Revision as of 14:36, 8 August 2021

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 UserBase wiki has detailed information about most KDE Applications.

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

Installation

Prerequisites

Plasma

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

Alternatively, a smaller installation can be done by installing plasma-desktop.

KDE Applications

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

kde-applications-accessibility
kde-applications-admin
kde-applications-base
kde-applications-edu, not available for ppc64le and s390x
kde-applications-games
kde-applications-graphics
kde-applications-multimedia
kde-applications-network, not available for ppc64le and s390x
kde-applications-pim, not available for ppc64le and s390x
kde-applications-sdk
kde-applications-utils
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 plasma meta-package, the display manager is set up using sddm.

Make sure you enable and start the SDDM service.

rc-update add sddm
rc-service sddm start

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 xinit and appending exec startplasma-x11 to your .xinitrc file. To start X:

xinit

For the Wayland session run

XDG_SESSION_TYPE=wayland dbus-run-session startplasma-wayland

@@ Line 3: / Line 3: @@
 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.
+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.
 = Installation =
@@ Line 18: / Line 18: @@
 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}}.
+Alternatively, a smaller 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:
+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}}
@@ Line 43: / Line 43: @@
 === Using a display manager ===
-When Plasma is installed via the {{Pkg|plasma}} meta-package, this has already been setup using {{Pkg|sddm}}.
+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.
@@ Line 58: / Line 57: @@
 === 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.
+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}}

KDE: Difference between revisions