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georgelappies

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Registered: 2011-05-03

Posts: 13

Download size to get a standard KDE desktop system up and running?

How much needs to be downloaded from the repos to get a basic KDE desktop up and running from the 'core' install iso?

SanskritFritz

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From: Budapest, Hungary

Registered: 2009-01-08

Posts: 1,924

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Re: Download size to get a standard KDE desktop system up and running?

pacman will tell you when you try to install it. you can cancel the install before downloading.

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karol

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Registered: 2009-05-06

Posts: 25,440

Re: Download size to get a standard KDE desktop system up and running?

Read the wiki to learn what do you need to install to get a basic KDE: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Kd … al_install

Edit: If you're using 'core' image, you will have to do many manual updates so it's highly recommended to use netinstall.
The core image has packages almost a year old, so I think all of them will have to updated + KDE installed.

Last edited by karol (2012-03-24 16:28:55)

hadrons123

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From: chennai

Registered: 2011-10-07

Posts: 1,249

Re: Download size to get a standard KDE desktop system up and running?

There is really no standard size of minimal kde install.
If you already have xorg and some kde related apps (VLC or Qt based apps) installed its probably going to be less.
For me kdebase was less than 70 MB download, when I had a full gnome installed already.

Last edited by hadrons123 (2012-03-24 17:16:08)

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karol

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Registered: 2009-05-06

Posts: 25,440

Re: Download size to get a standard KDE desktop system up and running?

There is really no standard size of minimal kde install.

Re-read the first post.