Attention!: Before installing KDE, you must install the Basic Graphic Environment (Xorg) and video driver, if you don't have it installed, go to the following guide:
Installation of Basic Graphic Environment and Video Driver.
KDE installation
KDE:
Install package groups if you only want some modules from the current version of KDE SC. Groups are also useful for users who only want to keep some packages from a group, but are determined to remove the others.
$ sudo pacman -S kde
KDE-Meta:
Use meta-packages if you want to install all the KDE SC, or one or more of its modules as a whole. This ensures a smooth upgrade path by automatically adding new split packages in later versions.
$ sudo pacman -S kde-meta
>more about kde and kde-meta.
Minimal KDE Installation:
If you want a minimal installation of KDE SC:
$ sudo pacman -S kdebasephonon-qt4-gstreamer
Plugin Installation
Spanish Language:
$ sudo pacman -S kde-l10n-en
Support for NetworkManager (applet):
$ sudo pacman -S kdeplasma-applets-plasma-nm
Graphic package manager:
$ sudo pacman -Sapper
Activate login manager
For a better integration with the desktop it is advisable to use the startup manager KDM.
We activate KDM:
$ sudo systemctl enable kdm.service
Finally we restart the equipment.
$ sudo reboot
Once our system is restarted, we can enjoy KDE.
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These tutorials are greatly appreciated. Everything is simplified a lot. Thank you
Although I have to admit that I use the AUI installation script from GitHub
Greetings.
Sorry, I have an error installing arch with the grub-install command, it throws the flexnet error and prevents me from using the network.
Test: grub-install –recheck –debug / dev / sdx
Sorry, I despaired and installed Mageia 4 and it goes excellent.
Excellent, yesterday I finally deleted the dualboot between Win7 and Lmint, and installed Arch, this tutorial is the one I was just waiting for !!!!!!!!!!! THANKS!!!!!!!
Why not phonom-gstreamer?
Everything perfect !!! I came home from work and installed it for a little while, I had no problem.
Now my laptop flies.
Guys, so far the only thing I have not been able to solve is to integrate the gtk appearance in kde, I have installed everything but I can't make it look good. What should I do specifically?
What is the problem?
Install gtk-engine-murrine and you're done.
Thank you for leaving your email… if someday I install arch or parabola and some problem arises, suddenly I will write to you.
Thank you very much for the tutorial, I was finally able to install arch in lap.
It is not possible to visualize the graphical environment, I did not mark an error in any step of the installation, what could this be due to?
Try to start it with the root user.
Hello, I have followed the installation guide (Arch) step by step and I have not had any problems, I have installed kde as a desktop manager and it works without problems, what seems strange to me is that when I was partitioning I defined a partition for / home and also a "swap". Now when I check the «KsysGuard» it tells me the physical memory I have and additionally tells me that the swap memory is 0.0; The other drawback I see is that it seems that the / home partition had not been mounted, since KDiskFree shows me that there is only one partition which is / (sda3), it does not show me / home. I appreciate the help provided to solve these problems, it is the first time I have installed Arch since I had been with Debian for almost 3 years and I do not want to return to this for the problems expressed.
I have sent the answer to your email, greetings.
What a past guide, I take off my hat, I'm new to Arch and I followed it to the letter and I have a system that works like silk, the truth is this guide is to give you an Oscar, thank you very much and here you go another follower that 6 months ago I left windows completely in all the PCs and laptops that I have, there is only Linux.
Great guide I've already used it a couple of times
I followed the guide and everything but I can't write to the login manager D:
KDE
Hello Alejandro! I have followed your totorales to the letter and so far everything is fine, but once restarted ... how do I enter the graphical environment? I tried startx but nothing. Any suggestions? Thank you!
To start the graphical environment is after enabling your session manager in my case as I am kdeero
systemctl enable kdm
Systemctl start kdm
I have some small inconveniences I get an error in the graphical package manager: udo pacman -S apper and the other thing is that I do not know how to start the graphical environment.
Hi good day!
I have followed the guide and everything is luxurious. My concern is. If I want to better install kdebase. What other packages or programs should I consider to install? So that my system is minimalist but complete.
Greetings.
Now that Plasma has changed the KDE4 installation, I would recommend updating this section. Regards.
Great! I managed to install KDE ... now I'll see if Virtualbox speeds me up, because I'm emulating it on an Oracle machine on Windows 7 ^^
Thanks for these tutorials, they simplify getting started with arch a lot, however with this I had a little problem, and that is that currently arch uses kde5.
Very useful the guide, yesterday I installed arch linux and no problem except until the moment of installing desktop. I have been a kde user for many years. I would be very grateful if you could explain the method to install plasma 5. Thank you very much in advance
wave. ale placing sudo systemctl enable kdm.service to activate kdm throws me the following error
failed to enable unit: file kdm.service not found
they help me?