codefolding, syntaxhighlighting, dynamic word wrap, an embedded console, an extensive plugin interface and some preliminary scripting support. Features: - MDI, window splitting, window tabbing - Spell checking - CR, CRLF, LF newline support - Encoding support (utf-8, utf-16, ascii etc.) - Encoding conversion - Regular expression based find & replace - Powerful syntax highlighting and bracket matching - Code and text folding - Infinite undo/redo support - Block selection mode - Auto indentation - Auto completion support - Shell integration - Wide protocol support (http, ftp, ssh, webdav etc.) using kioslaves - Plugin architecture for the application and editor component - Customizable shortcuts - Integrated command line - Scriptable using JavaScript snap-id: AhMXNopXhzZ7XDMS9mZ2H2G40U3h3SkR channels: latest/stable: 25.04.0 2025-04-17 (201) 687MB classic latest/candidate: 25.04.0 2025-04-13 (201) 687MB classic latest/beta: ↑ latest/edge: 24.08.1 2024-09-27 (188) 2GB classic
A possibly relevant merge request was started @ https://invent.kde.org/utilities/kate/-/merge_requests/1773
https://invent.kde.org/utilities/kate/-/merge_requests/1773 fixes this
Git commit 6e234c97481b7bdc2cc70f2c28bc0f9533ad18bd by Scarlett Moore, on behalf of Scarlett Moore. Committed on 28/04/2025 at 12:20. Pushed by cullmann into branch 'release/25.04'. snapcraft: Add libproxy to ld-library-path NO_CHANGELOG M +1 -1 snapcraft.yaml https://invent.kde.org/utilities/kate/-/commit/6e234c97481b7bdc2cc70f2c28bc0f9533ad18bd
Fix uploaded to --stable
Latest kate still down: $> sudo snap list Name Version Rev Tracking Publisher Notes bare 1.0 5 latest/stable canonical✓ base core20 20250213 2501 latest/stable canonical✓ base core22 20250315 1908 latest/stable canonical✓ base core24 20250318 888 latest/stable canonical✓ base firefox 137.0.2-1 6042 latest/stable/… mozilla✓ - gnome-42-2204 0+git.38ea591 202 latest/stable/… canonical✓ - gtk-common-themes 0.1-81-g442e511 1535 latest/stable/… canonical✓ - kate 25.04.0 202 latest/stable kde✓ classic snap-store 41.3-72-g80e7130 1216 latest/stable/… canonical✓ - snapd 2.67.1 23771 latest/stable canonical✓ snapd snapd-desktop-integration 0.9 253 latest/stable/… canonical✓ - $> kate /snap/kate/202/usr/bin/kate: error while loading shared libraries: libduktape.so.207: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
While kate on wayland was working, and kate on x11 wasn't, I just update my kate snap, and now on Wayland it's not working anymore. Not able to test on x11, my workstation isn't yet accessible...