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=== New Installation === | === New Installation === |
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. | KDE is included in the installation DVD and is the default environment if you perform a full installation. |
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During the [[slackware:install|installation]] process, please make sure that you select the KDE (and KDEI for international language support if needed) package series. | During the [[slackware:install|installation]] process, please make sure that you select the KDE (and KDEI for international language support if needed) package series. |
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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 ''slackpkg'' program as follows: |
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darkstar~# slackpkg install kde | darkstar~# slackpkg install kde |
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All packages under the kde branch will be selected for installation and you can select which packages to install. | All packages under the kde branch will be selected for installation. You can deselect individual packages that you want to skip during installation, before you press <key>ENTER</key> to start the actual installation. |
==== Custom packages ==== | ==== Custom packages ==== |
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darkstar~# ln -s .gtkrc-2.0 .gtkrc-2.0-kde4 | 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:window_managers:keyboard_layout_in_kde|kde keyboard layout]] page. |
===== Troubleshooting ===== | ===== Troubleshooting ===== |
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===== External links ===== | ===== External links ===== |
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* [[http://www.microlinux.fr/articles/kde4.pdf | Et si vous passiez à KDE4 ?]] \\ This is a six-page article by Kiki Novak, written in french and published in the french print magazine //Planète Linux// (66th issue, September-October 2011). **Important note of the author**: I own the rights for this article, so I decided to link to it here. Feel free to cannibalize it as you wish: take bits from it, include it partly or as a whole in the wiki, translate it, etc. To make the task easier for you, here's a [[http://www.microlinux.fr/articles/kde4.zip | link ]] to a compressed archive in ZIP format containing all the individual files used in the production of the article, like the original text in ODT format, and a dozen screenshots in PNG format. Enjoy ;o) | * [[http://www.microlinux.fr/articles/kde4.pdf | What about switching to KDE4 ? (in French)]] \\ Introducing KDE4 for newbies and explaining all the quirks you need to grasp to be able to use it for production. The article is based on a stock Slackware 13.37 system, so everything actually just works as is. This is a six-page article by Kiki Novak, written in french and published in the french print magazine //Planète Linux// (66th issue, September-October 2011). **Important note of the author**: I own the rights for this article, so I decided to link to it here. Feel free to cannibalize it as you wish: take bits from it, include it partly or as a whole in the wiki, translate it, etc. To make the task easier for you, here's a [[http://www.microlinux.fr/articles/kde4.zip | link ]] to a compressed archive in ZIP format containing all the individual files used in the production of the article, like the original text in ODT format, and a dozen screenshots in PNG format. Enjoy ;o) |
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