KDEConnect indicator not working with Pantheon desktop

Question

I really like Elementary OS 6 but I cannot get the KDEconnect indicator to work with the pantheon desktop. If I open terminal, I can manually run up KDEconnect-settings and pair my android phone. So the actual transfer of files works along with notifications from the phone all works. But I can't reply to text messages (unless I use terminal and manually open KDEconnect-messaging). It's like Pantheon desktop doesn't respond to standard applet calls from an app. Is there an add in to Pantheon that will enable standard app notifications along with a working applet ? Elementary OS 5.1 had this working (although the user had to jump through some hoops to get it to work)

thanks in advance. Rich

Answer 1

I can confirm the instructions do work fine with Elementary OS 5.1 but not 6. thanks for the tips though

Answer 2

Please follow the next steps:

sudo apt install software-properties-common
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:yunnxx/elementary
sudo apt install indicator-application wingpanel-indicator-ayatana

and enable on Pantheon with:

sudo nano /etc/xdg/autostart/indicator-application.desktop
# change OnlyShowIn=Unity;GNOME;Pantheon;

sudo cp /usr/lib/systemd/user/indicator-application.service /etc/systemd/user

systemctl --user start indicator-application.service 

then reboot your computer, after that disable the second wifi icon with:

sudo nano /etc/wingpanel.d/ayatana.blacklist
# add "nm-applet"

My Weather Indicator:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:atareao/atareao
sudo apt-get install my-weather-indicator

Answer 3

using the following instructions on a fresh install of OS 6 :-

sudo apt install software-properties-common sudo add-apt-repository ppa:yunnxx/elementary sudo apt-get update sudo apt install indicator-application wingpanel-indicator-ayatana

When I use the last command I get the error :- Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done E: Unable to locate package wingpanel-indicator-ayatana

If I try just :- sudo apt install wingpanel-indicator-ayatana

I still get :- E: Unable to locate package wingpanel-indicator-ayatana

I know the wingpanel-indicator-ayatana exists as under OS 5.1 it does install I am wondering if the app only works on 5.1 and not 6

Thanks for the reply

Rich