%general-entities; ]> $LastChangedBy$ $Date$ KDE Startup Dependencies Optional (runtime) After Kde-workspace has been installed, the first important milestone has been reached. Now you need to configure your system to start KDE. To start KDE from the command prompt, you first need to modify your .xinitrc file: cat > ~/.xinitrc << EOF # Begin .xinitrc exec dbus-launch --exit-with-session startkde # End .xinitrc EOF You can now start KDE using the startx command. KDE comes with a graphical login interface called KDM (the KDE Display Manager), which provides a customizable graphical login at boot. To use KDM, you need to create and enable a systemd unit by running the following commands as the root user: cat > /lib/systemd/system/kdm.service << EOF && [Unit] Description=K Display Manager After=systemd-user-sessions.service [Service] ExecStart=&kde-dir;/bin/kdm -nodaemon [Install] Alias=display-manager.service EOF systemctl enable kdm You can now restart your system and see the KDE login screen. Every subsequent package can be built while having KDE up and running, but remember to keep &kde-dir; set.