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Merkuro calendar fails to start due to missing dependencies

Asked by Wolfgang Schreiter

I've installed the merkuro deb package from repo on Kubuntu 25.10. Calendar fails to start due to multiple missing dependencies.

After manually installing

qml6-module-org-kde-kirigamiaddons-settings
qml6-module-qtlocation
qml6-module-qtpositioning

it starts, but has no colors and the diagnostic output looks scary (which may be merkuro problems).

Has anyone else observed this? I've filed a bug with merkuro, who claim it's a Ubuntu qml packaging issue.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

Does the deb work on 25.10? Is the release you are using supported?

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#2

Or did it come from the default Ubuntu repositories?

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#3

I found this using AI

Before you start
Install the kdepim-runtime package, as it is essential for many of Merkuro's functionalities. If you install it after running Merkuro for the first time, restart Akonadi with the command:
akondictl restart

Is that useful?

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Wolfgang Schreiter (wolfbert) said : 		#4

I installed with ' sudo apt install merkuro' from the official Ubuntu repository.

kdepim-runtime is already installed, as I'm using KOrganizer as well.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#5

If you run (and this is a guess)

merkuro

In a terminal, is there any useful output?

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Wolfgang Schreiter (wolfbert) said : 		#6

The output until display of main window is:

qrc:/qt/qml/org/kde/merkuro/calendar/qml/Main.qml:701:9: QML ScheduleView: Created graphical object was not placed in the graphics scene.
qrc:/qt/qml/org/kde/merkuro/calendar/qml/Main.qml:689:9: QML HourlyView: Created graphical object was not placed in the graphics scene.
Could not find any constructor for value type QQuickColorValueType to call with value QVariant(Invalid)
Could not find any constructor for value type QQuickColorValueType to call with value QVariant(Invalid)

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#7

Are there any bugs with those messages?
Have you searched online to see what they mean?

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Wolfgang Schreiter (wolfbert) said : 		#8

This is, in short, what ChatGPT has to say about it:

a) merkuro is work in progress
b) the packaging is buggy
c) other package sources may work better

Given what I can see in merkuro-calendar right now, it means "wait another 6-12 months".