Can't open `kdeconnect-app` on Linux

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I can open KDE Connect Settings, and KDE System Settings, but not this, or KDE Connect SMS.

⋊> ~ kdeconnect-app
QQmlApplicationEngine failed to load component
qrc:/qt/qml/org/kde/kdeconnect/app/Main.qml: module "org.kde.desktop" is not installed
^C⏎

Environment:

Operating System: Fedora Linux 40
KDE Plasma Version: 6.1.2
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.3.0
Qt Version: 6.7.2
Kernel Version: 6.9.8-200.fc40.x86_64 (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: X11
Processors: 12 × AMD Ryzen 5 3600 6-Core Processor
Memory: 31.0 GiB of RAM
Graphics Processor: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070/PCIe/SSE2

⋊> ~ neofetch --stdout distro kernel gpu wm de
distro: Fedora release 40 (Forty) x86_64 
kernel: 6.9.8-200.fc40.x86_64 
gpu: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 
wm: i3

Main GUI Process Tree:
→ systemd
→ gdm
→ gdm-session-worker
→ gdm-x-session
→ Xorg

Installed Packages:

kde-cli-tools.x86_64                                 6.1.2-1.fc40                           @updates                                       
kde-connect.x86_64                                   24.05.2-1.fc40                         @updates                                       
kde-connect-libs.x86_64                              24.05.2-1.fc40                         @updates                                       
kde-connect-nautilus.x86_64                          24.05.2-1.fc40                         @updates                                       
kde-filesystem.x86_64                                5-3.fc40                               @fedora                                        
kde-settings.noarch                                  40.0-1.fc40                            @fedora                                        
kdeconnectd.x86_64                                   24.05.2-1.fc40                         @updates                                       
kdesu.x86_64                                         1:6.1.2-1.fc40                         @updates                                       
kf6-kdesu.x86_64                                     6.3.0-1.fc40                           @updates                                       
xdg-desktop-portal-kde.x86_64                        6.1.2-1.fc40                           @updates
2

Do you have kf6-qqc2-desktop-style installed?

3

Installing that did help, but why is that not marked as a dependent package for the app?

Now just my SMS app still won’t open. No messages running the command in a terminal, or from journalctl.

All android app permissions seem to be allowed.

⋊> kdeconnect-sms --help
Usage: kdeconnect-sms [options]
SMS Instant Messaging

Options:
  -h, --help                 Displays help on commandline options.
  --help-all                 Displays help, including generic Qt options.
  -v, --version              Displays version information.
  --author                   Show author information.
  --license                  Show license information.
  --desktopfile <file name>  The base file name of the desktop entry for this
                             application.
  --device <id>              Select a device
  --message <message>        Send a message

⋊> kdeconnect-sms --version
kdeconnect.sms 24.05.2
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From KDE’s side it is: CMakeLists.txt · master · Network / KDE Connect · GitLab

It seems to not be listed in <a href="rpminfo?rpmID=39140823">kde-connect-24.05.2-1.fc40.aarch64</a> | RPM Info | koji, so it’s probably worth reporting to Fedora.

Though I’d have expected that package to already have been pulled by other packages.

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