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===== Installation ===== | ===== Installation ===== | ||
- | ==== Installation | + | === New Installation === |
- | + | KDE is included in the installation DVD and is the default environment | |
- | KDE is included in the installation DVD and is the default environment. Slackware 13.37 ships with KDE 4.5.5. The upcoming 14 release will come with KDE 4.8.5. | + | |
During the [[slackware: | During the [[slackware: | ||
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=== Adding KDE to an existing install === | === Adding KDE to an existing install === | ||
- | If KDE was not selected during the installation process, it and can be installed later by: | + | If KDE was not selected during the installation process, it can be installed later using the '' |
darkstar~# slackpkg install kde | darkstar~# slackpkg install kde | ||
- | All packages under the kde branch will be selected for installation | + | All packages under the kde branch will be selected for installation. You can deselect individual |
==== Custom packages ==== | ==== Custom packages ==== | ||
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===== Configuration ===== | ===== Configuration ===== | ||
+ | ==== Visual Unification ==== | ||
+ | Non KDE applications will revert to generic GTK look and feel and will not have the same visual styling as KDE packages.\\ | ||
+ | As a work-around there are a few packages that are available to help make a unification of look and feel between KDE and non-KDE applications.\\ | ||
+ | === kde44-oxygen-molecule === | ||
+ | Can be downloaded from [[http:// | ||
+ | To make non-KDE applications read this setting, create a new file called .gtkrc-2.0 in your home directory and populate it with: | ||
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+ | include "/ | ||
+ | style " | ||
+ | { | ||
+ | } | ||
+ | widget_class " | ||
+ | gtk-theme-name=" | ||
+ | gtk-font-name=" | ||
+ | | ||
+ | Sometimes the same file needs to be named " | ||
+ | | ||
+ | darkstar~# ln -s .gtkrc-2.0 .gtkrc-2.0-kde4 | ||
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+ | ==== Keyboard setup ==== | ||
+ | Should you wish to configure your keyboard setup, please look at the [[howtos: | ||
===== Troubleshooting ===== | ===== Troubleshooting ===== | ||
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+ | ===== External links ===== | ||
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+ | * [[http:// | ||