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= Installing Plasma Tablet =
= Installing Plasma Active =


== openSUSE 11.4 / i586 ==
== openSUSE 11.4 / i586 ==
[http://open-slx.de open-slx] creates regularly updated packages for Plasma Tablet. You can either install these on top of an already running openSUSE 11.4, or try the Live ISO from a USB stick. Currently, only packages for i586 (Atom-based systems are available).
[http://open-slx.de open-slx] creates regularly updated packages for Plasma Active. You can either install these on top of an already running openSUSE 11.4, or try the Live ISO from a USB stick. Currently, only packages for i586 (Atom-based systems are available).


In order to install the latest development snapshots on openSUSE 11.4, you have to add two repositories to your system. These update kdelibs and kde-runtime to a post-4.6 development snapshot which contains additions in QML bindings and improvements needed to run the development version for Plasma Tablet. If you would like to try it in a virtual machine, we recommend Virtualbox, which provides accelerated graphics capable of "desktop effects".
In order to install the latest development snapshots on openSUSE 11.4, you have to add two repositories to your system. These update kdelibs and kde-runtime to a post-4.6 development snapshot which contains additions in QML bindings and improvements needed to run the development version for Plasma ACtive. If you would like to try it in a virtual machine, we recommend Virtualbox, which provides accelerated graphics capable of "desktop effects".


=== Installation Recipe ===
=== Installation Recipe ===
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zypper mr -p 100 kde-unstable
zypper mr -p 100 kde-unstable


# Add sebas' home repo containing plasma-tablet
# Add sebas' home repo containing Plasma Active
zypper ar \
zypper ar \
  http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/vizzzion/kde-unstable/ \
  http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/vizzzion/kde-unstable/ \
  plasma-tablet
  plasma-active


# Elevate its priority to it will override even unstable packages
# Elevate its priority to it will override even unstable packages
zypper mr -p 101 plasma-tablet
zypper mr -p 101 plasma-active


# force cache update
# force cache update
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On to the installation of the actual packages. Again, as root, do:
On to the installation of the actual packages. Again, as root, do:
  <nowiki>
  <nowiki>
  zypper in plasma-tablet:kdebase4-runtime plasma-tablet-config
  zypper in plasma-active:kdebase4-runtime plasma-tablet-config plasma-declarative-widgets
</nowiki>
</nowiki>
This will install "plasma-tablet" on your system, which is contained the plasma-mobile package. (Plasma Mobile and Plasma Tablet are actually the same codebase, but using different sets of QML user interfaces.) zypper will ask you to accept the key. It will also suggest vendor changes for some packages. Accept these options.
This will install the "plasma-mobile" packages, and a few others on your system, which is contained the plasma-mobile package. (plasma-mobile has different sets of QML user interfaces per UI profile). zypper will ask you to accept the key. It will also suggests vendor changes for some packages. Accept these options.


=== Running Plasma Tablet ===
=== Running Plasma Active ===
From a full Plasma Desktop (or Netbook) user experience, you can switch to Plasma Tablet as follows (as user logged into the the X11 session):
From a full Plasma Desktop (or Netbook) user experience, you can switch to Plasma Active as follows (as user logged into the the X11 session):
  <nowiki>
  <nowiki>
# Quit your plasma session
# Quit your plasma session
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kquitapp plasma-netbook
kquitapp plasma-netbook


# Start plasma-tablet
# Start Plasma Active
plasma-tablet
plasma-tablet


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</nowiki>
</nowiki>


=== Installation of Plasma-mobile from sources ===
=== Installation of Plasma Active from sources ===


While the recommended way to test Plasma tablet is with the above recipe using the binary packages, it is possible to build Plasma mobile and Plasma tablet from the source repository, who wants to try the bleeding edge repository can build plasma-mobile from sources.
While the recommended way to test Plasma Active is with the above recipe using the binary packages, it is possible to build Plasma Active from the source repository, who wants to try the bleeding edge repository can build plasma-mobile from sources.
The recommended way is to follow the usual kde from sources [http://techbase.kde.org/Getting_Started build instructions]. It is also possible to use the binary kde packages as a base.
The recommended way is to follow the usual kde from sources [http://techbase.kde.org/Getting_Started build instructions]. It is also possible to use the binary kde packages as a base.


It is necessary toinstall some packages (and their dependencies) to have a working development environment:
It is necessary to install some packages (and their dependencies) to have a working development environment:
<nowiki>
<nowiki>
  sudo zypper install gcc gcc-c++ git cmake, kdelibs-devel
  sudo zypper install gcc gcc-c++ git cmake, kdelibs-devel
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== MeeGo / ARM ==
== MeeGo / ARM ==
A repository of most of KDE components, including Plasma mobile-tablet for MeeGo is at
A repository of most of KDE components, including Plasma Active for MeeGo is at
http://repo.pub.meego.com/home:/mkruisselbrink%3a/kde/meego_1.1_core/home%3amkruisselbrink%3akde.repo
http://repo.pub.meego.com/home:/mkruisselbrink%3a/kde/meego_1.1_core/home%3amkruisselbrink%3akde.repo


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== Other Systems ==
== Other Systems ==
If you have installed Plasma Tablet on a system not yet listed here, please add detailed installation instructions in a new section.
If you have installed Plasma Active on a system not yet listed here, please add detailed installation instructions in a new section.

Revision as of 09:49, 8 April 2011

Installing Plasma Active

openSUSE 11.4 / i586

open-slx creates regularly updated packages for Plasma Active. You can either install these on top of an already running openSUSE 11.4, or try the Live ISO from a USB stick. Currently, only packages for i586 (Atom-based systems are available).

In order to install the latest development snapshots on openSUSE 11.4, you have to add two repositories to your system. These update kdelibs and kde-runtime to a post-4.6 development snapshot which contains additions in QML bindings and improvements needed to run the development version for Plasma ACtive. If you would like to try it in a virtual machine, we recommend Virtualbox, which provides accelerated graphics capable of "desktop effects".

Installation Recipe

As you are going to install packages from a different source, or so-called "vendor", you can make your life easier by telling zypper to automatically resolve packages across vendors. In /etc/zypp/zypp.conf, change the following line

solver.allowVendorChange = false

to

solver.allowVendorChange = true


To install Plasma Active, add tittiatcoke's UNSTABLE_KDE4 repository and sebas' repo containing builds of the declarative branch from kdelibs and kde-runtime. As root:

# Add titti's KDE unstable repo
zypper ar \
 http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/rwooninck:/UNSTABLE_KDE4/openSUSE_11.4/ \
  kde-unstable

# Now elevate its priority to it will override the existing packages
zypper mr -p 100 kde-unstable

# Add sebas' home repo containing Plasma Active
zypper ar \
 http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/vizzzion/kde-unstable/ \
 plasma-active

# Elevate its priority to it will override even unstable packages
zypper mr -p 101 plasma-active

# force cache update
zypper refresh -f

On to the installation of the actual packages. Again, as root, do:

 zypper in plasma-active:kdebase4-runtime plasma-tablet-config plasma-declarative-widgets

This will install the "plasma-mobile" packages, and a few others on your system, which is contained the plasma-mobile package. (plasma-mobile has different sets of QML user interfaces per UI profile). zypper will ask you to accept the key. It will also suggests vendor changes for some packages. Accept these options.

Running Plasma Active

From a full Plasma Desktop (or Netbook) user experience, you can switch to Plasma Active as follows (as user logged into the the X11 session):

# Quit your plasma session
kquitapp plasma-desktop
or
kquitapp plasma-netbook

# Start Plasma Active
plasma-tablet

# It is also possible to run plasma-tablet in a window,
# this is useful for testing purposes:
plasma-tablet --nodesktop

Installation of Plasma Active from sources

While the recommended way to test Plasma Active is with the above recipe using the binary packages, it is possible to build Plasma Active from the source repository, who wants to try the bleeding edge repository can build plasma-mobile from sources. The recommended way is to follow the usual kde from sources build instructions. It is also possible to use the binary kde packages as a base.

It is necessary to install some packages (and their dependencies) to have a working development environment: sudo zypper install gcc gcc-c++ git cmake, kdelibs-devel

Now clone the plasma mobile source repository and build:

 git clone git://anongit.kde.org/plasma-mobile

 cd plasma-mobile

 mkdir build

 cd build

 cmake .. -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr

 make

 sudo make install

MeeGo / ARM

A repository of most of KDE components, including Plasma Active for MeeGo is at http://repo.pub.meego.com/home:/mkruisselbrink%3a/kde/meego_1.1_core/home%3amkruisselbrink%3akde.repo

i586 and ARM repositories available

Other Systems

If you have installed Plasma Active on a system not yet listed here, please add detailed installation instructions in a new section.