Kolourpaint missing all icons on Ubuntu 20.10

Question

Kolourpaint is missing icons in the tools pane on Ubuntu 20.10 when installed using sudo apt install kolourpaint.

Is there a solution that does not require using the snap version or changing the system icon theme?

Use dpkg -L kolourpaint to see what files came with the package. — waltinator, Dec 25 '20 at 20:12
OK. I ran this command, and then I did a diff between the output and the official list of files included with this package at https://packages.ubuntu.com/groovy/amd64/kolourpaint/filelist and they are exactly the same. — Enterprise, Dec 25 '20 at 21:07
happening also in Ubuntu 22.04, I applied N0rbert's fix below, and it works — xCovelus, Oct 28 '22 at 17:17

score 20 · Accepted Answer · edited Sep 22 '23 at 23:32

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You have to install the default Plasma theme meta-package called breeze with

sudo apt-get install breeze

and then restart KolourPaint application.

Minimally installing just the breeze-icon-theme also works.

sudo apt-get install breeze-icon-theme

edited Sep 22 '23 at 23:32

Dhwani Katagade

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answered Dec 26 '20 at 11:32

N0rbert

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This works, but package qt5ct must NOT be installed. If you are having this issue in kolourpaint, install breeze as shown above, and be sure to execute sudo apt autoremove qt5ct. – Enterprise Dec 26 '20 at 18:04
installed and restarted (didn't see a qt5c installed so i don't think that's a problem) but I still don't see the icons! – Michael Aug 16 '21 at 16:04
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worked also for Ubuntu 22.04 – xCovelus Oct 28 '22 at 17:17
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sudo apt install breeze-icon-theme was enough for me. – RandomGuy Apr 12 '23 at 22:00

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 13 '23 at 03:59

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Installing breeze did not fix my problem. I had to install kolourpaint using snap:

sudo snap install kolourpaint

I then had to uninstall kolourpaint using apt-get:

sudo apt-get remove kolourpaint

That brought the icons back.

answered Jan 13 '23 at 03:59

Miguel Tremblay

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The above snap install functionned for Lubuntu 22.04.3 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish) but the new version of kolourpaint takes longer to open. – Alain Reve Sep 29 '23 at 10:57

topin89 · Answer 3 · 2023-10-18T14:58:23.640

Not sure for Ubuntu with GNOME Desktop, but similar problem can be fixed with Kolourpaint in Kubuntu 22.04 by installing every icon theme available (just to be on a safe side) and by running it with empty XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP and QT_QPA_PLATFORMTHEME.

sudo apt install *icon-theme*
XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP="" QT_QPA_PLATFORMTHEME="" kolourpaint

EDIT: made laucher script because
Exec=env XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP="" QT_QPA_PLATFORMTHEME="" kolourpaint %u
in .desktop file didn't work when "open with" was used.

And most people run it mostly from .desktop file, that is from start menu or "open with" dialog and such, we can first make simple script to run with emptied env vars:

sudo tee /usr/local/bin/kolourpaintstarter.sh <<'EOF' >/dev/null
#!/bin/bash
export XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP=
export QT_QPA_PLATFORMTHEME=
kolourpaint "$1"
EOF

sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/kolourpaintstarter.sh

/usr/share/applications/org.kde.kolourpaint.desktop as well, replacing line

Exec=kolourpaint %u

with

Exec=/usr/local/bin/kolourpaintstarter.sh %u

P.S.

That way we can avoid snap. I personally just don't like non-open app distribution platform, and there's no readily available AppImage build for Kolourpaint

score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Dec 08 '23 at 06:53

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install qt5ct:

sudo apt install qt5ct

Open it:

qt5ct

Navigate to Icon Theme, select any icon pack and click "Apply":
Reopen kolourpaint, the icons should appear now:

answered Dec 08 '23 at 06:53

Roman Strakhov

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Kolourpaint missing all icons on Ubuntu 20.10

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