kapptemplate requires /share/apps/kapptemplate/admin/*.pl files to be executable inorder for kapptemplate to run correctly. Probably a correction in install in ebuild. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Run kapptemplate 2. Create any type of project, generation automakes will fail due to "permission denied." Work around? $ sudo chmod +x /usr/kde/*/share/apps/kapptemplate/admin/*.pl
Fixed in kapptemplate-3.5.6.