%general-entities; ]> KDE Plasma 5 KDE Plasma 5 is a collection of packages based on top of KDE Frameworks 5 and QML. They implement the KDE Display Environment (Plasma 5). &lfs120_checked; The instructions below build all of the Plasma 5 packages in one step by using a bash script. Package Information Download (HTTP): Download (FTP): Download MD5 sum: &plasma5-md5sum; Download size: &plasma5-size; Estimated disk space required: &plasma5-buildsize; Estimated build time: &plasma5-time; Plasma 5 Dependencies Required , , , , , , built with , , , , , , , and Recommended , , , , , , , , , and Recommended (runtime) , , and Optional (build with -qt=true), , , , , KDevPlatform, libgps, libhybris, libraw1394, packagekit-qt, Qalculate, Qapt, SCIM, and socat (for pam_kwallet) is required for aura-browser. It is also optional for two other packages: libksysguard and kdeplasma-addons. If QtWebEngine is installed later, only these two packages need to be rebuilt. This allows a more complete display in the system monitor application. The easiest way to get the KDE Plasma5 packages is to use a single wget to fetch them all at once: url=https://download.kde.org/stable/plasma/&plasma5-version;/ wget -r -nH -nd -A '*.xz' -np $url The options used here are: -r recurse through child directories -nH disable generation of host-prefixed directories -nd do not create a hierarchy of directories -A '*.xz' just get the *.xz files -np don't get parent directories The order of building files is important due to internal dependencies. Create the list of files in the proper order as follows: cat > plasma-&plasma5-version;.md5 << "EOF" a1361a811dc93389d0ce771d1ff82c3a kdecoration-5.27.10.tar.xz 1f491e823bc83df650d04d5d9948da45 libkscreen-5.27.10.tar.xz 571aa0c18a14ee74f3081f96f73a7f9d libksysguard-5.27.10.tar.xz 541d1b06db3b707a7a73df1526f37b44 breeze-5.27.10.tar.xz 9acdc232ea675b761e7386837f25f420 breeze-gtk-5.27.10.tar.xz 54562594af547614648cded522c3e747 layer-shell-qt-5.27.10.tar.xz c44cfe3ba7fb03fc30b2ae305f16ed79 kscreenlocker-5.27.10.tar.xz 171949dd2dfc3b2325c959389694860a oxygen-5.27.10.tar.xz 0ef8d9f18707712fc4bcccf59138f2c7 kinfocenter-5.27.10.tar.xz e4e4409af71c4f5a67aa35c04f6b2bc7 kwin-5.27.10.tar.xz 5c2ff5158503e983207e700ce513e929 plasma-workspace-5.27.10.tar.xz 46001c7671f7ff2f08ca0dd9c3cdbf3f plasma-disks-5.27.10.tar.xz 820566ae6effedbdd208a78e0031bf67 bluedevil-5.27.10.tar.xz 490bd81c915f332b65631b87b6eaa49d kde-gtk-config-5.27.10.tar.xz 7cade9cfce3ef14f14f55cd7a50fd7cf khotkeys-5.27.10.tar.xz e98c999e6ee7f9bbe775d4e512368420 kmenuedit-5.27.10.tar.xz 24bc4ed3ad5587bd05591aafd758df2c kscreen-5.27.10.tar.xz 3ab1c88cf91f0fb46ae3395d57709e12 kwallet-pam-5.27.10.tar.xz 53d59d76b3dfac5f755d607798b08f85 kwayland-integration-5.27.10.tar.xz d7a9f2999352e91d504d52ad65336d9b kwrited-5.27.10.tar.xz 8a51e19d58acebb89a919b7377d8bc83 milou-5.27.10.tar.xz 0e11c62c2a23d161b5b8cbe6e87517bc plasma-nm-5.27.10.tar.xz 02657d8fd46384f75ffe9c504f7c97b4 plasma-pa-5.27.10.tar.xz 5c1cbd459e786deb16d5615748114bfa plasma-workspace-wallpapers-5.27.10.tar.xz 17302ca60f68e13e85bc24a4ec873622 polkit-kde-agent-1-5.27.10.tar.xz cc39dc5777614bd89ae96d38008dc7c9 powerdevil-5.27.10.tar.xz 2417bb974152d4f2274ebe3b7b524ca8 plasma-desktop-5.27.10.tar.xz f51521902f0665349c0fa012590a1eec kgamma-5.27.10.tar.xz e95d6813c180b078be4bf40550791e26 ksshaskpass-5.27.10.tar.xz #8c52fad441ffe43969458ae71b6a2f26 plasma-sdk-5.27.10.tar.xz 1af573d08dd99879f27c5a2b55b02bc9 sddm-kcm-5.27.10.tar.xz #560ac5c60112e18bb44c46eec3563d7d discover-5.27.10.tar.xz #2cd0a4e1e3e89197e18f48d893c0f2d6 breeze-grub-5.27.10.tar.xz #fe7bb4efec17206a9faceb9cfe35fbf5 breeze-plymouth-5.27.10.tar.xz 5bbb5c7a2985f8d7b8816a35d517d333 kactivitymanagerd-5.27.10.tar.xz c1810c7d54842028fb5968097add5538 plasma-integration-5.27.10.tar.xz #75bedf5da4b7497a18238011d12bec26 plymouth-kcm-5.27.10.tar.xz 440dd7cb1f43d7d86862a1165b48c4f2 xdg-desktop-portal-kde-5.27.10.tar.xz 657984f8356578253e1911c8d35041f6 drkonqi-5.27.10.tar.xz 912db896afe71a8283e36037b4bba79e plasma-vault-5.27.10.tar.xz e03d33ca8a9905df3c2901cef5512a14 plasma-browser-integration-5.27.10.tar.xz 30797f3809675e61542518f9b15be2c3 kde-cli-tools-5.27.10.tar.xz 1319f82a4043456a4cb99cfcc2ba90fe systemsettings-5.27.10.tar.xz 2861104cf1e31393d9cd87701042d3aa plasma-thunderbolt-5.27.10.tar.xz #79ffc86387c7024bd834b349fba9b79f plasma-nano-5.27.10.tar.xz #802d5a3cd34f5ec3825c21905f0ed9db plasma-mobile-5.27.10.tar.xz 1f4875f2cf9c0d949961aa9ad6635e6f plasma-firewall-5.27.10.tar.xz b6648b45d9824b565dda1f100e7d83a6 plasma-systemmonitor-5.27.10.tar.xz 8e46e5afde739a6361b1838f71eb182d qqc2-breeze-style-5.27.10.tar.xz fd93592f9895c5c09f4c0db771c1710a ksystemstats-5.27.10.tar.xz 4f55bb4490751abb23046165d68e8ca7 oxygen-sounds-5.27.10.tar.xz #6300c88c07debeb60760dede52a791ee aura-browser-5.27.10.tar.xz 00afc45528267a5e2ec11b47b8a7779b kdeplasma-addons-5.27.10.tar.xz 7f432fbb0d205d6e30714e731f91a459 kpipewire-5.27.10.tar.xz 5f37a2e3acf00a0616e13d86ed225d7f plank-player-5.27.10.tar.xz f3a08cefe61643273a9e06cfd6b2746a plasma-bigscreen-5.27.10.tar.xz a69142a27ab62c583fa5d4d4577427ff plasma-remotecontrollers-5.27.10.tar.xz #16e67ca215d44ec59130214ca6e13e80 flatpak-kcm-5.27.10.tar.xz #4ef3e1d988e5edfa8ee20f9373a82680 plasma-welcome-5.27.10.tar.xz EOF The breeze-grub, breeze-plymouth, and plymouth-kcm packages above are all for customized support of Plymouth which is designed to be run within an initial ram disk during boot (see ). The plasma-sdk package is optional and used for software development. The plasma-nano package is used for embedded systems and plasma-mobile provides phone functionality for Plasma. The aura-browser package requires . The discover package requires to be built with the -Dqt=true switch. The plasma-welcome package requires the external package kaccounts-integration. The flatpack-kcm package is for managing support of flatpack applications. &as_root; First, start a subshell that will exit on error: bash -e Install all of the packages by running the following commands: while read -r line; do # Get the file name, ignoring comments and blank lines if $(echo $line | grep -E -q '^ *$|^#' ); then continue; fi file=$(echo $line | cut -d" " -f2) pkg=$(echo $file|sed 's|^.*/||') # Remove directory packagedir=$(echo $pkg|sed 's|\.tar.*||') # Package directory tar -xf $file pushd $packagedir mkdir build cd build cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$KF5_PREFIX \ -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \ -DBUILD_TESTING=OFF \ -Wno-dev .. && make as_root make install popd as_root rm -rf $packagedir as_root /sbin/ldconfig done < plasma-&plasma5-version;.md5 exit If you did not set $KF5_PREFIX to /usr, create symlinks to allow display managers to find Plasma: as_root install -dvm 755 /usr/share/xsessions && cd /usr/share/xsessions/ && [ -e plasma.desktop ] || as_root ln -sfv $KF5_PREFIX/share/xsessions/plasma.desktop && as_root install -dvm 755 /usr/share/wayland-sessions && cd /usr/share/wayland-sessions/ && [ -e plasmawayland.desktop ] || as_root ln -sfv $KF5_PREFIX/share/wayland-sessions/plasmawayland.desktop Useless systemd units have been installed in $KF5_PREFIX/lib. Remove them now (as root): rm -rf $KF5_PREFIX/lib/systemd If you built Plasma with the recommended Linux PAM support, create necessary configuration files by running the following commands as the root user: cat > /etc/pam.d/kde << "EOF" # Begin /etc/pam.d/kde auth requisite pam_nologin.so auth required pam_env.so auth required pam_succeed_if.so uid >= 1000 quiet auth include system-auth account include system-account password include system-password session include system-session # End /etc/pam.d/kde EOF cat > /etc/pam.d/kde-np << "EOF" # Begin /etc/pam.d/kde-np auth requisite pam_nologin.so auth required pam_env.so auth required pam_succeed_if.so uid >= 1000 quiet auth required pam_permit.so account include system-account password include system-password session include system-session # End /etc/pam.d/kde-np EOF cat > /etc/pam.d/kscreensaver << "EOF" # Begin /etc/pam.d/kscreensaver auth include system-auth account include system-account # End /etc/pam.d/kscreensaver EOF You can start Plasma5 from runlevel 3, using , or from runlevel 5, using a Display Manager, such as . You can start Plasma5 from a TTY, using . To start Plasma 5 using , run the following commands: cat > ~/.xinitrc << "EOF" dbus-launch --exit-with-x11 $KF5_PREFIX/bin/startplasma-x11 EOF startx The X session starts on the first unused virtual terminal, normally vt7. You can switch to another vtn simultaneously pressing the keys Ctrl-Alt-Fn (n=1, 2, ...). To switch back to the X session, normally started at vt7, use Ctrl-Alt-F7. The vt where the command startx was executed will display many messages, including X starting messages, applications automatically started with the session, and eventually, some warning and error messages. You may prefer to redirect those messages to a log file, which not only will keep the initial vt uncluttered, but can also be used for debugging purposes. This can be done starting X with: startx &> ~/x-session-errors When shutting down or rebooting, the shutdown messages appear on the vt where X was running. If you wish to see those messages, simultaneously press keys Alt-F7 (assuming that X was running on vt7). Installed Programs Installed Libraries Installed Directories There are too many plasma programs (63 in /opt/kf5/bin) to list separately here. There are too many plasma libraries (40 in /opt/kf5/lib) to list separately here. There are too many plasma directories (over 1000 in /opt/kf5) to list separately here.