%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. Editor Notes: 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" f8e36636128efc0172b0664df372f350 kdecoration-5.27.7.tar.xz 0f40e7e4ef0675cf06afc828c6056821 libkscreen-5.27.7.tar.xz fdbbd274867d8013631eb66f889da983 libksysguard-5.27.7.tar.xz 6d0358ed7bbb27557c073cfce675120f breeze-5.27.7.tar.xz 7dac534103b595e861fb923e0a46af8a breeze-gtk-5.27.7.tar.xz 27839d93e7bf42bd8e6e9d822572a3d3 layer-shell-qt-5.27.7.tar.xz 56e13a523dc2b27dd2fe7d17cf87c427 kscreenlocker-5.27.7.tar.xz 1806b24c107c30a0144be0c58361c391 oxygen-5.27.7.tar.xz b3b25a757de32befe4c282ebc9b928c3 kinfocenter-5.27.7.tar.xz f992f11ed7704e94809f4a609b444074 kwin-5.27.7.tar.xz 5aa3a8e2e8c97b182cb15090f9149831 plasma-workspace-5.27.7.tar.xz 2b3c139e30eaaf4cf42706c9e6212ca5 plasma-disks-5.27.7.tar.xz a347a0848863114e96ca25868b1d2483 bluedevil-5.27.7.tar.xz 77731f7530552c096785e938554c5c0e kde-gtk-config-5.27.7.tar.xz 19a17f02655872c827380bd1fc485b50 khotkeys-5.27.7.tar.xz 4777cae88cb32e1dc77d6765f3cf17e3 kmenuedit-5.27.7.tar.xz a9618c0aa86cf8d0186e146aef644cd7 kscreen-5.27.7.tar.xz d75c043ef114b2b590f8ede12bb86a24 kwallet-pam-5.27.7.tar.xz 9c4ebb3d608c08c83b87a880b731ef11 kwayland-integration-5.27.7.tar.xz 2d04936cfcdb3da0ecab6b9c7f83339e kwrited-5.27.7.tar.xz ea10ad5ac86ad2a1f1c0dfdb28918ad8 milou-5.27.7.tar.xz 1640a01420f5885d87e55a3fc3ca8410 plasma-nm-5.27.7.tar.xz 24cdd5610e2b02c774486cdeaf0074f5 plasma-pa-5.27.7.tar.xz 4d941372e2a0ba9fe4a42a668dfd6aeb plasma-workspace-wallpapers-5.27.7.tar.xz 003d40545b13d58a2fa024236c92c18f polkit-kde-agent-1-5.27.7.tar.xz 2708af1b47a164321111220f3e3fb5f8 powerdevil-5.27.7.tar.xz 7f7d2bea26b4d825c9a6e8d57e400a4a plasma-desktop-5.27.7.1.tar.xz #b8f2c72d4d0ffd37573c1f949e8604aa plasma-desktop-5.27.7.tar.xz f66aefab6b7b3115ead7cf3966d6e2c6 kgamma5-5.27.7.tar.xz 614a24e70dfdcbf225047951d1bb35af ksshaskpass-5.27.7.tar.xz #8e9460adae337baab8d80da3422f9e34 plasma-sdk-5.27.7.1.tar.xz #cba2b18c587dff393bd232d61a35046d plasma-sdk-5.27.7.tar.xz 293fa8cd57834e07c719a055e2b47fbe sddm-kcm-5.27.7.tar.xz #7857d8972a9cc45cc3b672a6d5ff2b12 discover-5.27.7.tar.xz #9727481d29a7468420cb1a37a0b36e9e breeze-grub-5.27.7.tar.xz #157416774eb4bfc57a4e2caf4512f069 breeze-plymouth-5.27.7.tar.xz cdda9f9d374615768d8a324dae92ad1d kactivitymanagerd-5.27.7.tar.xz 3e8fd694b222d4d6c3d4e2b952099fb0 plasma-integration-5.27.7.tar.xz #7bd722f2799f4b1c562be46c5b2d0da1 plymouth-kcm-5.27.7.tar.xz 26e40eaf358dc02d71ab5cb511a5b3a8 xdg-desktop-portal-kde-5.27.7.tar.xz ce2a9be64095829d124d4f83c14a464c drkonqi-5.27.7.tar.xz 410818deea59fc12aa3ed155e350e931 plasma-vault-5.27.7.tar.xz 4636852897f802e64501fbae5e3dfb24 plasma-browser-integration-5.27.7.tar.xz 3febab89d2fca2e67271d5e35723d7be kde-cli-tools-5.27.7.tar.xz 799ec2ab0012e47d2b1660affe5f333e systemsettings-5.27.7.tar.xz fa9f2208c27d8a3e99c0cbb113087338 plasma-thunderbolt-5.27.7.tar.xz #c4dbf6737cc9d8d3396214d4bed14abf plasma-nano-5.27.7.tar.xz #74a1ec9c76b979fb8a3906204c93add4 plasma-mobile-5.27.7.tar.xz ca0a794b2d65c9c763d0f932b2bd9c1e plasma-firewall-5.27.7.tar.xz 4f3a9803e3741521b1867303b179670a plasma-systemmonitor-5.27.7.tar.xz 29fb63dc5c266b3fe0a2e849f1a1db28 qqc2-breeze-style-5.27.7.tar.xz 2e3689a958a72aa1a09aa6edf471ce11 ksystemstats-5.27.7.tar.xz 08434c4829aefd689c877fe84baa5ad6 oxygen-sounds-5.27.7.tar.xz #2b1b01328d062d6d9c3d92daaa26d13c aura-browser-5.27.7.tar.xz a32fedd93e3ecef504ea28ec27cbfd55 kdeplasma-addons-5.27.7.tar.xz 1d759ab0bb02f630385e4dc267aaef6e kpipewire-5.27.7.tar.xz 553afd4e952b601147ca868b7129303d plank-player-5.27.7.tar.xz 51ad32e45ad4a0f5291d1a9ce4efa0f2 plasma-bigscreen-5.27.7.tar.xz fb25df16ef388f7dbfc163911e7828be plasma-remotecontrollers-5.27.7.tar.xz #507a8d13920b160b4683b093e90f6088 flatpak-kcm-5.27.7.tar.xz #9eadbc5ec19e2122f81742e0f38941f7 plasma-welcome-5.27.7.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.