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| KDE Software includes [https://www.kde.org/plasma-desktop Plasma], [https://www.kde.org/applications KDE Applications], [https://www.kde.org/products/frameworks KDE Frameworks] and much more.
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| It is available with [https://community.kde.org/Distributions almost every Linux distro] and increasingly in cross-distro packages.
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| = Cross Distro Packages =
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| ==AppImage Packages==
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| [https://appimage.org/ AppImages] allows you as user to get the latest version (or any version) of the software you need directly from its author and run it on your GNU/Linux distribution (almost any distribution). You only have to download the AppImage file, make it executable and run it.
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| KDE apps with AppImages:
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| * [https://krita.org/en/download/krita-desktop/ Krita] is professional painting program.
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| * [https://kdenlive.org/en/download/ Kdenlive] is a Non-Linear Video Editor.
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| * [https://www.appimagehub.com/p/1222215/ Kdevelop] is a cross-platform IDE for C, C++, Python, QML/JavaScript and PHP.
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| ==Flatpak Packages==
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| ==Snap Packages==
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| [https://snapcraft.io/search?category=&q=kde KDE Snap packages] work on most Linux distros and are built by the KDE neon project.
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| =Distro Packages=
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| == AOSC OS==
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| * [https://aosc.io/ AOSC OS] provides this version of KDE Applications in the community repository
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| AOSC OS provides the newest KDE Applications, Frameworks and Plasma packages in its main repository (pre-configured for official releases). Users can get updates to the newest KDE Plasma and KF5 components as soon as they are made public.
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| Users can also get newest pre-configured KDE releases from [https://repo.aosc.io/aosc-os/kde/ the AOSC OS release directory].
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| ==Arch Linux==
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| * [https://www.archlinux.org/ Arch Linux] provides the latest stable packages in the [extra] repository
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| <syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
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| # pacman -Syu
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| # pacman -S plasma-meta
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| </syntaxhighlight>
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| <syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
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| # pacman -Syu
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| # pacman -S plasma
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| </syntaxhighlight>
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| Beta releases are available in the [kde-unstable] repository.
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| == Chakra ==
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| [https://www.chakralinux.org/ Chakra] provides KDE software packages in our official repositories. Plasma is the default desktop environment on our [https://community.chakralinux.org/tags/release live media].
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| == Gentoo Linux ==
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| Applications release ebuilds are available in the main repository. See the [http://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/KDE Gentoo wiki KDE article] for general information.
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| Applications stable and master branch ebuilds are available in the supplemental [https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/KDE/Ebuild_repository KDE development ebuild repository].
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| == KaOS ==
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| Plasma 5 is the default option and all installs automatically run the latest Plasma 5 release. Regularly updated ISO images are available on the [http://kaosx.us/download/ Download Page]
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| == KDE neon ==
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| [https://neon.kde.org KDE neon] builds all the latest KDE software
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| * User Edition contains builds from latest releases
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| * Developer Unstable edition contains builds from latest Git in master branches
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| * Developer Stable edition contains builds from latest Git in stable branch including beta branches
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| * [https://community.kde.org/Neon/Docker KDE neon Docker Images] can be used to test different versions on any distro
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| == Exherbo Linux ==
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| We currently provide Plasma 5 packages (usually the latest stable release) in the [http://git.exherbo.org/summer/repositories/kde/index.html kde repository]. They can easily be installed with the help of the plasma set:
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| # cave resolve plasma*
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| </syntaxhighlight>
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| We also offer packages for beta releases or packages tracking master, but you'll need to unmask them:
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| # echo 'plasma pre-release' >> /etc/paludis/package_unmask.conf
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| </syntaxhighlight>
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| <syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
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| # echo 'plasma scm' >> /etc/paludis/package_unmask.conf
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| </syntaxhighlight>
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| respectively.
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| == Fedora ==
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| Supported Fedora releases get Plasma updates as soon as possible. Keep your Fedora installation updated and you are good to go.
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| See https://apps.fedoraproject.org/packages/plasma-workspace for details on the progress of Plasma updates.
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| == Kubuntu ==
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| [http://www.kubuntu.org/getkubuntu/ Kubuntu 18.04 LTS] was released in April 2018 with Plasma 5.12.4 LTS. Plasma 5.12.5 is already available in updates PPA. 18.04 will be supported until April 2021.
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| [https://kubuntu.org/news/kubuntu-18-10-is-released-today/ Kubuntu 18.10 Cosmic Cuttlefish],includes Plasma 5.13.5. The [https://kubuntu.org/getkubuntu/ live ISO] is available for download, and Plasma 5.14.3 can be installed via [https://launchpad.net/~kubuntu-ppa/+archive/ubuntu/backports?field.series_filter=cosmic the Kubuntu backports PPA]. Support until July 2019.
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| [http://www.kubuntu.org/getkubuntu/ Kubuntu 16.04 LTS] was released with Plasma 5.5.3. Then, you can [https://kubuntu.org/news/plasma-5-8-8-lts-and-krita-3-3-2-1-now-in-xenial-backports-ppa/ upgrade to 5.8.9 via backports]. Support until April 2019.
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| Kubuntu KCI provides the latest from KDE git. Add ppa:kubuntu-ci/unstable for testing. WARNING: Do not use on production systems. Ensure that you have ppa-purge installed in case you must roll back to your previous state. Zero guarantees that will fix a broken system.
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| == Mageia ==
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| [https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Cauldron|'''Mageia Cauldron'''] is updated to new Qt, KDE Frameworks, Plasma Desktop and KDE Applications release almost as soon as they're released.
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| Plasma Desktop is one of the default desktops in '''Mageia'''. You can [http://doc.mageia.org/installer/6/en/content/chooseDesktop.html|install it] on your hard disk or try it from the [http://www.mageia.org/en/downloads/|live system].
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| == OpenMandriva ==
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| '''OpenMandriva Cooker''' is updated to new Qt, KDE Frameworks, Plasma Desktop and KDE Applications releases as soon as they're released.
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| The latest '''OpenMandriva release''' version gets backports of new KDE software after it has been tested in Cooker for a while, and is usually a few weeks behind '''Cooker''' in updating.
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| Plasma Desktop is the default desktop in '''OpenMandriva'''. You do not need to run any extra commands to install it.
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| == openSUSE ==
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| Users of '''openSUSE Tumbleweed''' get the latest KDE software directly after release, build testing and openQA testing. Just keep your system up-to-date.
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| The latest stable openSUSE release (Leap 42.2) receives updates to Frameworks on as part of distribution updates. As this process involves the distro QA team, usually there is a delay between a release and the actual availability of packages.
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| '''openSUSE Leap 15''' ships the LTS version of Plasma (5.12).
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| [https://en.opensuse.org/SDB:KDE_repositories Additional repositories] provide latest (beta/rc/stable) releases and automated builds from git master for both Leap and Tumbleweed.
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| === Additional package repositories ===
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| You can use [https://en.opensuse.org/SDB:KDE_repositories the repositories maintained by the openSUSE KDE community team] to get updated packages faster. Stable Frameworks releases are tracked in the KDE:Frameworks5 repository (both Tumbleweed and Leap).
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| == Slackware ==
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| You can get Plasma 5 packages for Slackware-current from [http://slackware.uk/people/alien-kde/current/latest/ Alien BOB's repository]. These packages will replace KDE 4 if you have installed that. Read all about it on [http://alien.slackbook.org/blog/tag/kde5/ Eric's blog]
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