Fix for error : The name org.freedesktop.secrets was not provided by any .service files in KDE

While you try to configure MySQL Workbench or synchronizing settings with GitHub Account in VS Code, you may encounter this error “The name org.freedesktop.secrets was not provided by any .service files” in Kubuntu or any non-GNOME-based Linux GUI variants.

org.freedesktop.secrets error root cause

Both MySQL Work Bench and VS Code depend on GNOME key-ring to save the credentials of the users, irrespective of any variant of Linux it is installed. As KDE uses KDE Wallet for managing credentials, GNOME Key-ring is not installed by default. To make these applications work properly in KDE-based Linux distros, you have to install the GNOME key-ring separately. To install GNOME key-ring, execute the command sudo apt install gnome-keyring in terminal. Re-try the application once again after installing the GNOME key-ring. Now you would be able to save the credentials in MySQL workbench and VS Code without any issues.