SOLVED: Unable to start Kontact in 10.10 -- error while loading shared libraries

[joneall]

Since updating to 10.10 I can not start kontact. I get

$ kontact
kontact: error while loading shared libraries: libkontactinterface.so.4: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory


What is missing here? Korganizer gets a similar problem.

[joneall]

Re: Unable to start Kontact in 10.10 -- error while loading shared libraries

I'm thinking about installing KDE 4.6. Will Kontact work there?

[ubuntuku]

Re: Unable to start Kontact in 10.10 -- error while loading shared libraries

Your kdepim installation is broken somehow, reinstall should fix the problem.

sudo apt-get --reinstall install kdepim

[joneall]

Re: Unable to start Kontact in 10.10 -- error while loading shared libraries

Your kdepim installation is broken somehow, reinstall should fix the problem.

sudo apt-get --reinstall install kdepim

Before seeing this, I stumbled on

http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/inde...opic=3115493.0

which mentions the existence of something called libkontactinterface4, so I installed that. Starting kontact gave me a similar message, but saying it needed libakonadi-contact4. After installing this, kontact runs again.

Is this the same result? Now if I run your command, I get this

$ sudo apt-get --reinstall install kdepim
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
kdepim : Depends: kalarm (>= 4:4.4.6-0ubuntu1) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: knode (>= 4:4.4.6-0ubuntu1) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: ktimetracker (>= 4:4.4.6-0ubuntu1) but it is not going to be installed
E: Broken packages

WHAT does this mean? Do I have to install kalarm, knode and ktimetracker? Why this inconsistency?

Why did the update process from 10.04 to 10.10 not install these?

[joneall]

Re: Unable to start Kontact in 10.10 -- error while loading shared libraries

There is more:

$ sudo apt-get install ktimetracker
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
ktimetracker : Depends: libkdepim4 (= 4:4.4.6-0ubuntu1) but 4:4.4.8-0ubuntu0.0.1 is to be installed
E: Broken packages

How do you fix a broken package?

I am totally lost in all these versions of packages. Why are 4.4.4.6 and 4.4.4.8 mentioned?

[joneall]

Re: Unable to start Kontact in 10.10 -- error while loading shared libraries

I tried

$ sudo apt-get --reinstall install libkdepim4
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Reinstallation of libkdepim4 is not possible, it cannot be downloaded.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.

What

[ubuntuku]

Re: Unable to start Kontact in 10.10 -- error while loading shared libraries

Before seeing this, I stumbled on

http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/inde...opic=3115493.0

which mentions the existence of something called libkontactinterface4, so I installed that. Starting kontact gave me a similar message, but saying it needed libakonadi-contact4. After installing this, kontact runs again.

Is this the same result?

Yes installing libkontactinterface4 may fix the problem, since the missing library is included in libkontactinterface4:

ubuntuku@satellite:~$ apt-file find libkontactinterface.so.4
kdepimlibs-dbg: /usr/lib/debug/usr/lib/libkontactinterface.so.4.5.0
libkontactinterface4: /usr/lib/libkontactinterface.so.4
libkontactinterface4: /usr/lib/libkontactinterface.so.4.5.0

Please take a look my previous post here: http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/inde...opic=3115172.0

[joneall]

Re: Unable to start Kontact in 10.10 -- error while loading shared libraries

Can't see what enabling the backports repositories will get me here. The partner repo is already enabled.

I there seem to be packages which depend on 4:4.4.6-0ubuntu1 whereas the current version is 4:4.4.8-0ubuntu0.0.1.

What the ... to do in such a case?

[Snowhog]

Re: Unable to start Kontact in 10.10 -- error while loading shared libraries

So you are running Maverick, but what version of KDE are you using? Here, with KDE 4.6.00, Kontact is at version 4.4.9.

If you are using a version of KDE earlier than 4.5.x you should upgrade KDE, which will likely fix your problem.

[joneall]

Re: Unable to start Kontact in 10.10 -- error while loading shared libraries

So you are running Maverick, but what version of KDE are you using? Here, with KDE 4.6.00, Kontact is at version 4.4.9.

If you are using a version of KDE earlier than 4.5.x you should upgrade KDE, which will likely fix your problem.

I have KDE 4.5.1. Should I go to 4.6 or might that just compound the problem? I'd rather things work correctly at this level first.

[Snowhog]

Re: Unable to start Kontact in 10.10 -- error while loading shared libraries

You don't have to upgrade to KDE 4.6.00. That requires adding the kubuntu-ppa/backports repository. To upgrade to KDE 4.5.x (latest 4.5 series), open a console and type:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:kubuntu-ppa

Then type:

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

You'll pull in a butt-load of updated packages, so be prepared.

CAVEAT/CAUTION/WARNING: If you have any active third-party repositories, disable them before performing the update and dist-upgrade. You can reactivate them after you've upgraded KDE.

[joneall]

Re: Unable to start Kontact in 10.10 -- error while loading shared libraries

But I'm already at KDE 4.5.1...

[Snowhog]

Re: Unable to start Kontact in 10.10 -- error while loading shared libraries

KDE 4.5.1 is not the latest in the 4.5 series.

[joneall]

Re: Unable to start Kontact in 10.10 -- error while loading shared libraries

Ok, I've updated as you suggested to KDE 4.5.5 and things seem to work ok. So thanks a lot.

Question: Where do I find what all these repositories are? Why do I need

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/kubuntu-ppa/ppa/ubuntu maverick main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/kubuntu-ppa/ppa/ubuntu maverick main

in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/kubuntu-ppa-ppa-maverick.list in order to update the latest version of KDE 4.5?

[Snowhog]

Re: Unable to start Kontact in 10.10 -- error while loading shared libraries

Ok, I've updated as you suggested to KDE 4.5.5 and things seem to work ok. So thanks a lot.

You're welcome.

Question: Where do I find what all these repositories are? Why do I need

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/kubuntu-ppa/ppa/ubuntu maverick main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/kubuntu-ppa/ppa/ubuntu maverick main

Unless you download source code and compile, you don't need any repository entries that begin deb-src. You can either delete them or just comment them.

in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/kubuntu-ppa-ppa-maverick.list in order to update the latest version of KDE 4.5?

Keep it. It is a needed repository.