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#1 2015-09-06 16:02:13
- pgoetz
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KDE -- are there separate packages for Plasma 5.x?
I want to install the newest KDE and am looking for instructions on the best way to do so. Also, I can't tell if the package groups referenced in the KDE Wiki entry refer to KDE 4 or KDE 5. One of the primary pages linked is marked as obsolete because KDE 4 is end of life.
Thanks.
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#2 2015-09-06 16:11:47
- V1del
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Re: KDE -- are there separate packages for Plasma 5.x?
plasma and kf5 and kde-applications as mentioned in the wiki, what is unclear about them?
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#3 2015-09-06 21:32:47
- pgoetz
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Re: KDE -- are there separate packages for Plasma 5.x?
plasma and kf5 and kde-applications as mentioned in the wiki, what is unclear about them?
They're mentioned, but I'm not sure what packages/package groups I need to minimally install to get a functioning KDE 5 experience.
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#4 2015-09-06 22:19:06
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Re: KDE -- are there separate packages for Plasma 5.x?
Installing plasma-workspace and plasma-desktop should be enough for a working Plasma 5 Session.
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#5 2015-09-07 20:06:41
- pgoetz
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Re: KDE -- are there separate packages for Plasma 5.x?
Installing plasma-workspace and plasma-desktop should be enough for a working Plasma 5 Session.
Thanks. While it's still not completely clear, it appears that the package groups with KDE in the title refer to KDE 4, while KDE 5 is referred to as plasma.
In my case, I just installed the plasma package group. I'm trying to test a number of common desktop environments looking for a bug I've found when trying to use an nVidia GeForce GTX 750 graphics card, and plasma 5.4 + sddm delivered: you can't really log out (or log back in from screen lock) when using the nVidia 352 device driver.
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