Superkaramba-kde4 is not able to run some themes

[Federico]

Binary package hint: superkaramba-kde4

When I try to run some themes with superkaramba-kde4, I get this message:
SuperKaramba cannot continue to run this theme.One or more of the required components of the Kross scripting architecture is not installed. Please consult this theme's documentation and install the necessary Kross components.
It happens with commonly used themes, like liquid weather, that work fine with the superkaramba for kde3.
Could it be a problem related with some dependencies that have not been included in the kde4 package?

[k4ever (kelnio)]

I can confirm this bug. I get it when I try to run the liquid weather ++ theme.

[Björn Streicher (bstreicher)]

I can confirm, too. I'm having the same problem.

[Frbastida-h (frbastida-h)]

Version: (using KDE 4.0.0)
Installed from: Ubuntu Packages
OS: Linux

At startup of Superkaramba shows a message involving kross architecture

[Federico (81joe81)]

is your error similar to the one reported here? https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/kdeutils-kde4/+bug/183289

[Wirr01 (wirr01)]

Yes, they are related.

You need to install kdebase for KDE4 to get the necessary Kross components.
Unfortunately, Kubuntu doesn't seem to include them for now.

A work around is to start SuperKaramba from a terminal and use the '--usefallback' switch.

[Mythor (ubuntu-wiegerhofstra)]

"You need to install kdebase for KDE4 to get the necessary Kross components.
Unfortunately, Kubuntu doesn't seem to include them for now.

A work around is to start SuperKaramba from a terminal and use the '--usefallback' switch. "

http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=156848

[Harald Sitter (apachelogger)]

I thought Kross is part of kdelibs?

[Ginta (stormbyte)]

I am having this errors too using SVN version of KDE4 so it is not related only to Kubuntu as I'm using gentoo...

[Harald Sitter (apachelogger)]

Superkarama depends on the krosslibraries for python/ruby themes (i.e. kdebindings), I think it should have a runtime check and give a somewhat more meaningful error messages.

[tessonec (tessonec)]

The same problem here, --usefallback command line option makes superkaramba to crash

[Harald Sitter (apachelogger)]

Kross support is included in kdebinding's 4.0.3 packages

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package kdeutils-kde4 - 4:4.0.3-0ubuntu3

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kdeutils-kde4 (4:4.0.3-0ubuntu3) hardy; urgency=low

  * Superkaramba-kde4 now depends libkross* (LP: #183289)
  * Spelling: KDE4 -> KDE 4
  * Add newline to debian/ark-kde4.install

 -- Harald Sitter <email address hidden> Thu, 10 Apr 2008 13:15:15 +0200

[Jb-branche (jb-branche)]

I'm confirme this problem (but my system is mandriva 2008.1) at the start, i've gat one message how say the theme (oxygenleopart) can't start because i've need kross composants. Or i've got this elements !!!
So i can't use any theme...

[Tomasz Czapiewski (xeros)]

This bug still exists with KDE 4.0.80 (4.1 Beta 1) from kubuntu-members-kde4 ppa repository:
kdeutils-kde4_4.0.80-1ubuntu1~hardy1~ppa2_all

[tessonec (tessonec)]

Still present as of 4.1 RC1

[tessonec (tessonec)]

Sorry, I attached to the thread too fast.

What happens in 4.1RC1 is that superkaramba applets do not get added into the widget list

[Harald Sitter (apachelogger)]

Works in intrepid

[Sebastian Sauer (mail-dipe)]

capucine: then just install krosspython (located in kdebindings) like suggested?

[N7DR (doc-evans)]

How do you get it to work in intrepid?

I just tried to run liquid weather in the released 64-bit intrepid and I got precisely the error listed in this bug report

What I did:
  download liquid weather
  selected "install new widget" (selected the superkaramba option)
  now liquid weather appears in my list of plasmoids
  tried to add the liquid weather to my desktop
  got this message:

SuperKaramba cannot continue to run this theme.One or more of the required components of the Kross scripting architecture is not installed. Please consult this theme's documentation and install the necessary Kross components.

[Dorian Pula (dorian-pula-deactivatedaccount)]

Running on Intrepid, and still getting the same error as described by N7DR.

[Vladimir Mityukov (mityukov)]

Get this issue in Intrepid.

Note: using KDE 4.1.3, from "Unsupported updates" (as described here: http://www.kubuntu.org/news/kde-4.1.3 )

I believe this problem can be solved via installing of a/some missed package(s)? Which one(s)?

[Vladimir Mityukov (mityukov)]

Note: I've already tried installing libkrossruby0 and libkrosspython0. Still get this message, when trying to add some themes (actually, I've tried three, and they all refused to add to Desktop):
...
SuperKaramba cannot continue to run this theme.One or more of the required components of the Kross scripting architecture is not installed. Please consult this theme's documentation and install the necessary Kross components.
...

[Vladimir Mityukov (mityukov)]

I personally tried installing libkrossruby0 and libkrosspython0. Still get this message, when trying to add some themes (actually, I've tried three, and they all refused to add to Desktop):
...
SuperKaramba cannot continue to run this theme.One or more of the required components of the Kross scripting architecture is not installed. Please consult this theme's documentation and install the necessary Kross components.
...

Note: Kubuntu Intrepid, KDE 4.1.3 from unsupported repos ( http://www.kubuntu.org/news/kde-4.1.3 )

[hemna (dickfardos)]

I can confirm this issue still happens in Intrepid. I have the latest kubuntu updates installed, as well as libkrossruby0 and libkrosspython0. I still get the Kross components error when trying to load liquid weather 15.0 from superkaramba.
I initially wanted to run lwp as a plasmoid desktop widget, but when I tried to get the desktop widget to load the lwp.theme file, it reports nothing and does nothing. So I tried to get lwp to run in superkaramba, and get the kross error.

[David Taylor (me-davidandrewtaylor)]

I am seeing the same problem with KDE4.2 RC1 installed.

Harald I would like to know what you have installed to get this to work as it seems for a number of us there is something wrong.

I am assuming that everything is working but a dependency is not installed that you have installed.

[David Taylor (me-davidandrewtaylor)]

As noted above I have installed KDEUtils & KDEBindings (I'm sure if they are necessary they should be dependencies of Superkaramba) then rebooted and tried again.

The whole screen went black! A little dialogue appeared in the middle of the screen that said you do not have PYQT installed that is necessary for this program to run but I already have the package python-qt3 installed so I am still stuck without Liquid-Weather. This may be related to bug 318815 where Python plasmoids don't run either.

[Mythor (ubuntu-wiegerhofstra)]

Works for me on Intrepid as well as Jaunty.
Make sure you have libkrosspython0 installed.

[N7DR (doc-evans)]

Mythor: does it update? I finally got it to install (IIRC I had to log out and back in after installing the kross stuff), but it never updated, so I uninstalled it since it was effectively useless.

[David Taylor (me-davidandrewtaylor)]

Yes Mythor, I have libkrosspython0 installed, all the same if these extra packages are required then the packaging dependency structure should have handled all this rather than us having to play guess the dependency games. I shall be building a virtual fresh install tomorrow to test a number of bugs so I shall test this with it and see where I get. N7DR - Hopefully this will get resolved completely soon enough as even though there are a number of weather native plasmoids out there now they are less featured and just plain ugly (If you manage to get Yawp compiled and installed (why doesn't he offer it in a plasma bundle as I'm sure most wouldn't want to install 100 meg of packages just to get a 30Kb program compiled and installed) it is reasonably attractived if you shrink it down to half its size other wise it is just huge).

I shall get back tomorrow at some point when I have made up a fresh build.

[David Taylor (me-davidandrewtaylor)]

Ok, on a fresh install (updated & Upgraded) of Intrepid:

I installed Superkaramba (revealed no dipendencies) and complained it needed Kross.
I installed the libkrosspython0 package (also revealed no dipendencies) it failed so I rebooted the virtual machine.
I am back at the needing PyQT missing but isn't bit.

Close but no cigar.

[Mythor (ubuntu-wiegerhofstra)]

Strange indeed, so there are likely missing dependencies, on my system the following PyQT stuff is installed,

python-qt3 3.17.6-1 Qt3 bindings for Python
python-qt4 4.4.4-2ubuntu3 Python bindings for Qt4
python-qt4-common 4.4.4-2ubuntu3 Shared files for PyQt4
python-qt4-dbus 4.4.4-2ubuntu3 DBus Support for PyQt4

as well as

python-kde3 3.16.1-1ubuntu2 KDE3 bindings for Python
python-kde4 4:4.1.96-0ubuntu1 Python bindings for the KDE 4 libraries

using python 2.5.4-0ubuntu1

[David Taylor (me-davidandrewtaylor)]

I have checked and all Mythor's suggestions are installed except the versions of the mentioned packages are older versions but are as what comes as default with Intrepid Ibex. Not too worry I'm not that concerned about it but still would like to point out that there are definitely incomplete dependencies with the packages.

[G Willems (agent-ijzerbroot)]

I am running Debian Squeeze/sid, and I have the same error, but the packages in Debian are different from those in Ubuntu.

[Andrew-crouthamel (andrew-crouthamel)]

Hello! Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but this project has been unmaintained for many years so I am closing this bug.