%general-entities; ]> $LastChangedBy$ $Date$ KDE Plasma 5 Startup Dependencies Required , (for Logind) and To start KDE Plasma 5 from the command line, you first need to modify your .xinitrc file: cat > ~/.xinitrc << EOF # Begin .xinitrc exec dbus-launch --exit-with-session startkde # End .xinitrc EOF If you are having problems starting KDE Plasma 5, try replacing startkde with startkde-wrapper in the command above. You can now start KDE Plasma 5 using the startx command.