How to install kde?

hi!
How do i install kde. What other packages should i install?
thank you
benny

And if yuo want, that start KDE login manager after yuo turn on computer yuo need edit yuo "/etc/inittab" and it must look like this:
# /etc/inittab
# Runlevels:
# 0 Halt
# 1(S) Single-user
# 2 Not used
# 3 Multi-user
# 4 Not used
# 5 X11
# 6 Reboot
id:5:initdefault:
#id:3:initdefault:
rc::sysinit:/etc/rc.sysinit
rs:S1:wait:/etc/rc.single
rm:2345:wait:/etc/rc.multi
rh:06:wait:/etc/rc.shutdown
su:S:wait:/sbin/sulogin -p
c1:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 vc/1 linux
c2:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 vc/2 linux
c3:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 vc/3 linux
c4:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 vc/4 linux
c5:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 vc/5 linux
c6:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 vc/6 linux
ca::ctrlaltdel:/sbin/shutdown -t3 -r now
x:5:respawn:/opt/kde/bin/kdm -nodaemon
# End of file
Goodbee

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Last edited by ztrange (2009-08-02 22:08:49)

Hi, I can't answer all your questions but can help you get started.
The file you want is at /etc/pacman.conf so use your editor of choice and open that file. So say I use the vi editor it would be >>>
vi /etc/pacman.conf
If the package you want is in testing uncomment testing repo.
If its at a custom repo put in the custom package repository info at bottom of that file.
Then use pacman -S "package-name" to install what you want.
EDIT
Heres some links maybe some help to you, I don't use kde so don't know anything about it.
conversation about kde 4.3 rc and kde-unstable repository >>>
http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=75028
KDE Packages >>>
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/KDE_Packages
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[Solved] How to install KDE unstable

I've been meaning to try KDE4.5 to see if it is any more to my liking then the previous versions of KDE 4.
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Last edited by Mmarzex (2010-07-12 15:45:52)

Mmarzex wrote:
sand_man wrote:Make sure the [kde-unstable] repo entry in pacman.conf is above the [extra] entry.
Okay thanks that worked. I wasn't aware that the order in pacman.conf actually matter.
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also, since your question has been answered, please mark the thread as [SOLVED]

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hi everybody:
I install arch in my computer first time . but i can't start kde in arch. so ,i want anybody can help me. this is my install arch course .
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2.cp /etc /backup OK
3. vi /etc/pacman.conf
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i hope somebody to help me . my english is very poor ,you don't laugh.

When uve got the kde-i18n-* package installed u can select ur language settings in the Control Center from KDE.
Also check if uve got ur locales set, take a look here http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Configuring_locales It's just uncommenting and running locale-gen
Scim i dont myself what this is exactly, never needed myself but heres a wiki entry anyway that might come in handy imo http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Sma … d_platform
cheers,
detto

How to install KDE without an internet connection

I have a fast internet connection at the office, but not at home.
1. What files do I need to copy so that I can burn a KDE CD?
2. What is the procedure to install KDE from my own CD?
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Those commands don't need an internet connection.
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Last edited by byte (2007-02-28 22:40:05)

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Where do I find KDE 3.5.9 (or KDE 3.5.10) package and his locales to install in Arch using pacman?

n3y wrote:Where do I find KDE 3.5.9 (or KDE 3.5.10) package and his locales to install in Arch using pacman?
Welcome to the forums.
The easiest way to check to see if a package is the standard repositories is to use pacman's search features:
~ > pacman -Ss kde3
extra/kdelibs3 3.5.10-1
KDE3 Core Libraries
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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.

@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
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Hello..
how to do to install kde 3?
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exist some way?

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I use XFCE. How to install konqueror in particular without installation of other programs from kde? Otherwise. When I search "pacman -Ss konqueror", I do not find it and establish only thereby "pacman -Ss kde"?
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ag2lu wrote:I use XFCE. How to install konqueror in particular without installation of other programs from kde? Otherwise. When I search "pacman -Ss konqueror", I do not find it and establish only thereby "pacman -Ss kde"?
I have not found the answer to this question at a forum.
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Konqueror is an integrated part of either KDE base or libs, I don't recall. One option to minimize dependencies is to use packages from KDEmod:
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Could anyone advise me how to install the chromium browser. When I try to compile it, I run into a nightmare of dependency problems. I need lib32-gconf, then it depends on lib32-orbit2 and on and on and on.
If anyone managed to install chrome on kde 64 bit desktop, please give me a clue about the procedure.
Thanks,
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Last edited by jmak (2009-10-14 19:43:32)

jmak wrote:
Hello,
Could anyone advise me how to install the chromium browser. When I try to compile it, I run into a nightmare of dependency problems. I need lib32-gconf, then it depends on lib32-orbit2 and on and on and on.
If anyone managed to install chrome on kde 64 bit desktop, please give me a clue about the procedure.
Thanks,
jmak
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Last edited by Inxsible (2009-10-14 19:00:23)

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Hi,
I installed Archlinux base 0.7.2, xorg, KDE base 3.5
There is less in KDE base than I thought. ( no filemanger, no tools, no terminal ) In fact it is an empty dektop with a few icons even without applications linked to these icons.
I installed a few more KDE packages with pacman, but these are
not added in the KDE menu. How can I fix this ?

Linteg wrote:
I guess you didn't log out and log in again after installing KDE? If you do, your $PATH var gets updated, and /opt/kde/bin is added, then you will be able to start the kde apps by just typing their names.
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Welcome to the forums!
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