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sudo apt-get remove konqueror (equals uninstall Linux?)
In Debian 11 stable with KDE, why would uninstalling konqueror also remove libreoffice, xorg,etc? Why would it cause the installation of firefox-esr? sudo apt-get remove konqueror Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done Reading state information... Done The following packages...
In Debian 11 stable with KDE, why would uninstalling konqueror also remove libreoffice, xorg,etc? Why would it cause the installation of firefox-esr?
sudo apt-get remove konqueror
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
apper apper-data coinor-libcbc3 coinor-libcgl1 coinor-libclp1 coinor-libcoinmp1v5 coinor-libcoinutils3v5
coinor-libosi1v5 cups-pk-helper fonts-symbola gir1.2-wnck-3.0 kdeaccessibility kmag kmousetool kmouth kontrast
libkf5konq6 libqaccessibilityclient-qt5-0 libreoffice-calc libreoffice-draw libreoffice-help-common
libreoffice-help-en-us libreoffice-impress libreoffice-kf5 libreoffice-plasma libreoffice-qt5 libwnck-3-0
libwnck-3-common lp-solve mythes-en-us node-normalize.css orca print-manager python3-brlapi python3-cupshelpers
python3-louis python3-smbc python3-speechd qtgstreamer-plugins-qt5 system-config-printer-common
system-config-printer-udev task-desktop x11-apps x11-session-utils xbrlapi xinit xkbset xorg
Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove them.
The following additional packages will be installed:
firefox-esr
Suggested packages:
fonts-stix | otf-stix
The following packages will be REMOVED:
kde-baseapps kde-plasma-desktop kde-standard konq-plugins konqueror task-kde-desktop
The following NEW packages will be installed:
firefox-esr
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 6 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 55.5 MB of archives.
After this operation, 180 MB of additional disk space will be used.
When I
sudo apt autoremove
, it doesn't try to remove those "no longer needed" packages.
But when I try to remove konqueror, it says it will remove a whole lot of stuff that seems completely unrelated.
Lonnie Best
(5415 rep)
Dec 14, 2021, 08:20 AM
• Last activity: Jul 29, 2025, 04:11 AM
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Why can't I remove some programs in KDE?
I've been trying for several days to optimize my KDE with Debian 12 bookworm, adjusting various settings and removing some programs that I don't actually need. I tried to uninstall the Konqueror browser because I only want to use Firefox and Dolphin. But when I try to do it via the GUI or a shell, t...
I've been trying for several days to optimize my KDE with Debian 12 bookworm, adjusting various settings and removing some programs that I don't actually need.
I tried to uninstall the Konqueror browser because I only want to use Firefox and Dolphin. But when I try to do it via the GUI or a shell, the system shows it wants to remove additional packages I don't want to delete.
Why can't Konqueror simply be removed without removing other packages?
Roberto Dvilla
(306 rep)
Jun 21, 2025, 04:19 PM
• Last activity: Jul 4, 2025, 11:27 PM
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Konqueror opens with multiple "save as" dialogs open
When I launch konqueror (either from console or shortcut, simply using `konqueror` command), it opens, but then immediately opens two "save as" dialogs (both targeting the downloads dir with a filename of "blank"). If I try to actually click save rather than cancel, another popup appears saying `Una...
When I launch konqueror (either from console or shortcut, simply using
konqueror
command), it opens, but then immediately opens two "save as" dialogs (both targeting the downloads dir with a filename of "blank"). If I try to actually click save rather than cancel, another popup appears saying Unable to create io-slave, Unknown protocol 'konq'.
I have no idea (a) what's making the save dialogs appear or (b) what they're trying to save (though I suspect the former Q is the only one that matters).
My Konqueror is Version 22.12.0, I'm using KDE Plasma 5.26.4 on a distro of Debian specific to my employer.
The111
(133 rep)
Feb 22, 2023, 07:33 PM
• Last activity: Aug 11, 2024, 01:15 AM
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h.264 video codec in konqueror
Visiting the page https://www.youtube.com/html5 from within `konqueror` I saw that the `H.264 video codec` is not supported. My question is: Is it possible to enable it for `konqueror` in any way? I'm running `Linux Fedora 27` and many other browsers on my PC do support rendering of `h.264` videos w...
Visiting the page
https://www.youtube.com/html5
from within
konqueror
I saw that the H.264 video codec
is not supported.
My question is: Is it possible to enable it for konqueror
in any way?
I'm running Linux Fedora 27
and many other browsers on my PC do support rendering of h.264
videos without any problem: for instance firefox
, opera
, chromium
, epiphany
... all of them work fine with respect to h.264
contents. So I guess that it is not a lack of something at system level.
Answers welcome.
GSi
(131 rep)
May 18, 2018, 04:24 PM
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How to check why .desktop file is not running?
I have a desktop file with the following content: [Desktop Entry] Type = Service Name = Konqueror Exec = konqueror %U Comment = KDE File Manager & Web Browser Icon = konqueror Upon launching it gives me this: 'Error loading the application'. But it does not explain what the problem is. So how can I...
I have a desktop file with the following content:
[Desktop Entry]
Type = Service
Name = Konqueror
Exec = konqueror %U
Comment = KDE File Manager & Web Browser
Icon = konqueror
Upon launching it gives me this: 'Error loading the application'.
But it does not explain what the problem is.
So how can I open this file in terminal emulator to see the error message?
P.S. The 'konqueror' command in the terminal runs the browser with no problems.
Pekov
(195 rep)
Dec 11, 2017, 10:12 PM
• Last activity: Dec 11, 2017, 10:22 PM
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Mount webdav on Linux with cookie authentication
I am trying to access my 'Onedrive for Business' storage from the Linux console, specifically a headless Ubuntu 16.04 server. The only *officially* supported method is the Windows sync application. I want to use Onedrive as a remote filesystem to *extend* my local storage, rather than duplicating al...
I am trying to access my 'Onedrive for Business' storage from the Linux console, specifically a headless Ubuntu 16.04 server. The only *officially* supported method is the Windows sync application.
I want to use Onedrive as a remote filesystem to *extend* my local storage, rather than duplicating all files locally with a sync client.
'Onedrive for business' is really a variant of Sharepoint that will not accept a username and password over webdavs - there must already exist an authentication cookie for the webdavs client.
I have successfully mounted the remote storage as a webdavs folder in Windows 10 by adapting these instructions: https://www.imss.caltech.edu/content/mounting-onedrive-business-mapped-drive but it only works after logging in to our Onedrive website with Internet Explorer to create a cookie that is used by Windows Explorer.
On Linux can I can replicate this behavior by logging in to the Onedrive website in the Konqueror web browser and then using that cookie to connect to webdavs in the Konqueror file browser. This is better than nothing, but I really need console access. Unfortunately KioFuse appears to be long abandoned.
Other than Konqueror, is there any way to do this that will make the remote filesystem accessible to the Linux console? I have looked at davfs2, gvfs, and cadaver, but I can't find any documentation for using an existing cookie for authentication.
Clint
(43 rep)
Jan 14, 2017, 10:39 AM
• Last activity: Nov 30, 2017, 11:14 AM
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What's wrong with the konqueror on my Arch Linux?
My computer environment is Arch Linux + plasma KDE, yesterday I installed konqueror, restart the computer prompt konqueror crash, I can not through the menu shortcut keys to open konqueror, but through the terminal input konqueror www.google.com can open the browser, Is this what is the reason? How...
My computer environment is Arch Linux + plasma KDE, yesterday I installed konqueror, restart the computer prompt konqueror crash, I can not through the menu shortcut keys to open konqueror, but through the terminal input konqueror www.google.com can open the browser, Is this what is the reason? How can I open konqueror through the menu shortcuts?
wooleeweb
(1 rep)
Sep 7, 2017, 08:52 AM
• Last activity: Sep 7, 2017, 11:33 PM
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How to make Konqueror to be the default file manager?
When I press a folder and in most other situations Konqueror is used as I want it to be. However there are situations when I press a file path and Dolphin is opened instead. I am not entirely sure what the pattern is that Dolphin is used, but I think it is when the path is somehow presented as a lin...
When I press a folder and in most other situations Konqueror is used as I want it to be. However there are situations when I press a file path and Dolphin is opened instead. I am not entirely sure what the pattern is that Dolphin is used, but I think it is when the path is somehow presented as a link. For example in the software [Raccoon](http://raccoon.onyxbits.de/) provides a link to the downloaded APK, but when I press it, Dolphin is opened instead of Konqueror. How do I change this?
By the way, I already did set this:
It is German, but you should be able to get the gist. "Dateimanager" means "File Manager".

Make42
(739 rep)
Feb 15, 2017, 10:14 AM
• Last activity: Feb 15, 2017, 07:52 PM
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Konqueror randomly showing same search results
In Konqueror I use startpage.com as searchengine. Recently I began to notice that no matter what I search for the searchengine is randomly showing the same results page. I clean the cache at every shutdown, I've removed and reinstalled Konqueror and still the same page is shown randomly. I believe i...
In Konqueror I use startpage.com as searchengine. Recently I began to notice that no matter what I search for the searchengine is randomly showing the same results page. I clean the cache at every shutdown, I've removed and reinstalled Konqueror and still the same page is shown randomly. I believe it is not an intentional action on the part of startpage.com. Since malware is very unusual on Linux I believe I can rule that out too. So I wonder how do I get rid of the page.
This is the relevant part of the page shown:

wie5Ooma
(450 rep)
Aug 19, 2016, 05:07 PM
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How to retrieve a password from KWallet; KWalletManager won't run
Trying to retrieve a password from KWallet, I found that I couldn't open KWalletManager. Neither the menu item System > KWalletManager, nor Alt+F2 and typing in `kwalletmanager` do anything. Does anybody have any idea what I can do? When I run `kwalletmanager` from the command line, it outputs > QDB...
Trying to retrieve a password from KWallet, I found that I couldn't open KWalletManager. Neither the menu item System > KWalletManager, nor Alt+F2 and typing in
kwalletmanager
do anything. Does anybody have any idea what I can do?
When I run kwalletmanager
from the command line, it outputs
> QDBusConnection: session D-Bus connection created before QCoreApplication. Application may misbehave.
but I read that that is just a warning, not the cause of the program refusing to start at all.
Also, when I use the wallet from within another application, there is no wallet icon in the system tray, even though the checkbox "Show manager in system tray" is checked in the system settings.
It sounds like I'm missing something.
Considered uninstalling and reinstalling KWallet from the repository, but seeing the amount of software that needs to be removed if I uninstall it, I hesitate to do that.
Anybody have any ideas what I can try?
-----
Edit: this has turned into a whole new question now. As originally written, the question was
I thought I knew my password on one ftp site, but apparently not. How do I tell Konqueror to show me what it is?
I'm running Debian 7.8 KDE (and yes, I know I need to update to Jessie, I just haven't brought myself to do it yet).
Mr Lister
(359 rep)
Jul 25, 2015, 03:57 PM
• Last activity: Jul 27, 2015, 07:16 AM
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mtp:udi=/org/kde/solid/udev/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.0/usb2/2-1/2-1.4 does not exist error
Trying to connect to a Samsung Galaxy phone in MTP mode, Konquerer or Dolphin in KDE 4.14.3 throws the following error: mtp:udi=/org/kde/solid/udev/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.0/usb2/2-1/2-1.4 Why?
Trying to connect to a Samsung Galaxy phone in MTP mode, Konquerer or Dolphin in KDE 4.14.3 throws the following error:
mtp:udi=/org/kde/solid/udev/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.0/usb2/2-1/2-1.4
Why?
Geremia
(1252 rep)
Dec 28, 2014, 12:38 AM
• Last activity: Dec 28, 2014, 01:09 AM
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How to install KDE without Konqueror?
I want to install a very minimal KDE desktop in Debian. When running `apt-get install kde-plasma-netbook`, `kde-plasma-netbook` depends on `kde-baseapps`, which then installs some applications, such as konqueror, which I do not need. Is there any way to install KDE without installing this Web browse...
I want to install a very minimal KDE desktop in Debian. When running
apt-get install kde-plasma-netbook
, kde-plasma-netbook
depends on kde-baseapps
, which then installs some applications, such as konqueror, which I do not need. Is there any way to install KDE without installing this Web browser?
Village
(4177 rep)
Dec 27, 2014, 03:28 PM
• Last activity: Dec 27, 2014, 04:03 PM
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Apply folder settings globally in KDE4
Im running opensuse 12.1 with KDE 4.8.4. I've made settings changes to the Konquerer shell in a specific folder (e.g. changed my view from compact to details). How do I persist these settings that I change in one folder and make it apply to all folders? Windows has such a button on the folder option...
Im running opensuse 12.1 with KDE 4.8.4.
I've made settings changes to the Konquerer shell in a specific folder (e.g. changed my view from compact to details).
How do I persist these settings that I change in one folder and make it apply to all folders?
Windows has such a button on the folder options->View tab.
Eminem
(173 rep)
Aug 26, 2012, 10:52 AM
• Last activity: Aug 12, 2013, 10:00 PM
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Enable kwebkitpart in Konqueror
In [KDE SC 4.5.0][1] it's possible to use a WebKit part for rendering in Konqueror. I don't think it's on by default (I could be wrong) and I believe I've installed all the requirements for it... How do I enable it? I figured out how to switch it... View -> View mode -> webkit But you must be on a w...
In KDE SC 4.5.0 it's possible to use a WebKit part for rendering in Konqueror. I don't think it's on by default (I could be wrong) and I believe I've installed all the requirements for it... How do I enable it?
I figured out how to switch it...
View -> View mode -> webkit
But you must be on a web page first. Problem is that this setting doesn't stick. I can't find a permanent setting. Does one exist?
xenoterracide
(61203 rep)
Aug 12, 2010, 06:49 AM
• Last activity: Aug 26, 2012, 09:18 PM
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