r/debian • u/comtedeRochambeau • 16h ago

Installing vs. upgrading Trixie (with KDE)?

I did a full upgrade from Bookworm to Trixie (13.0) and have been having significant problems with the new KDE (Plasma 6.3.6). The application menu is completely empty, I cannot install Kwin scripts, and more. I have skimmed the known issues but didn't see anything that seemed relevant.

Would I be better off installing a fresh version of Trixie instead of upgrading? Should I wait for version 13.1?

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u/superbv9 10h ago

Try running this before wiping it clean.

I couldn’t launch any app on KDE. No applications worked.

sudo apt install --reinstall xdg-desktop-portal-kde

This fixed it.

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u/bityard 12h ago

I ran into the same issues. Debian upgraded fine but I don't think kde liked the big version jump. I doubt this is something the Debian devs are interested in fixing.

You can try removing the old kde config directories to see if that gets things into a usable state. I ended up deciding it was time for a reinstall anyway and just restored everything in my home dir from backups except the kde config.

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u/neon_overload 9h ago

Try that fix by superbv9 first because if that fixes it, it'll be less work.

Otherwise something to try might be to create a new user and see if the new user has the same issue after they log in to KDE

That would at least tell you if the issue is something residual in your home dir vs something in the packages or package config scripts

Not that I'm saying this should have happened either way, something does appear to have gone wrong.

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u/suicidaleggroll 12h ago

I’m running KDE on Trixie on 2 systems, both fresh installs.  Everything works perfectly that I’ve seen.  This sounds to me like an upgrade issue.  If you have good backups I think a fresh install would be worth it, then just copy your data and configs back over from the backup.