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Miguelost

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Registered: 2012-01-29

Posts: 14

Install only Kde 5?

Hi, first sorry for my english.

I have arch with gnome 3, and i want a fresh install only with Kde 5.
i need install only kf5 and kf5-aids, or i must need install kde 4 too?

tuxador

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From: algeria

Registered: 2010-07-08

Posts: 45

Re: Install only Kde 5?

all you need is kf5 and kf5-aids and plasma-desktop from [aur]

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karol

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Registered: 2009-05-06

Posts: 25,440

Re: Install only Kde 5?

The wiki should provide all the needed info: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Kde#KDE_5.x

jacksilver

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Registered: 2014-10-11

Posts: 1

Re: Install only Kde 5?

Is there a 5.x version of kdm or I need to install it from kde 4.x ?

davidm

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Registered: 2009-04-25

Posts: 371

Re: Install only Kde 5?

The wiki should provide all the needed info: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Kde#KDE_5.x

Honestly the Wiki entry for KDE 5 isn't really that good right now.  It's extremely terse.  The linked blog post from ilpianista helps but it's pretty dated being from May.  I can understand how people are confused or have questions still.

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arojas

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From: Spain

Registered: 2011-10-09

Posts: 2,313

Re: Install only Kde 5?

Is there a 5.x version of kdm or I need to install it from kde 4.x ?

No, there is no kdm anymore, and you can't use the one from KDE4 because kdebase-workspace conflicts with plasma 5. Use lightdm, sddm or any other DM (except for gdm, which doesn't seem to work with KDE)

arojas

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From: Spain

Registered: 2011-10-09

Posts: 2,313

Re: Install only Kde 5?

Honestly the Wiki entry for KDE 5 isn't really that good right now.  It's extremely terse.  The linked blog post from ilpianista helps but it's pretty dated being from May.  I can understand how people are confused or have questions still.

I have updated the wiki to hopefully reflect the current situation more clearly.

davidm

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Registered: 2009-04-25

Posts: 371

Re: Install only Kde 5?

Honestly the Wiki entry for KDE 5 isn't really that good right now.  It's extremely terse.  The linked blog post from ilpianista helps but it's pretty dated being from May.  I can understand how people are confused or have questions still.

I have updated the wiki to hopefully reflect the current situation more clearly.

Good improvement.  We might also list some of the other problems/status users can expect to see too upon upgrading. 

I'm looking forward to trying 'plasma-desktop 5.1' when it is ready.  Thanks for your work on maintaining it in the AUR.   I'll try to help with the Wiki too once I get it installed.

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clfarron4

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From: London, UK

Registered: 2013-06-28

Posts: 2,175

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Re: Install only Kde 5?

all you need is kf5 and kf5-aids and plasma-desktop from [aur]

This is pretty much it, although you might want to make sure you have plasma-framework-5.2, as plasma-framework-5.3 breaks stuff.

Last edited by clfarron4 (2014-10-13 23:22:45)

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surfatwork

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Registered: 2012-01-05

Posts: 139

Re: Install only Kde 5?

have updated the page to mention plasma-framework-5.2
also added a System Tray icons section under configuration (which may need sni-qt)