Applications installed by "port install kdebase4 +quartz +no_x11" will not open

[shannonsumner@…]

Hello,

I've installed kdebase4 with the command:

sudo port install kdebase4 +quartz +no_x11

I have run "launchctl load /Library/LaunchAgents/org.freedesktop.dbus-session.plist", "sudo chown -R missds ~/Library/Preferences/KDE" and "open /Applications/Macports/KDE4/kdeinit4.app" and still the program don't open. They just sit in the dock.

Thanks,

Shannon

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

Are there any relevant error message shown in /Applications/Utilities/Console?

[shannonsumner@…]

I'm sorry - nothing in Console.

I ran "open /Applications/MacPorts/KDE4/konsole.app". Should I try another app?

[shannonsumner@…]

When I run the following command:

launchctl load /Library/LaunchAgents/org.freedesktop.dbus-session.plist

I get this response:

org.freedesktop.dbus-session: Already loaded

[nicos_pavlov@…]

Cc Me!

[jtravs@…]

Cc Me!

[nerdling (Jeremy Lavergne)]

Is this still an issue in 4.7.0 (kde4-baseapps)?

[nicos_pavlov@…]

It seems that it is more general than just kdegraphics4. For example, is dolphin or konsole opening ?

For comparison, these applications are working fine for me. The problem could perhaps be linked to the discussion that occurred in July on macports-users list: "KDE4 apps don't launch". Here is below the fix that had been proposed:

There's a bug in the way KDE4 is handled currently; I don't know what the correct fix is, but my current hack involves some launchd actions that create the necessary directories and symlinks thereto in ~/Library/Preferences/KDE.
ln -s /var/tmp/kdecache-$USER $HOME/Library/Preferences/KDE/cache-$HOST
ln -s $TMPDIR/ksocket-$USER $HOME/Library/Preferences/KDE/socket-$HOST
ln -s $TMPDIR/kde-$USER $HOME/Library/Preferences/KDE/tmp-$HOST

I have the first symlink. The second and third (ksocket and kde) were there but were linked to non-existent directories. Using find from the terminal I couldn't find a ksocket-* or kde-* directory anywhere.

That's exactly the problem: the symlinks point to nonexistent directories, so kdeinit4 won't start up. You need to create the target directories:
mkdir $TMPDIR/ksocket-$USER $TMPDIR/kde-$USER

[nerdling (Jeremy Lavergne)]

Konsole likely doesn't exist since 4.7.0, or at least it's available as a separate package in the KDE repo.

[michaelld (Michael Dickens)]

Cc Me!

[NicosPavlov]

Does this issue still happen with the present version (4.11.1) ? There have been several changes meanwhile which should have fixed various problems with KDE applications.

[NicosPavlov]

Assuming the issue solved without additional input, and the fact that the ports significantly changed through the last updates.