Getting `kf.windowsystem: Cannot use KWindowSystem without a QGuiApplication` with SVN

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So I’m getting kf.windowsystem: Cannot use KWindowSystem without a QGuiApplication message whenever I try and use svn command. From bash, it still ends up working fine, but from within IntelliJ, it causes a problem and stops whatever action I’m trying to perform from occurring. Even just listing branches to check one out. Running Debian 12.1, pretty new install, up to date.

Operating System: Debian GNU/Linux 12
KDE Plasma Version: 5.27.5
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.103.0
Qt Version: 5.15.8
Kernel Version: 6.1.0-12-amd64 (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland
Processors: 16 × AMD Ryzen 7 4800H with Radeon Graphics
Memory: 62.2 GiB of RAM
Graphics Processor: AMD Radeon Graphics
Manufacturer: TUXEDO
Product Name: TUXEDO Pulse 14 Gen1
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I see it too,
KDE Plasma Version: 5.27.8
KDE Framework Version: 5.110.0
Qt Version: 5.15.11
Kernel Version: 6.1.41-gentoo-dist (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: X11

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there was a bug resulting in the same message because of kwallet not running, but it was fixed in svn 1.12.something, and I have kwallet running, so should be something else…

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My SVN is 1.14.2, so not sure what else it could be

5

bump anyone have any clue?

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Do you have an SSH key set up and the “ksshaskpass” program installed?

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No SSH key, and this is work, and can’t really get one setup.

And ksshaskpass is already installed.

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If you uninstall ksshaskpass, does the issue go away?

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Nope, didn’t change anything.

$ sudo apt remove ksshaskpass
[sudo] password for drizzt: 
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  ksshaskpass
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
After this operation, 248 kB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
(Reading database ... 301980 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing ksshaskpass (4:5.27.5-2) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.11.2-2) ...
$ svn up
Updating '.':
kf.windowsystem: Cannot use KWindowSystem without a QGuiApplication
At revision 39548.
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Hi all, I am seeing this issue on version 1.14.3 (and Kubuntu 24.04). Has anyone been able to find the cause of this error?

$ svn --version
svn, version 1.14.3 (r1914484)
   compiled Apr  1 2024, 04:55:49 on x86_64-pc-linux-gnu

Copyright (C) 2023 The Apache Software Foundation.
This software consists of contributions made by many people;
see the NOTICE file for more information.
Subversion is open source software, see http://subversion.apache.org/

The following repository access (RA) modules are available:

* ra_svn : Module for accessing a repository using the svn network protocol.
  - with Cyrus SASL authentication
  - handles 'svn' scheme
* ra_local : Module for accessing a repository on local disk.
  - handles 'file' scheme
* ra_serf : Module for accessing a repository via WebDAV protocol using serf.
  - using serf 1.3.10 (compiled with 1.3.10)
  - handles 'http' scheme
  - handles 'https' scheme

The following authentication credential caches are available:

* Plaintext cache in /home/michael/.subversion
* Gnome Keyring
* GPG-Agent
* KWallet (KDE)