Calligra suite not working

Tech64 · April 19, 2024, 10:09pm

Hey all!

I am new to Endeavour OS, and i recently installed it on my main PC, loving it so far!
But, i installed the Calligra office suite (using sudo pacman -S calligra) and it doesn’t start.

Running any of the Calligra apps (including Karbon) they don’t do anything
Running them from the terminal says this:

calligra.lib.migration: kde home not found
Errore di segmentazione (core dump creato)

Translation: Segmentation Fault (core dumped)

Except running Calligra Gemini opens a white window with nothing in it
Here’s what Gemini says when i run it from the terminal:

kf.i18n: KLocalizedString: Using an empty domain, fix the code. msgid: "(c) 1999-%1 The Calligra team and KO GmbH.\n" msgid_plural: "" msgctxt: ""
kf.i18n: KLocalizedString: Using an empty domain, fix the code. msgid: "Calligra Gemini: Writing and Presenting at Home and on the Go" msgid_plural: "" msgctxt: ""
kf.i18n: KLocalizedString: Using an empty domain, fix the code. msgid: "Calligra Gemini" msgid_plural: "" msgctxt: ""
kf.i18n: KLocalizedString: Using an empty domain, fix the code. msgid: "Document to open" msgid_plural: "" msgctxt: ""
kf.i18n: KLocalizedString: Using an empty domain, fix the code. msgid: "Use the virtual keyboard" msgid_plural: "" msgctxt: ""
kf.i18n: KLocalizedString: Using an empty domain, fix the code. msgid: "Calligra Gemini" msgid_plural: "" msgctxt: ""
file:///usr/share/calligragemini/calligragemini.qml:23:51: Type WelcomePage unavailable 
         sourceComponent: Component { id: welcomePage; WelcomePage { } } 
                                                       ^
file:///usr/share/calligragemini/qml/WelcomePage.qml:131:39: Type WelcomePageCloud unavailable 
         Component { id: welcomePageCloud; WelcomePageCloud { } } 
                                           ^
file:///usr/share/calligragemini/qml/welcomepages/WelcomePageCloud.qml:204:29: Type AddGit unavailable 
         Component { id: addGit; AddGit { } } 
                                 ^
file:///usr/share/calligragemini/qml/welcomepages/cloud/AddGit.qml:32:5: Type CreateCheckout unavailable 
         CreateCheckout { 
         ^
file:///usr/share/calligragemini/qml/welcomepages/cloud/git/CreateCheckout.qml:24:1: plugin cannot be loaded for module "Calligra.Gemini.Git": Impossibile caricare la libreria /usr/lib/qt/qml/Calligra/Gemini/Git/libcalligrageminigitplugin.so: (libgit2.so.1.7: impossibile aprire il file oggetto condiviso: File o directory non esistente) 
     import Calligra.Gemini.Git 1.0 
     ^
Switching to touch
Could not find font QVariant(QString, "Source Sans Pro") with style QVariant(QString, "Regular")
Could not find font QVariant(QString, "Source Sans Pro") with style QVariant(QString, "Light")
Could not find font QVariant(QString, "Source Sans Pro") with style QVariant(QString, "Semibold")
Could not find font QVariant(QString, "Source Sans Pro") with style QVariant(QString, "Semibold")
Could not find font QVariant(QString, "Source Sans Pro") with style QVariant(QString, "Semibold")
Could not find font QVariant(QString, "Source Sans Pro") with style QVariant(QString, "Light")
Could not find font QVariant(QString, "Source Sans Pro") with style QVariant(QString, "Regular")
Could not find font QVariant(QString, "Source Sans Pro") with style QVariant(QString, "Regular")
Could not find font QVariant(QString, "Source Sans Pro") with style QVariant(QString, "Regular")
Could not find font QVariant(QString, "Source Sans Pro") with style QVariant(QString, "Regular")
Could not find font QVariant(QString, "Source Sans Pro") with style QVariant(QString, "Extralight")
Could not find font QVariant(QString, "Source Sans Pro") with style QVariant(QString, "Bold")
Could not find font QVariant(QString, "Source Sans Pro") with style QVariant(QString, "Light")
Could not find font QVariant(QString, "Source Sans Pro") with style QVariant(QString, "Light")
Could not find font QVariant(QString, "Source Sans Pro") with style QVariant(QString, "Semibold")
Could not find font QVariant(QString, "Source Sans Pro") with style QVariant(QString, "Semibold")
Could not find font QVariant(QString, "Source Sans Pro") with style QVariant(QString, "Regular")

Did I do something wrong?
I installed the latest version of Endeavour OS with KDE 6

Thanks in advance

anon93652015 · April 19, 2024, 10:27pm

Welcome to the community!

Just installed it. Having the same issue. Running it from a terminal returns nothing. I also had a task manager open to see if it even tried to launch. It did, but it kills itself within a few seconds.

You did nothing wrong. Try LibreOffice or OnlyOffice instead?

Also, if you really want to use Calligra, please report this bug to the Calligra/KDE team.

EDIT: Got an error when trying to run sheets from a terminal. Same one as

Update: It’s already been reported by a few users here.

Maybe try the flatpak if there is one.

ajgringo619 · April 19, 2024, 11:02pm

I wouldn’t hold your breath on this. The version in the Arch repos is 4 years old, the latest version came out in 2021. I’m really surprised that it’s still available as a non-AUR package.

anon93652015 · April 19, 2024, 11:06pm

Are you sure you’re talking about the correct package? Meaning calligra.

I see updates from earlier today on the GitHub and the Arch package is dated as 2024-03-10.

ajgringo619 · April 19, 2024, 11:28pm

According to https://calligra.org/news/, the 3.2.1 version was released in May 2020. The 3.3.0 release was in January 2021. Maybe the aur/calligra-git package is actually a new(er) release; sad that their main site makes no mention of it.

anon93652015 · April 19, 2024, 11:31pm

I think the reason is because of KDE’s relatively recent switch of how they handled and store information and bug reports. Some of the individual app teams took a while to switch and update their information (I remember this with Krita), and apparently some still haven’t.

ajgringo619 · April 20, 2024, 12:08am

That doesn’t explain why Arch (and Debian Sid and Fedora Rawhide) are still using the 3.2.1 release when 3.3.0 has been supposedly out since 2021.

anon93652015 · April 20, 2024, 12:11am

Oh… I see what you mean now. That really is strange.

eznix · April 20, 2024, 2:10am

The latest stable Calligra Suite is version 3.2.1 from 2020. Calligra Plan 3.3.0 was last released in 2021. Plan is just a component of the suite.
https://calligra.org/news/

Tech64 · April 20, 2024, 1:29pm

Thanks for all the replies!

I just wanted to try out the Calligra suite as a curiosity and I’m not going to troubleshoot it further and just try another office suite.

Thanks anyways!

benchile · April 21, 2024, 5:34pm

I am running Calligra suite but in KaOs and it works out good, I just used it yesterday evening for office workflow, it’s not updated yet. You are right about that white Gemini suite access bug though, but Carbon, Words and the rest work good when you click open them. I am not sure about the version, but I will check and feed u back. (I must tell you that KaOs developers package most of the extra Os packages (KCP) added to official KDE apps though) It is Calligra version 2020, 3.2.1 https://i.imgur.com/hwZefvJ.png

anon93652015 · April 21, 2024, 7:03pm

Yeah, I remember my time in KaOS. Their team is truly dedicated to making KDE and/or QT the best experience possible. Even better than KDE Neon and Kubuntu imho.

It makes sense that it’s working properly in KaOS.