{"id":181,"date":"2015-06-26T00:15:31","date_gmt":"2015-06-25T23:15:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.gentoo.org\/johu\/?p=181"},"modified":"2023-07-31T08:10:49","modified_gmt":"2023-07-31T07:10:49","slug":"kde-plasma-5-3-1-testing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.gentoo.org\/johu\/2015\/06\/26\/kde-plasma-5-3-1-testing\/","title":{"rendered":"KDE Plasma 5.3.1 testing"},"content":{"rendered":"

After several month of packaging in kde overlay and almost a month in tree, we have lifted the mask for KDE Plasma 5.3.1 today. If you want to test it out, now some infos how to get it.<\/p>\n

For easy transition we provide two new profiles, one for OpenRC and the other for systemd.
\n
\nroot # eselect profile list
\n...
\n[8] default\/linux\/amd64\/13.0\/desktop\/plasma
\n[9] default\/linux\/amd64\/13.0\/desktop\/plasma\/systemd
\n...
\n<\/code><\/p>\n

Following example activates the Plasma systemd profile:
\n
\nroot # eselect profile set 9
\n<\/code><\/p>\n

On stable systems you need to unmask the qt5 use flag:
\n
\nroot # echo \"-qt5\" >> \/etc\/portage\/profile\/use.stable.mask
\n<\/code><\/p>\n

Any packages affected by the profile change need to be rebuilt:
\n
\nroot # emerge -avuND @world
\n<\/code><\/p>\n

For stable users, you also need to keyword the required packages. You can let portage handle it with autokeyword feature or just grep the keyword files for KDE Frameworks 5.11<\/a> and KDE Plasma 5.3.1<\/a> from kde overlay.<\/p>\n

Now just install it (this is full Plasma 5, the basic desktop would be kde-plasma\/plasma-desktop):
\n
\nroot # emerge -av kde-plasma\/plasma-meta
\n<\/code><\/p>\n

KDM is not supported for Plasma 5 anymore, so if you have installed it kill it with fire. Possible and tested login managers are SDDM<\/a> and LightDM<\/a>. <\/p>\n

For detailed instructions read the full upgrade guide<\/a>. Package bugs can be filed to bugs.gentoo.org<\/a> and about the software to bugs.kde.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Have fun,
\nthe Gentoo KDE Team<\/p>\n

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