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formoza

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From: Łowicz

Registered: 2014-06-25

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How to install KDE Applications 5?

Hi,
Are there any programs dedicated to kde 5? With KDE ArchWiki shows "Applications based on KF5 will have a first release in December 2014." So, I mean mostly about apps like Dolphin, Kate, compatibility with gtk (oxygen-gtk*). Thank you for your help in advance.

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karol

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Registered: 2009-05-06

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Re: How to install KDE Applications 5?

So far the repos have KDE 4 packages. Was there an upstream release of stable KDE 5 applications already?

sl1pkn07

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From: Spanishtán

Registered: 2010-03-30

Posts: 371

Re: How to install KDE Applications 5?

you can try use a GIT counterpart packages from AUR, some have a "frameworks" in the name (because still not merged in the main branch), and others (like a konsole, kate, etc) are directly compatible (and ready to use) with KDE5/KF5

greetings

formoza

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From: Łowicz

Registered: 2014-06-25

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Re: How to install KDE Applications 5?

Thank you for your reply, I will try to use GIT, but can still post interesting solutions

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the_shiver

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Registered: 2013-03-27

Posts: 130

Re: How to install KDE Applications 5?

if you haven't yet take a look at this thread https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=184439

AnAkkk

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Registered: 2014-03-03

Posts: 148

Re: How to install KDE Applications 5?

So far the repos have KDE 4 packages. Was there an upstream release of stable KDE 5 applications already?

There was. Unfortunately there doesn't seem to be any active maintainer, so it may take a long time before we see them in official repos.

pb

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From: Krakow, PL

Registered: 2014-12-26

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Re: How to install KDE Applications 5?

@formoza - Please take a look at: https://www.kde.org/announcements/annou … 4.12.0.php - KDE Applications 14.12 is a very strange Most of these apps are based on kdebase-workspace 4.11.14 (KDE4), only few are KF5 based (kate, kwrite, konsole, gwenview, and few more). Dolphin is still KDE4 apps. There is a 3rd party repository with KDE Apps 14.12 in 14.11.97 (RC1) version, look at: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=190482

I've allready tried build *-frameworks-git apps from AUR, but it's not possible. Almost all of these apps are build against KF5-git and Plasma5-git, then if you want to build them from AUR, you have to build all KF5-git, Plasma5-git and KDE Apps-git. And... only few more apps will be native Qt5/Plasma5 apps then there're allready in kde-beta repository.

According to: https://dot.kde.org/2014/12/17/kde-appl … orks-ports KDE Team are expecting the porting of applications to Qt 5 and Frameworks 5 to happen over the next year or two.

In the other words, most of KDE Applications 14.12 are bug fixes releases to KDE4.14.2 apps

Personnally, I am user of Plasma5 + KDE Applications from kde-beta repository by arojas. You have to know, that allmost all plasmoids for KDE4 aren't compatibille to Plasma5 platform.

Last edited by pb (2014-12-26 10:48:53)