Installing KDE Plasma Desktop Does not install any Qt5 Libs

[James W]

On a fresh Bionic install:
$ sudo apt-get install kde-plasma-desktop
Let's try starting Konqueror:
$ which konqueror | xargs ldd
This is missing a bunch of libraries. [1]
Not sure why these aren't installed by default by apt, but I did search for most of them. While qdbus-qt5 is installed for example, it doesn't actually provide libQt5DBus.so.5 which is nowhere on the system. (I checked with find / -name libQt5DBus.so.5 > ~/blah.txt -- nada).

Here's the ldd output.
[1]
   linux-vdso.so.1 (0x00007ffeb614b000)
 libkdeinit5_konqueror.so => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libkdeinit5_konqueror.so (0x00007f4ec81b5000)
 libc.so.6 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 (0x00007f4ec7dc4000)
 libkonquerorprivate.so.5 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libkonquerorprivate.so.5 (0x00007f4ec7ba1000)
 libKF5KCMUtils.so.5 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libKF5KCMUtils.so.5 (0x00007f4ec7957000)
 libKF5Konq.so.6 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libKF5Konq.so.6 (0x00007f4ec773c000)
 libKF5KDELibs4Support.so.5 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libKF5KDELibs4Support.so.5 (0x00007f4ec72d0000)
 libKF5Parts.so.5 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libKF5Parts.so.5 (0x00007f4ec706d000)
 libKF5KIOFileWidgets.so.5 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libKF5KIOFileWidgets.so.5 (0x00007f4ec6d90000)
 libKF5KIOWidgets.so.5 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libKF5KIOWidgets.so.5 (0x00007f4ec6a54000)
 libKF5KIOCore.so.5 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libKF5KIOCore.so.5 (0x00007f4ec66d4000)
 libKF5JobWidgets.so.5 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libKF5JobWidgets.so.5 (0x00007f4ec64af000)
 libKF5Bookmarks.so.5 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libKF5Bookmarks.so.5 (0x00007f4ec6266000)
 libKF5XmlGui.so.5 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libKF5XmlGui.so.5 (0x00007f4ec5f5c000)
 libKF5IconThemes.so.5 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libKF5IconThemes.so.5 (0x00007f4ec5d1f000)
 libKF5Archive.so.5 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libKF5Archive.so.5 (0x00007f4ec5ae6000)
 libKF5ConfigWidgets.so.5 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libKF5ConfigWidgets.so.5 (0x00007f4ec588e000)
 libKF5Service.so.5 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libKF5Service.so.5 (0x00007f4ec55e7000)
 libKF5DBusAddons.so.5 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libKF5DBusAddons.so.5 (0x00007f4ec53d3000)
 libKF5Completion.so.5 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libKF5Completion.so.5 (0x00007f4ec5199000)
 libKF5WidgetsAddons.so.5 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libKF5WidgetsAddons.so.5 (0x00007f4ec4e4c000)
 libKF5ConfigGui.so.5 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libKF5ConfigGui.so.5 (0x00007f4ec4c2a000)
 libQt5Xml.so.5 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQt5Xml.so.5 (0x00007f4ec49ee000)
 libKF5ConfigCore.so.5 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libKF5ConfigCore.so.5 (0x00007f4ec4793000)
 libKF5CoreAddons.so.5 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libKF5CoreAddons.so.5 (0x00007f4ec4501000)
 libQt5DBus.so.5 => not found
 libKF5WindowSystem.so.5 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libKF5WindowSystem.so.5 (0x00007f4ec42b6000)
 libQt5Widgets.so.5 => not found
 libQt5X11Extras.so.5 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQt5X11Extras.so.5 (0x00007f4ec40b2000)
 libQt5Gui.so.5 => not found
 libKF5I18n.so.5 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libKF5I18n.so.5 (0x00007f4ec3e64000)
 libQt5Core.so.5 => not found
 libstdc++.so.6 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6 (0x00007f4ec3adb000)
 libm.so.6 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libm.so.6 (0x00007f4ec373d000)
 /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x00007f4ec86cd000)
 libKF5KIOGui.so.5 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libKF5KIOGui.so.5 (0x00007f4ec3533000)
 libQt5Widgets.so.5 => not found
 libQt5DBus.so.5 => not found
 libQt5Gui.so.5 => not found
 libQt5Core.so.5 => not found
 libQt5QuickWidgets.so.5 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQt5QuickWidgets.so.5 (0x00007f4ec3321000)
 libKF5QuickAddons.so.5 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libKF5QuickAddons.so.5 (0x00007f4ec3111000)
 libQt5Quick.so.5 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQt5Quick.so.5 (0x00007f4ec2ac8000)
 libQt5Qml.so.5 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQt5Qml.so.5 (0x00007f4ec24cb000)
 libKF5Auth.so.5 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libKF5Auth.so.5 (0x00007f4ec22b5000)
 libQt5DBus.so.5 => not found
 libKF5ItemViews.so.5 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libKF5ItemViews.so.5 (0x00007f4ec207d000)
 libQt5Widgets.so.5 => not found
 libQt5Gui.so.5 => not found
 libQt5Core.so.5 => not found
 libz.so.1 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libz.so.1 (0x00007f4ec1e60000)
 libQt5DBus.so.5 => not found
 libQt5Widgets.so.5 => not found
 libQt5Gui.so.5 => not found
 libQt5Core.so.5 => not found
 libKF5Crash.so.5 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libKF5Crash.so.5 (0x00007f4ec1c58000)
 libKF5Notifications.so.5 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libKF5Notifications.so.5 (0x00007f4ec19fe000)
 libSM.so.6 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libSM.so.6 (0x00007f4ec17f6000)
 libICE.so.6 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libICE.so.6 (0x00007f4ec15db000)
 libX11.so.6 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libX11.so.6 (0x00007f4ec12a3000)
 libKF5Solid.so.5 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libKF5Solid.so.5 (0x00007f4ec0fba000)
 libQt5PrintSupport.so.5 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQt5PrintSupport.so.5 (0x00007f4ec0d4b000)
 libKF5TextWidgets.so.5 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libKF5TextWidgets.so.5 (0x00007f4ec0b09000)
 libKF5GuiAddons.so.5 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libKF5GuiAddons.so.5 (0x00007f4ec08ef000)
 libKF5Codecs.so.5 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libKF5Codecs.so.5 (0x00007f4ec06b5000)
 libQt5Svg.so.5 => not found
 libKF5GlobalAccel.so.5 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libKF5GlobalAccel.so.5 (0x00007f4ec0494000)
 libQt5DBus.so.5 => not found
 libQt5Widgets.so.5 => not found
 libQt5Gui.so.5 => not found
 libQt5Network.so.5 => not found
 libQt5Core.so.5 => not found
 libQt5Widgets.so.5 => not found
 libQt5Gui.so.5 => not found
 libQt5Core.so.5 => not found
 libQt5Network.so.5 => not found
 libQt5Widgets.so.5 => not found
 libQt5Gui.so.5 => not found
 libQt5Core.so.5 => not found
 libQt5Network.so.5 => not found
 libattr.so.1 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libattr.so.1 (0x00007f4ec028f000)
 libQt5DBus.so.5 => not found
 libQt5Widgets.so.5 => not found
 libQt5Gui.so.5 => not found
 libQt5Core.so.5 => not found
 libQt5Network.so.5 => not found
 libacl.so.1 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libacl.so.1 (0x00007f4ec0087000)
 libQt5DBus.so.5 => not found
 libQt5Core.so.5 => not found
 libQt5DBus.so.5 => not found
 libQt5Widgets.so.5 => not found
 libQt5Gui.so.5 => not found
 libQt5Core.so.5 => not found
 libQt5Widgets.so.5 => not found
 libQt5Gui.so.5 => not found
 libQt5DBus.so.5 => not found
 libQt5Core.so.5 => not found
 libKF5Attica.so.5 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libKF5Attica.so.5 (0x00007f4ebfdeb000)
 libQt5Network.so.5 => not found
 libQt5DBus.so.5 => not found
 libQt5Widgets.so.5 => not found
 libQt5Gui.so.5 => not found
 libQt5Core.so.5 => not found
 libQt5Svg.so.5 => not found
 libQt5Widgets.so.5 => not found
 libQt5Gui.so.5 => not found
 libQt5DBus.so.5 => not found
 libQt5Core.so.5 => not found
 libQt5Core.so.5 => not found
 libbz2.so.1.0 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libbz2.so.1.0 (0x00007f4ebfbdb000)
 liblzma.so.5 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/liblzma.so.5 (0x00007f4ebf9b5000)
 libQt5DBus.so.5 => not found
 libQt5Widgets.so.5 => not found
 libQt5Gui.so.5 => not found
 libQt5Core.so.5 => not found
 libQt5DBus.so.5 => not found
 libQt5Core.so.5 => not found
 libQt5DBus.so.5 => not found
 libQt5Core.so.5 => not found
 libQt5Widgets.so.5 => not found
 libQt5Gui.so.5 => not found
 libQt5Core.so.5 => not found
 libQt5Widgets.so.5 => not found
 libQt5Gui.so.5 => not found
 libQt5Core.so.5 => not found
 libQt5Gui.so.5 => not found
 libQt5Core.so.5 => not found
 libQt5Core.so.5 => not found
 libQt5Core.so.5 => not found
 libQt5Core.so.5 => not found
 libfam.so.0 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libfam.so.0 (0x00007f4ebf7ac000)
 libpthread.so.0 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpthread.so.0 (0x00007f4ebf58d000)
 libgcc_s.so.1 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgcc_s.so.1 (0x00007f4ebf375000)
 libQt5Widgets.so.5 => not found
 libxcb.so.1 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libxcb.so.1 (0x00007f4ebf14d000)
 libxcb-keysyms.so.1 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libxcb-keysyms.so.1 (0x00007f4ebef4a000)
 libQt5Gui.so.5 => not found
 libQt5Core.so.5 => not found
 libQt5Gui.so.5 => not found
 libQt5Core.so.5 => not found
 libQt5Core.so.5 => not found
 libQt5Gui.so.5 => not found
 libQt5Core.so.5 => not found
 libQt5Widgets.so.5 => not found
 libQt5Gui.so.5 => not found
 libQt5Core.so.5 => not found
 libKF5Declarative.so.5 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libKF5Declarative.so.5 (0x00007f4ebed3a000)
 libKF5Package.so.5 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libKF5Package.so.5 (0x00007f4ebeb0f000)
 libQt5Gui.so.5 => not found
 libQt5Core.so.5 => not found
 libQt5Gui.so.5 => not found
 libQt5Network.so.5 => not found
 libQt5Core.so.5 => not found
 libQt5Network.so.5 => not found
 libQt5Core.so.5 => not found
 libQt5Widgets.so.5 => not found
 libQt5Gui.so.5 => not found
 libQt5Core.so.5 => not found
 libQt5Widgets.so.5 => not found
 libQt5Gui.so.5 => not found
 libQt5Core.so.5 => not found
 libQt5Gui.so.5 => not found
 libQt5Core.so.5 => not found
 libQt5TextToSpeech.so.5 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQt5TextToSpeech.so.5 (0x00007f4ebe903000)
 libdbusmenu-qt5.so.2 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libdbusmenu-qt5.so.2 (0x00007f4ebe6c9000)
 libphonon4qt5.so.4 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libphonon4qt5.so.4 (0x00007f4ebe44c000)
 libQt5Widgets.so.5 => not found
 libQt5DBus.so.5 => not found
 libQt5Gui.so.5 => not found
 libQt5Core.so.5 => not found
 libuuid.so.1 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libuuid.so.1 (0x00007f4ebe245000)
 libbsd.so.0 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libbsd.so.0 (0x00007f4ebe030000)
 libdl.so.2 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libdl.so.2 (0x00007f4ebde2c000)
 libQt5DBus.so.5 => not found
 libQt5Widgets.so.5 => not found
 libudev.so.1 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libudev.so.1 (0x00007f4ebdc0e000)
 libQt5Core.so.5 => not found
 libQt5Widgets.so.5 => not found
 libQt5Gui.so.5 => not found
 libQt5Core.so.5 => not found
 libKF5SonnetUi.so.5 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libKF5SonnetUi.so.5 (0x00007f4ebd9e5000)
 libKF5SonnetCore.so.5 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libKF5SonnetCore.so.5 (0x00007f4ebd7b8000)
 libQt5Widgets.so.5 => not found
 libQt5Gui.so.5 => not found
 libQt5Core.so.5 => not found
 libQt5Gui.so.5 => not found
 libQt5Core.so.5 => not found
 libQt5Core.so.5 => not found
 libQt5DBus.so.5 => not found
 libQt5Widgets.so.5 => not found
 libQt5Gui.so.5 => not found
 libQt5Core.so.5 => not found
 libQt5Network.so.5 => not found
 libQt5Core.so.5 => not found
 libXau.so.6 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXau.so.6 (0x00007f4ebd5b4000)
 libXdmcp.so.6 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXdmcp.so.6 (0x00007f4ebd3ae000)
 libQt5Gui.so.5 => not found
 libQt5Core.so.5 => not found
 libQt5Core.so.5 => not found
 libQt5Core.so.5 => not found
 libQt5DBus.so.5 => not found
 libQt5Widgets.so.5 => not found
 libQt5Gui.so.5 => not found
 libQt5Core.so.5 => not found
 libQt5Widgets.so.5 => not found
 libQt5DBus.so.5 => not found
 libpulse.so.0 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpulse.so.0 (0x00007f4ebd15e000)
 libpulse-mainloop-glib.so.0 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpulse-mainloop-glib.so.0 (0x00007f4ebcf59000)
 libQt5Gui.so.5 => not found
 libQt5Core.so.5 => not found
 librt.so.1 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/librt.so.1 (0x00007f4ebcd51000)
 libQt5Widgets.so.5 => not found
 libQt5Gui.so.5 => not found
 libQt5Core.so.5 => not found
 libQt5Core.so.5 => not found
 libpulsecommon-11.1.so => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/pulseaudio/libpulsecommon-11.1.so (0x00007f4ebcad3000)
 libdbus-1.so.3 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libdbus-1.so.3 (0x00007f4ebc886000)
 libglib-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0 (0x00007f4ebc570000)
 libsystemd.so.0 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libsystemd.so.0 (0x00007f4ebc2ec000)
 libwrap.so.0 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libwrap.so.0 (0x00007f4ebc0e2000)
 libsndfile.so.1 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libsndfile.so.1 (0x00007f4ebbe69000)
 libasyncns.so.0 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libasyncns.so.0 (0x00007f4ebbc63000)
 libpcre.so.3 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpcre.so.3 (0x00007f4ebb9f1000)
 liblz4.so.1 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/liblz4.so.1 (0x00007f4ebb7d5000)
 libgcrypt.so.20 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgcrypt.so.20 (0x00007f4ebb4ba000)
 libnsl.so.1 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libnsl.so.1 (0x00007f4ebb2a0000)
 libFLAC.so.8 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libFLAC.so.8 (0x00007f4ebb029000)
 libogg.so.0 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libogg.so.0 (0x00007f4ebae20000)
 libvorbis.so.0 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libvorbis.so.0 (0x00007f4ebabf5000)
 libvorbisenc.so.2 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libvorbisenc.so.2 (0x00007f4eba94c000)
 libresolv.so.2 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libresolv.so.2 (0x00007f4eba731000)
 libgpg-error.so.0 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgpg-error.so.0 (0x00007f4eba51c000)

[Rik Mills (rikmills)]

I know the Qt5 dependencies are there, but for the sake of testing:

On a fresh updated Bionic install:

$ sudo apt-get install kde-plasma-desktop

Let's try starting Konqueror:

It starts, and operates as expected.

$ which konqueror | xargs ldd

linux-vdso.so.1 (0x00007ffcc9517000)
libkdeinit5_konqueror.so => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libkdeinit5_konqueror.so (0x00007f9e1855d000)
libc.so.6 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 (0x00007f9e1816c000)
libkonquerorprivate.so.5 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libkonquerorprivate.so.5 (0x00007f9e17f49000)
libKF5KCMUtils.so.5 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libKF5KCMUtils.so.5 (0x00007f9e17cff000)
libKF5Konq.so.6 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libKF5Konq.so.6 (0x00007f9e17ae4000)
libKF5KDELibs4Support.so.5 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libKF5KDELibs4Support.so.5 (0x00007f9e17678000)
libKF5Parts.so.5 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libKF5Parts.so.5 (0x00007f9e17415000)
libKF5KIOFileWidgets.so.5 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libKF5KIOFileWidgets.so.5 (0x00007f9e17138000)
libKF5KIOWidgets.so.5 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libKF5KIOWidgets.so.5 (0x00007f9e16dfc000)
libKF5KIOCore.so.5 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libKF5KIOCore.so.5 (0x00007f9e16a7c000)
libKF5JobWidgets.so.5 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libKF5JobWidgets.so.5 (0x00007f9e16857000)
libKF5Bookmarks.so.5 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libKF5Bookmarks.so.5 (0x00007f9e1660e000)
libKF5XmlGui.so.5 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libKF5XmlGui.so.5 (0x00007f9e16304000)
libKF5IconThemes.so.5 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libKF5IconThemes.so.5 (0x00007f9e160c7000)
libKF5Archive.so.5 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libKF5Archive.so.5 (0x00007f9e15e8e000)
libKF5ConfigWidgets.so.5 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libKF5ConfigWidgets.so.5 (0x00007f9e15c36000)
libKF5Service.so.5 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libKF5Service.so.5 (0x00007f9e1598f000)
libKF5DBusAddons.so.5 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libKF5DBusAddons.so.5 (0x00007f9e1577b000)
libKF5Completion.so.5 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libKF5Completion.so.5 (0x00007f9e15541000)
libKF5WidgetsAddons.so.5 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libKF5WidgetsAddons.so.5 (0x00007f9e151f4000)
libKF5ConfigGui.so.5 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libKF5ConfigGui.so.5 (0x00007f9e14fd2000)
libQt5Xml.so.5 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQt5Xml.so.5 (0x00007f9e14d96000)
libKF5ConfigCore.so.5 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libKF5ConfigCore.so.5 (0x00007f9e14b3b000)
libKF5CoreAddons.so.5 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libKF5CoreAddons.so.5 (0x00007f9e148a9000)
libQt5DBus.so.5 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQt5DBus.so.5 (0x00007f9e1461f000)
libKF5WindowSystem.so.5 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libKF5WindowSystem.so.5 (0x00007f9e143d4000)
libQt5Widgets.so.5 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQt5Widgets.so.5 (0x00007f9e13b8d000)
libQt5X11Extras.so.5 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQt5X11Extras.so.5 (0x00007f9e13989000)
libQt5Gui.so.5 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQt5Gui.so.5 (0x00007f9e13220000)
libKF5I18n.so.5 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libKF5I18n.so.5 (0x00007f9e12fd2000)
libQt5Core.so.5 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQt5Core.so.5 (0x00007f9e12887000)
libstdc++.so.6 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6 (0x00007f9e124fe000)
libm.so.6 => /lib/x86_64-linux-...

[Rik Mills (rikmills)]

> While qdbus-qt5 is installed for example, it doesn't actually provide libQt5DBus.so.5 which is nowhere on the system.

It is provided by the package libqt5dbus5 which IS installed.

~$ find / -name libQt5DBus.so.5
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQt5DBus.so.5
(with lots of expected permission denied errors for /proc/ etc)

$ dpkg -S libQt5DBus.so.5
libqt5dbus5:amd64: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQt5DBus.so.5.9.5
libqt5dbus5:amd64: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQt5DBus.so.5.9
libqt5dbus5:amd64: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQt5DBus.so.5

So all in all, I cannot find anything wrong in what gets installed.

This makes sense as all the dependencies in the dep chain are hard Depends, not Recommends or Suggests, so they will get installed.

For now I will mark this as need-info.

[James W (agnosticpope)]

I continued to mess with it this morning. Apparently while apt installed qdbus-qt5, it did not install libQt5DBus.so.5 -- just a broken symlink. I removed the package (apt-get remove) and reinstalled it and (apt-get install) and this placed the library in the directory you described. I proceeded to do this with several other packages where the same behavior had occurred (files listed by dpkg -S simply weren't there) -- but reinstalling them worked. Truly one of the most bizarre experience I've had in the my 10+ years of apt experience. I seriously doubt this is reproducible so you should probably close this bug unless someone else has a similar experience.

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