KDE

2021-06-24T05:24:23Z

Lpw00: "rc-service start sddm" to "rc-service sddm start"

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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 that 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. The rest of Plasma can however be installed separately to get a functional desktop.

= Installation =

=== Prerequisites ===

* [[Installation|Alpine Installation]]
* [[Setting_up_a_new_user#Creating_a_new_user|Create user accounts]]
* [[Alpine_setup_scripts#setup-xorg-base|Graphical base environment]]
* [[Enable_Community_Repository#Using_community_repositories|Enabled "community" repository]]

=== Plasma ===

Install the {{Pkg|plasma}} meta-package. This will install the required Plasma packages and {{Pkg|sddm}} and pre-configure it to use the Breeze theme.

Alternatively, a more minimal installation can be done by installing {{Pkg|plasma-desktop}}.

=== KDE Applications ===

To install the full set of KDE Applications, install {{Pkg|kde-applications}}. You can also choose to install a more limited 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, this has already been setup 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. Then just start X.
{{Cmd|xinit}}

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

=See also=
* [[Flatpak]]

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