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Install KDE software
To install KDE software we recommend using the means of your distribution.
Here is how you find your distribution's name and version
Tip
When you see mono-spaced text on a gray background
like this
that is something that you need to type in, exactly as it appears there.
From the GUI
Discover
Discover is the KDE Software Center and works with every distribution that supports
AppStream
(e.g. Ubuntu, Debian, ArchLinux, openSUSE, Red Hat, Fedora). If you want more info about Discover, visit the
Discover
page.
Searching for KDE in Discover.
openSUSE - YaST
Along with Discover, openSUSE comes with its own software management tool, YaST Software Management.
Search for
YaST Software Management
in the application launcher. Open YaST and click on the
Software Management
icon to start the package manager.
Searching for KDE in the YaST sofware management.
Use the search field to find the package that you wish to install; you can search by the package name or the package description. You only need to enter part of the name. You will then be presented with a list of packages matching your search. Click the selection boxes for the packages to be installed and then click
Accept
. See
this page
for more on package management and openSUSE.
Windows Store
Some KDE applications are also available in the Windows Store. Some apps like
Krita
and
KStars
are available in the Windows Store.
From the command line
If you find that using a graphical package manager is unbearably slow, you will want to use command-line installation. This is much faster, but the disadvantage is that you need to know the exact name of the package you want to install. To find out what commands you can use to search for packages on your system: Find your distribution's package manager below,
open a console
, and append
--help
to the name of your distribution's package manager. As an example,
dnf --help
will list the commands you can use for Fedora, but there are many and they can be confusing at first.
openSUSE
With openSUSE you install software using
zypper
for example to install
KWrite
you will
open a console
and enter
zypper in kwrite
Ubuntu
With Ubuntu Linux you install software using
apt
. For example to install
KWrite
you will
open a console
and enter
sudo apt install kwrite
Fedora
Fedora uses
dnf
so to install
KWrite
you would
open a console
and type
dnf install kwrite
. If you are unsure of the name of a package, you can use
dnf list
with wildcards to see all the packages with a word as part of the package name — for example
dnf list *network*
will list all available packages with "network" as part of the name. Casting even wider,
dnf search mpeg
will list all packages that either have
mpeg
in the name or in the description of the package.
Gentoo
With Gentoo you install software using
emerge
, e.g. for
KWrite
you would
open a console
and type
emerge --ask kwrite
(using
--ask
to get an overview of necessary dependencies and
USE flag
options before confirming). If you are unsure of the name of a package, you can use
emerge --search
to see all the packages with a word as part of the package name — e.g.
emerge --search network
will list all available packages with "network" as part of the name.
Mageia
You can use
urpmi
to install KDE software from a command line. Other useful commands can be found at
Wikipedia's Urpmi page
OpenMandriva Lx
Most KDE software is installed already - you can use
dnf
to install additional packages. If you know what a package is called, you can use e.g.
dnf --refresh install kwrite
. If you don't know the package name, you can use
dnf --refresh search '*kde*'
to search (this example lists all packages that have "kde" as part of their name or description).
You can also use
Discover
or
dnfdragora
as graphical frontends to package installation.
Arch Linux and Manjaro
With Arch Linux and Arch-based distributions like Manjaro, you can install software using the
pacman
utility. For example, to install
KWrite
you will
open a console
and enter the command
sudo pacman -S kwrite
Solus
Most KDE software is already installed on the Plasma edition. You can use
eopkg
to install, update, and remove software packages on any Solus edition. For example, to install
KWrite
, which is included with the
Kate
package, you will
open a console
and enter
sudo eopkg it kate
. Other useful commands can be found on the
Solus Package Management page
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