I can't uninstall Plasma themes

[moray33]

I installed some themes but now when I try to uninstall a couple o them from the 'Get new themes' dialog the themes are still there... Is this a bug? How can I remove them? Thanks!

[Rog132]

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How did you install the themes ?
Did you use the KDE System Settings > Workspace Appearance > Desktop Theme > 'Get New Decorations' button ?

Background

If everything is working as meant:

The plasma desktop themes are downloaded from the KDE-Look.org (at now, maybe in the future...).
The theme package is downloaded to the /tmp/kde-USERNAME/, unpacked to the ~/.kde/share/apps/desktoptheme/THEME_NAME.



The theme name will be added to the plasma theme registry ~/.kde/share/apps/knewstuff3/plasma-themes.knsregistry.




To get more information of what is wrong

To get more information what is wrong launch the desktoptheme module from the konsole:

kcmshell4 desktoptheme

and try to remove the theme.


The kcmshell4 is:

:~$ kcmshell4 --help
Usage: kcmshell4 [Qt-options] [KDE-options] [options] module 

A tool to start single KDE control modules

Generic options:
  --help                    Show help about options
  --help-qt                 Show Qt specific options
  --help-kde                Show KDE specific options
  --help-all                Show all options
  --author                  Show author information
  -v, --version             Show version information
  --license                 Show license information
  --                        End of options

Options:
  --list                    List all possible modules

Arguments:
  module                    Configuration module to open
  --lang <language>         Specify a particular language
  --silent                  Do not display main window
  --args <arguments>        Arguments for the module

As example - a desktop theme with invalid characters:

:~$ kcmshell4 desktoptheme
Bus:pen: Can not get ibus-daemon's address.
IBusInputContext::createInputContext: no connection to ibus-daemon
kcmshell(6608)/knewstuff (api) KNS3::Cache::readRegistry: The file "/home/rog132/.kde/share/apps/knewstuff3/plasma-themes.knsregistry" could not be opened.
plasmapkg(6633)/libplasma Plasma::Package::installPackage: Package plugin name "Invisible+" contains invalid characters
Installation of /tmp/kde-rog132///164089-Invisible+.tar.gz failed.
kcmshell(6608)/knewstuff (api): Command failed

Manual removal

The plasma theme registry is a xml file. You could edit it or remove it. The KDE will make a new one.
You could remove the unwanted desktop themes from the ~/.kde/share/apps/desktoptheme/...


The future ?

The Bodega is under work:

- http://terietor.wordpress.com/tag/kde/
- http://community.kde.org/Bodega

[moray33]

How did you install the themes ?
Did you use the KDE System Settings > Workspace Appearance > Desktop Theme > 'Get New Decorations' button ?

Yes, I did that.

Thank you for your help, It working deleting the theme from ~/.kde/share/apps/desktoptheme/.