In this post we are going to quickly see how to install KDE 5 on ArchLinux.
Basic installation
The first thing to do is install the desktop environment packages:
pacman -S Kf5 kf5-aids plasma-next
the kdm display manager is no longer supported since kde 5 so we will install sddm.
pacman -S sddm
then we activate it:
systemctl enable sddm
we reboot
sudo reboot
We already have a basic installation but it needs some touches.
retouching
By default, gtk applications are seen without any decoration and with a windows 98-style appearance. To solve this, you have to install the oxygen-gtk2, numix-themes and to configure it, kde-gtk-config:
pacman -S oxygen-gtk2 numix-themes kde-gtk-config
then we configure it:
kcmshell4 kde-gtk-config
in gtk2 theme they select oxygen-gtk and in gtk3 they select Numix.
Additional applications
Subsequently, a series of packages must be installed to have a more complete desktop environment:
- Text editor: kate
- File manager: dolphin
- Terminal: console
- Video player: dragonplayer
- Image viewer: okular
- Compress decompress: ark
- Kde games
So we run:
pacman -S kdesdk-kate kdebase-dolphin kde-meta-kdegames kdebase-konsole kdemultimedia-dragonplayer kdeutils-ark
And that's it..