Bug 510738 - Attempting to compress or extract zip archives using the 'extract' and 'compress' context menus in dolphin not working due to 'plugins not being detected'
Summary: Attempting to compress or extract zip archives using the 'extract' and 'compr...
Status: REPORTED
Alias: None
Product: dolphin
Classification: Applications
Component: general (other bugs)
Version First Reported In: 25.08.1
Platform: openSUSE Linux
: NOR major
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Dolphin Bug Assignee
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Reported: 2025-10-18 05:00 UTC by tidal3179
Modified: 2025-10-18 22:28 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

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a collection of screenshots of the error messages that occur when using the context menu options alongside a list of the plugins that are all enabled on ark (657.84 KB, image/png)
2025-10-18 05:00 UTC, tidal3179
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Description tidal3179 2025-10-18 05:00:53 UTC
Created attachment 185878 [details]
a collection of screenshots of the error messages that occur when using the context menu options alongside a list of the plugins that are all enabled on ark

SUMMARY

When I try to extract a zip file in dolphin using the 'extract' section of the right click context menu, I get an error saying 'Failed to load a suitable plugin. Make sure any executables needed to handle the archive type are installed.' A similar issue happens when attempting to compress a file/folder using the 'compress' section of the right click context menu. Extracting and compressing files directly in Ark still works fine.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Right click on zip file and select 'extract', alternatively right click on folder/file and select 'compress'
2. Make sure to use the dolphin context menus not the ones related to Ark

OBSERVED RESULT

Extraction and compression fails when using the dolphin context menus forcing user to use the ark program directly

EXPECTED RESULT

Files should compress and extract normally when using the built in dolphin context menus.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS:
Linux/KDE Plasma: openSUSE Tumbleweed 20251016
KDE Plasma Version: 6.4.5
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.19.0
Qt Version: 6.10.0
Comment 1 tidal3179 2025-10-18 22:28:42 UTC
When uninstalling the Kile text editor with zypper and --clean-deps, one of the dependencies removed was the zip package. Removing that package appears to have re-enabled the ability to compress and extract zip files using the kde dolphin context menu. However anyone who installs the Kile program in the future will have the 'compress/extract' context menu in dolphin broken.