KMail does not start with "symbol lookup error" _ZNK5KMime7Content8contentsEv

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After updates in recent weeks, KMail (and thus Kontact’s email section) does not load anymore, like

> kmail
kmail: symbol lookup error: /usr/lib64/libKPim6MimeTreeParser.so.6: undefined symbol: _ZNK5KMime7Content8contentsEv

I’m using the latest KDE packages for Plasma 6 and Qt 6. So there is a problem somewhere.

zypper repos -Pu
#  | Alias                                | Name | Enabled | GPG Check | Refresh | Priority | URI
---+--------------------------------------+------+---------+-----------+---------+----------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 3 | KDE-Frameworks                       | KD-> | Yes     | (r ) Yes  | Yes     |   74     | https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/KDE:/Frameworks/openSUSE_Leap_15.5
 6 | KDE-Qt6                              | KD-> | Yes     | (r ) Yes  | Yes     |   74     | https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/KDE:/Qt6/openSUSE_Leap_15.5
 1 | KDE-Applications                     | KD-> | Yes     | (r ) Yes  | Yes     |   75     | https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/KDE:/Applications/KDE_Frameworks5_openSUSE_Leap_15.5
 2 | KDE-Extra                            | KD-> | Yes     | (r ) Yes  | Yes     |   75     | https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/KDE:/Extra/KDE_Applications_openSUSE_Leap_15.5
 4 | KDE-Frameworks5                      | KD-> | Yes     | (r ) Yes  | Yes     |   75     | https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/KDE:/Frameworks5/openSUSE_Leap_15.5
 5 | KDE-Qt5                              | KD-> | Yes     | (r ) Yes  | Yes     |   75     | https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/KDE:/Qt5/openSUSE_Leap_15.5
13 | packman                              | pa-> | Yes     | (r ) Yes  | Yes     |   98     | http://ftp.fau.de/packman/suse/openSUSE_Leap_15.5/
 7 | Leap-15-OSS                          | Le-> | Yes     | (r ) Yes  | Yes     |   99     | http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/leap/15.5/repo/oss/
 8 | Leap-15-Update-OSS                   | Le-> | Yes     | (r ) Yes  | Yes     |   99     | http://download.opensuse.org/update/leap/15.5/oss/
 9 | Leap-15-Update-non-OSS               | Le-> | Yes     | (r ) Yes  | Yes     |   99     | http://download.opensuse.org/update/leap/15.5/non-oss/
10 | Leap-15-non-OSS                      | Le-> | Yes     | (r ) Yes  | Yes     |   99     | http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/leap/15.5/repo/non-oss/
12 | https-download.opensuse.org-9ac4cc68 | ne-> | Yes     | (r ) Yes  | Yes     |   99     | https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/network:/messaging:/xmpp:/dino/openSUSE_Leap_15.5/
14 | repo-backports-debug-update          | Up-> | No      | ----      | ----    |   99     | http://download.opensuse.org/update/leap/15.5/backports_debug/
15 | repo-backports-update                | Up-> | Yes     | (r ) Yes  | Yes     |   99     | http://download.opensuse.org/update/leap/15.5/backports/
16 | repo-sle-debug-update                | Up-> | No      | ----      | ----    |   99     | http://download.opensuse.org/debug/update/leap/15.5/sle/
17 | repo-sle-update                      | Up-> | Yes     | (r ) Yes  | Yes     |   99     | http://download.opensuse.org/update/leap/15.5/sle/
11 | hardware                             | Ha-> | Yes     | (r ) Yes  | Yes     |  102     | https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/hardware/15.5

zypper dup does not do anything, but zypper up shows a few candiates that are from a lower priority repo:

zypper up
Loading repository data...
Reading installed packages...

The following 69 package updates will NOT be installed:
  akonadi-calendar-tools-lang akonadi-import-wizard-lang akonadiconsole-lang akregator-lang android-udev-rules bolt cpupower crda ifuse iw kdepim-addons-lang kdepim-runtime-lang kmail-lang
  korganizer-lang libKPim6AkonadiCalendar6-lang libKPim6CalendarSupport6-lang libKPim6EventViews6-lang libKPim6IncidenceEditor6-lang libcpupower0 libdbusmenu-qt5-2 libdisplay-info2
  libftdi1-2 libgusb2 libhidapi-hidraw0 libimobiledevice-1_0-6 libimobiledevice-glue-1_0-0 libosinfo libosinfo-1_0-0 libosinfo-lang libphonon4qt5 libphonon4qt6 libqaccessibilityclient-qt5
  libqaccessibilityclient-qt5-0 libspeechd2 libspnav0 libts0 libusb-1_0-0 libusbredirhost1 libusbredirparser1 libvlc5 libvlccore9 libwacom-data libwacom9 linuxconsoletools mailcommon-lang
  mbox-importer-lang messagelib-lang phonon4qt5-lang phononsettings-qt5 pim-data-exporter-lang python-sip4-common python3-sip4 python3-speechd qtdeclarative-imports-provides-qt5
  qtdeclarative-imports-provides-qt6 speech-dispatcher speech-dispatcher-module-espeak switcheroo-control typelib-1_0-Libosinfo-1_0 usbmuxd vlc vlc-codec-fluidsynth vlc-codec-gstreamer
  vlc-lang vlc-noX vlc-qt vlc-vdpau wireless-regdb wpa_supplicant
Nothing to do.

Some cannot be installed…

 zypper install mailcommon-lang
Loading repository data...
Problem: 1: nothing provides 'mailcommon = 24.11.80' needed by the to be installed mailcommon-lang-24.11.80-kf.282.2.noarch

some cannot be installed because the update candiated come from a lower prio repo

zypper install python3-sip4

'python3-sip4' is already installed.
There is an update candidate for 'python3-sip4', but it comes from a repository with a lower priority. Use 'zypper install python3-sip4-4.19.25-150400.8.34.x86_64' to install this candidate.

KMail is kmail-24.08.3-kf.284.1.x86_64 where some other kdepim packages have a higher version number like kontact-24.11.90-kf.255.1.x86_64, but

zypper install kmail
'kmail' is already installed.
No update candidate for 'kmail-24.08.3-kf.284.1.x86_64'. The highest available version is already installed.

other “mime” packages installed:

libKPim6Mime6-lang-24.11.90-kf.296.1.noarch
libKPim6MimeTreeParserWidgets6-24.11.80-kf.25.1.x86_64
libKPim6MimeTreeParserCore6-24.11.80-kf.25.1.x86_64
kmime-24.11.90-kf.296.1.x86_64

I’m a bit puzzled, any ideas?

Is there a newer versionf of KMail missing in the packaging somewhere?

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Does per default nothing switch to another Repo…

So have you switched all packages to the Repos?

But they are all factory Repos.

If you want a newer Plasma and newer packages, best solution is to install Tumbleweed.

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@Sauerland thanks for considering my question!

Does per default nothing switch to another Repo…

This was just to describe the situation. Usually a dist-upgrade will try to solve problems that a regular update cannot.

If you want a newer Plasma and newer packages, best solution is to install Tumbleweed.

For a few years I run the stable base distribution with the latest KDE products. It actually is a good combination. Here are the recommended repositories (using 15.5 for me of course):

https://en.opensuse.org/SDB:KDE_repositories#KDE_Frameworks_6,_Plasma_6_and_Applications

However something is wrong here either with my installation or with the recommended combination of repositories.

Today I did some updates. It went fine. However kmail still does not start.

Does someone run the same combination (Leap 15.5 + KDE Plasma 6)?
If so, does Kmail start?

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Exact same problem here: kmail starts with the above error on Leap 15.5 + KDE Plasma 6. As I can see there some applications have only an update for the language package, like
libKF5MediaWiki5 5.38.0-lp155.13.4
libKF6PulseAudioQt5 1.6.1-lp155.18.4
libKPim6AkonadiCalendar6-lang 24.11.80-kf.315.2
libKPim6CalendarSupport6-lang 24.11.80-kf.285.2
libKPim6EventViews6-lang 24.11.80-kf.279.2
libKPim6IncidenceEditor6-lang 24.11.80-kf.280.2
kdepim-addons-lang 24.11.80-kf.294.1
kdepim-runtime-lang 24.11.80-kf.368.1
akonadi-calendar-tools-lang 24.11.80-kf.252.1
akonadiconsole-lang 24.11.80-kf.254.1
akonadi-import-wizard-lang 24.11.80-kf.260.2
akregator-lang 24.11.80-kf.270.1
kmail-lang 24.11.80-kf.285.1
These lang packages and its main applications are all version 24.08.3, despite all other plasma apps are version 24.11.x. I think, this is the problem, so we have to wait for these packages are available in version 24.11.x.

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Sounds about right. Thanks for doing more analysis.

so we have to wait for these packages are available in version 24.11.x.

However I think there were a couple of packages released already for a while , so maybe this is a more systematic problem. Where would be the right place to report the problem?

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Upgrade to Leap 15.6, because 15.5 is losing support.

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I’ll try this next.

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