qtcurve cannot be installed due to missing dependency libkdecorations4abi2

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

I get a similar error message on Ubuntu Wily.

It looks like libkdecorations4abi2 was part of kde-workspace, but this package has been removed from Ubuntu 15.04 and later releases, and been replaced with plasma-workspace[1].

[1] See the removal request for Vivid at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/kde-workspace/+publishinghistory

Fixed in 1.8.18+git20150711-a3fff13-1 in Debian experimental.

Now qtcurve - 1.8.18+git20150711-a3fff13-4 is available in Debian unstable.

Could anyone upload this package into Ubuntu?

Please have in mind that package src:qtcurve replaces src:gtk2-engines-qtcurve and src:kde-style-qtcurve. So they should be removed.

>Now qtcurve - 1.8.18+git20150711-a3fff13-4 is available in Debian unstable.

Great. Thanks for resolving this issue. :)

>Could anyone upload this package into Ubuntu?

Most* packages are automatically synced from unstable to the current Ubuntu development release. In fact, qtcurve has already been synced, built and is available in the archives for Ubuntu Wily https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/qtcurve.

I haven't yet verified this, but it is very likely this means the bug has been fixed in Wily.

>Please have in mind that package src:qtcurve replaces src:gtk2-engines-qtcurve and src:kde-style-qtcurve. So they should be removed.

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gtk2-engines-qtcurve/+publishinghistory
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/kde-style-qtcurve/+publishinghistory

Both of these packages seem to have been removed from Ubuntu quite resently, citing the RM bugs in Debian. (In case you need some more packages removed in the future , I *think* all you need to do is simply file a bug requesting removal to the package in question and subscribe the https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-archive team to it. )

* Almost all packages unless they have been patched in Ubuntu, in which case you can tell by the ubuntu-suffix in the version number.

Yes, so this is fixed now in wily.

I am not sure if this is the same issue because but concerns qtcurve. Today I couldn't install qtcurve in Kubuntu Wily. I wanted to install qtcurve style engine, so I guess I selected correct package - see attachment.

I'm having the same problem, Kubuntu 15.04 64-bit, all updates applied:

user@mypc:~$ sudo apt-get install qtcurve
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies.
 qtcurve : Depends: kwin-style-qtcurve but it is not going to be installed
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

and trying with just kwin-style-qtcurve:

The following packages have unmet dependencies.
 kwin-style-qtcurve : Depends: libkdecorations4abi2 (>= 4:4.11.1) but it is not installable
                      Recommends: kde-style-qtcurve but it is not going to be installed
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.