KDE

2023-02-27T19:26:31Z

Eunakria: Clarify Polkit installation, clean up, remove section about unsupported "minimal installation", remove note about Wayland being incomplete

[[File:KDEScreenshot.png |thumb |KDE Plasma screenshot.]]

KDE is a software project comprising a desktop environment known as Plasma, a collection of libraries and frameworks known as KDE Frameworks, and several applications known as KDE Applications. Their [https://userbase.kde.org/Welcome_to_KDE_UserBase UserBase wiki] has detailed information about most KDE Applications.

{{Note|the {{Pkg|plasma}} package isn't available for the <code>ppc64le</code> and <code>s390x</code> architectures due to the {{Pkg|kdeplasma-addons}} dependency not being available there. However, the rest of Plasma can be installed separately to get a functional desktop.}}

 

== Prerequisites ==

* [[Installation|Install]] Alpine Linux
* Create a [[Setting_up_a_new_user#Creating_a_new_user|user account]]
* Enable the <code>community</code> [[Repositories#Managing_repositories|repository]]
* For users interested in Xorg as opposed to Wayland, install the [[Alpine_setup_scripts#setup-xorg-base|Xorg base packages]]

 

== Installation ==

The following command will install the Plasma desktop as specified by the {{Pkg|plasma}} metapackage, including the {{Pkg|sddm}} display manager and other assorted niceties.

{{Cmd|# apk add plasma elogind polkit-elogind polkit-openrc}}

 

After installation, users may wish to enable the following services:

{{Cmd|# rc-update add dbus}}
{{Cmd|# rc-update add elogind}}
{{Cmd|# rc-update add polkit}}
{{Cmd|# rc-update add udev}}

 

{{Note|'''polkit''' and '''udev''' are optional services for authentication and device management respectively. While KDE will function without these services enabled, some functionality may be missing or incomplete.}}

 

== KDE Applications ==

To install the full set of KDE Applications, install {{Pkg|kde-applications}}. You can also choose to install a smaller set of applications by installing any of the subpackages:

* {{Pkg|kde-applications-accessibility}}
* {{Pkg|kde-applications-admin}}
* {{Pkg|kde-applications-base}}
* {{Pkg|kde-applications-edu}}, not available for <code>ppc64le</code> and <code>s390x</code>
* {{Pkg|kde-applications-games}}
* {{Pkg|kde-applications-graphics}}
* {{Pkg|kde-applications-multimedia}}
* {{Pkg|kde-applications-network}}, not available for <code>ppc64le</code> and <code>s390x</code>
* {{Pkg|kde-applications-pim}}, not available for <code>ppc64le</code> and <code>s390x</code>
* {{Pkg|kde-applications-sdk}}
* {{Pkg|kde-applications-utils}}
* {{Pkg|kde-applications-webdev}}

 

== Starting Plasma ==

Plasma can be started using a display manager or from the console.

=== Using a display manager ===

When Plasma is installed via the {{Pkg|plasma}} meta-package, the display manager is set up using {{Pkg|sddm}}.

Make sure you enable and start the SDDM service.

<pre>
rc-update add sddm
rc-service sddm start
</pre>

* Select ''Plasma'' to launch a new session in Wayland
* Select ''Plasma (X11)'' to launch a new session in Xorg

=== From the console ===

The Xorg session can be launched by installing {{Pkg|xinit}} and appending <code>exec startplasma-x11</code> to your <code>.xinitrc</code> file. To start X:
{{Cmd|xinit}}

For the Wayland session run
<pre>
XDG_SESSION_TYPE=wayland dbus-run-session startplasma-wayland
</pre>

 

== See also ==
* [[Installation#Post-Installation|Post installation]]
* [[Flatpak]]

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