Error loading Digikam

[Beerislife]

Digikam doesn't open from the menu so I tried to load it via Konsole, which shows:

digikam: error while loading shared libraries: libKF5AkonadiContact.so.5: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

libKF5AkonadiContact5 is installed!

Any ideas?

[Beerislife]

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.
libkf5akonadicore5abi2 : Depends: libkf5akonadi-data (= 4:21.12.3-0ubuntu3)
but 4:23.04.0-0xneon+22.04+jammy+release+build30 is to be installed
Depends: libkf5akonadiprivate5abi2 (= 4:21.12.3-0ub
untu3) but 4:23.04.0-0xneon+22.04+jammy+release+build30 is to be installed
libkf5akonadiwidgets5abi1 : Depends: libkf5akonadiprivate5abi2 (= 4:21.12.3-
0ubuntu3) but 4:23.04.0-0xneon+22.04+jammy+release+build30 is to be installed
libkf5mime5abi2 : Depends: libkf5mime-data (= 21.12.3-0ubuntu1) but 23.04.0-
0xneon+22.04+jammy+release+build16 is to be installed
libkf5pimtextedit5abi3 : Depends: libkf5pimtextedit-data (= 21.12.3-0ubuntu1
) but 23.04.0-0xneon+22.04+jammy+release+build20 is to be installed
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

[claydoh]

Odd, I am not seeing this.

libkf5akonadicore5abi2 : Depends: libkf5akonadi-data (= 4:21.12.3-0ubuntu3) but 4:23.04.0-0xneon+22.04+jammy+release+build30 is to be installed

It is wanting to install Jammy packages, not neon ones for some reason, so you have a library version mis-match somewhere, for some reason.

Where is your digikam stuff coming from?

apt policy digikam

$ apt policy digikam
digikam:
Installed: 4:8.0.0-0xneon+22.04+jammy+release+build14
Candidate: 4:8.0.0-0xneon+22.04+jammy+release+build14
Version table:
*** 4:8.0.0-0xneon+22.04+jammy+release+build14 500
500 http://archive.neon.kde.org/user jammy/main amd64 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
4:7.10.0-0xneon+22.04+jammy+release+build12 500
500 http://archive.neon.kde.org/user jammy/main amd64 Packages
4:7.9.0-0xneon+22.04+jammy+release+build10 500
500 http://archive.neon.kde.org/user jammy/main amd64 Packages
4:7.9.0-0xneon+22.04+jammy+release+build9 500
500 http://archive.neon.kde.org/user jammy/main amd64 Packages
4:7.5.0-3fakesync1 500
500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy/universe amd64 Packages

[Beerislife]

~$ apt policy digikam
digikam:
Installed: 4:8.0.0-0xneon+22.04+jammy+release+build14
Candidate: 4:8.0.0-0xneon+22.04+jammy+release+build14
Version table:
*** 4:8.0.0-0xneon+22.04+jammy+release+build14 500
500 http://archive.neon.kde.org/user jammy/main amd64 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
4:7.10.0-0xneon+22.04+jammy+release+build12 500
500 http://archive.neon.kde.org/user jammy/main amd64 Packages
4:7.9.0-0xneon+22.04+jammy+release+build10 500
500 http://archive.neon.kde.org/user jammy/main amd64 Packages
4:7.9.0-0xneon+22.04+jammy+release+build9 500
500 http://archive.neon.kde.org/user jammy/main amd64 Packages
4:7.5.0-3fakesync1 500
500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy/universe amd64 Packages

[claydoh]

looks like a packaging bug, the missing lib is either missing from a package or in the wrong one.

[Beerislife]

It appears to be in libkf5akonadicontact5abi1, but it won't install.

~$ sudo apt install libkf5akonadicontact5abi1[sudo] password for wayne:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
Starting pkgProblemResolver with broken count: 4
Starting 2 pkgProblemResolver with broken count: 4
Investigating (0) libkf5akonadiwidgets5abi1:amd64 < none -> 4:21.12.3-0ubuntu3 @un puN Ib >
Broken libkf5akonadiwidgets5abi1:amd64 Depends on libkf5akonadiprivate5abi2:amd64 < none | 4:23.04.0-0xneon+22.04+jammy+release+build30 @un uH > (= 4:21.12.3-0ubuntu3)
Considering libkf5akonadiprivate5abi2:amd64 0 as a solution to libkf5akonadiwidgets5abi1:amd64 2
Re-Instated libkf5akonadiprivate5abi2:amd64
Investigating (0) libkf5akonadicore5abi2:amd64 < none -> 4:21.12.3-0ubuntu3 @un puN Ib >
Broken libkf5akonadicore5abi2:amd64 Depends on libkf5akonadi-data:amd64 < 4:23.04.0-0xneon+22.04+jammy+release+build30 @ii pK > (= 4:21.12.3-0ubuntu3)
Considering libkf5akonadi-data:amd64 22 as a solution to libkf5akonadicore5abi2:amd64 2
Broken libkf5akonadicore5abi2:amd64 Depends on libkf5akonadiprivate5abi2:amd64 < none -> 4:23.04.0-0xneon+22.04+jammy+release+build30 @un uN > (= 4:21.12.3-0ubuntu3)
Considering libkf5akonadiprivate5abi2:amd64 0 as a solution to libkf5akonadicore5abi2:amd64 2
Investigating (0) libkf5mime5abi2:amd64 < none -> 21.12.3-0ubuntu1 @un puN Ib >
Broken libkf5mime5abi2:amd64 Depends on libkf5mime-data:amd64 < none | 23.04.0-0xneon+22.04+jammy+release+build16 @un uH > (= 21.12.3-0ubuntu1)
Considering libkf5mime-data:amd64 0 as a solution to libkf5mime5abi2:amd64 0
Re-Instated libkf5mime-data:amd64
Investigating (0) libkf5pimtextedit5abi3:amd64 < none -> 21.12.3-0ubuntu1 @un puN Ib >
Broken libkf5pimtextedit5abi3:amd64 Depends on libkf5pimtextedit-data:amd64 < 23.04.0-0xneon+22.04+jammy+release+build20 @ii K > (= 21.12.3-0ubuntu1)
Considering libkf5pimtextedit-data:amd64 12 as a solution to libkf5pimtextedit5abi3:amd64 0
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.
libkf5akonadicore5abi2 : Depends: libkf5akonadi-data (= 4:21.12.3-0ubuntu3) but 4:23.04.0-0xneon+22.04+jammy+release+build30 is to be installed
Depends: libkf5akonadiprivate5abi2 (= 4:21.12.3-0ubuntu3) but 4:23.04.0-0xneon+22.04+jammy+release+build30 is to be installed
libkf5akonadiwidgets5abi1 : Depends: libkf5akonadiprivate5abi2 (= 4:21.12.3-0ubuntu3) but 4:23.04.0-0xneon+22.04+jammy+release+build30 is to be installed
libkf5mime5abi2 : Depends: libkf5mime-data (= 21.12.3-0ubuntu1) but 23.04.0-0xneon+22.04+jammy+release+build16 is to be installed
libkf5pimtextedit5abi3 : Depends: libkf5pimtextedit-data (= 21.12.3-0ubuntu1) but 23.04.0-0xneon+22.04+jammy+release+build20 is to be installed
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

[Beerislife]

This also affects Showfoto! Same error! I've installed something called Koko until it gets fixed!

[claydoh]

libkf5akonadicontact5abi1

That package no longer exists, or doesn't exist, in Neon - that is from Debian/Ubuntu packaging conventions that actually have changed in more recent Plasma releases.
The actual missing .so file would be in a different package. Or is supposed to be, rather.
It may just be a missing symlink to the actual library file.

Here is a workaround or fix, or whatever:

sudo ln -s /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libKPim5AkonadiContact.so.5.23.0 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libKF5AkonadiContact.so.5

This creates a symlink called libKF5AkonadiContact.so.5 that points to libKPim5AkonadiContact.so.5.23.0
Digikam does load now, I assume it is ok, but any fix or update that comes down the pike might not like this file (I have no idea tbh)

Now, someone needs to report the bug to Neon.

[claydoh]

Actually, someone was quick on that, there are fixes for this already

[Beerislife]

Yes, just turned on my PC this morning and got a fixed version! Happy as a bunny, Digikam is the best photo editor ever!