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slackware:kde [2012/08/21 10:59 (UTC)] – [Adding KDE to an existing install] cmysterslackware:kde [2017/07/26 14:37 (UTC)] (current) – [Installation] Better text for the KDE section. alienbob
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 ===== Installation ===== ===== Installation =====
  
-===Installation ==== +=== New Installation === 
- +KDE is included in the installation DVD and is the default environment if you perform a full 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+
  
 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.
 +
 === 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:
  
   darkstar~# slackpkg install kde   darkstar~# slackpkg install kde
  
-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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 ===== 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://slackbuilds.org/repository/13.37/desktop/kde44-oxygen-molecule/|SBo]]. After installing, go to System Settings -> Application Appearance -> Colors and select Oxygen-Molecule_3.\\
 +To make non-KDE applications read this setting, create a new file called .gtkrc-2.0 in your home directory and populate it with:
 +
 +  include "/usr/local/share/themes/kde44-oxygen-molecule/gtk-2.0/gtkrc"
 +  style "user-font"
 +  {
 +  }
 +  widget_class "*" style "user-font"
 +  gtk-theme-name="kde44-oxygen-molecule"
 +  gtk-font-name="fontname fontsize"   //  (for example: "Sans 10")
 +  
 +Sometimes the same file needs to be named ".gtkrc-2.0-kde4" so it is a good practice to have both files:
 +  
 +  darkstar~# ln -s .gtkrc-2.0 .gtkrc-2.0-kde4
 +  
 +==== 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 =====
 +
 +
 +===== External links =====
 +
 +  * [[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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