diff --git a/src/settings/services/servicemenuinstaller/servicemenuinstaller.cpp b/src/settings/services/servicemenuinstaller/servicemenuinstaller.cpp
--- a/src/settings/services/servicemenuinstaller/servicemenuinstaller.cpp
+++ b/src/settings/services/servicemenuinstaller/servicemenuinstaller.cpp
@@ -52,6 +52,16 @@
     return QDir(dataLocation).absoluteFilePath("kservices5/ServiceMenus");
 }
 
+void startGUIProcess(QProcess &process, const QString &command, const QStringList &args, bool gui)
+{
+    const static bool konsoleAvailable = !QStandardPaths::findExecutable("konsole").isEmpty();
+    if(!konsoleAvailable || !gui) {
+       process.start(command, args, QIODevice::NotOpen);
+    } else {
+        process.start("konsole", QStringList() << "-e" "bash" << "-c" << command << args, QIODevice::NotOpen);
+    }
+}
+
 struct UncompressCommand
 {
     QString command;
@@ -126,12 +136,12 @@
     return QString();
 }
 
-bool runScriptOnce(const QString &path, const QStringList &args)
+bool runScriptOnce(const QString &path, const QStringList &args, bool gui = false)
 {
     QProcess process;
     process.setWorkingDirectory(QFileInfo(path).absolutePath());
 
-    process.start(path, args, QIODevice::NotOpen);
+    startGUIProcess(process, path, args, gui);
     if (!process.waitForStarted()) {
         fail(i18n("Failed to run installer script %1", path));
     }
@@ -163,11 +173,11 @@
     qInfo() << "[servicemenuinstaller]: Trying to run installer/uninstaller" << path;
     if (hasArgVariants) {
         for (const auto &arg : argVariants) {
-            if (runScriptOnce(path, {arg})) {
+            if (runScriptOnce(path, {arg}, false)) {
                 return true;
             }
         }
-    } else if (runScriptOnce(path, {})) {
+    } else if (runScriptOnce(path, {}), true) {
         return true;
     }
 
@@ -268,6 +278,15 @@
             return false;
         }
     } else {
+        const QString mimeType = QMimeDatabase().mimeTypeForFile(archive).name();
+        const QStringList binaryPackages = {"application/vnd.debian.binary-package", "application/x-rpm"};
+        if (binaryPackages.contains(mimeType)) {
+            const QString errorMsg = i18n("Please uninstall binary packages with your package manager!\n"
+                                          "The filename is %1", archive);
+            QProcess::startDetached("kdialog", {"--error", errorMsg});
+            QFile::remove(archive);
+            exit(1);
+        }
         const QString dir = generateDirPath(archive);
 
         // Try "deinstall" first