Plasma/Packages

ALT Linux

KF5/Plasma 5 packages are available in our Sisyphus development repository as of April 2015, its users can just install any of these metapackages: kde5-mini kde5-small kde5 kde5-big kde5-maxi; an appropriate LiveCD is in alpha stage and will join the regular builds when ready for that.

AOSC OS

AOSC OS provides the newest KDE Plasma/KF5 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.

Users can also get newest pre-configured KDE releases from the AOSC OS release directory.

Arch Linux

Plasma Next packages are available in the [extra] repository. To install it run:

# pacman -Syu
# pacman -S plasma-meta

or

# pacman -Syu
# pacman -S plasma

Chakra

We provide the Plasma 5 packages by default in our official repositories. Plasma 5 is also the default option on our ISO releases.

Exherbo Linux

We currently provide Plasma 5 packages in the kde repository. They can easily be installed with the help of the plasma set:

# cave resolve plasma*

Fedora

Supported Fedora releases get Plasma updates as soon as possible. Keep your Fedora installation updated and you are good to go.

See https://apps.fedoraproject.org/packages/plasma-workspace for details on the progress of Plasma updates.

Gentoo Linux

Plasma 5 ebuilds are available in portage see Gentoo wiki KDE article for general information. Upgrading from Plasma 4 is explained in Plasma 5 upgrade guide.

KaOS

Plasma 5 is the default option since February 2015, all installs automatically run the latest Plasma 5 release. Regularly updated ISO images are available on the Download Page

KDE neon

KDE neon has the latest builds of Plasma built continuously from releases, Git stable branches or Git unstable branches.

• User Edition with released software
• Developer Edition with builds from Git branches

Kubuntu

Kubuntu 15.10 came with KDE Frameworks 5.15 and Plasma 5.4.2. Plasma 5.4.3 can be installed from the Kubuntu PPA.

Kubuntu 16.04 came with Plasma 5.5.3. Then, you can upgrade to 5.6.4 via backports.

The current release, Yakkety (to become 16.10, when released in October 2016) will have Plasma 5.6.4 soon.

Live Image from Kubuntu CI is temporarily unavailable while we sort out our new workflow.

openSUSE

Users of openSUSE Tumbleweed get the latest KDE software shortly after its release. Just keep your system up-to-date.

openSUSE Leap has a more conservative release cycle by default. For details how to get new KDE software early, see this page.

ROSA

We provide Plasma 5 packages for ROSA Desktop Fresh in the official Main repository. They can easily be installed with a single command:

# urpmi task-plasma5

But please note that it will remove KDE Workspace 4, including KDM. So don't install task-plasma5 from KDE 4 session.

There are also unofficial ISOs with Plasma 5 desktop. See ROSA forum for details.

Slackware

You can get Plasma 5 packages for Slackware-current from Alien BOB's repository. These packages will replace KDE 4 if you have installed that. Read all about it on Eric's blog

Source

• Source: download.kde.org