I just experienced the same issue when installing yakuake on ubuntu 17.10. Manually installing the konsole package solved it.
Description: Ubuntu 17.10 Release: 17.10 yakuake: Installed: 3.0.4-1 Candidate: 3.0.4-1 Version table: *** 3.0.4-1 500 500 http://at.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu artful/universe amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status ** Attachment added: "dependencies.txt" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/yakuake/+bug/361447/+attachment/4998577/+files/dependencies.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/361447 Title: Yakuake was unable to load the Konsole component. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/yakuake/+bug/361447/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs