Building Plasma 5

KDE Plasma 5 is a collection of packages based on top of KDE Frameworks 5 and QML. It has been derived from the monolithic KDE 4 desktop. They implement the KDE Display Environment (Plasma 5).

This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS-8.0 platform.

The instructions below build all of the Plasma 5 packages in one step by using a bash script.

Package Information

Plasma 5 Dependencies

Required

GTK+-2.24.31, GTK+-3.22.8, KDE Frameworks-5.31.0, libpwquality-1.3.0, libxkbcommon-0.7.1, Mesa-13.0.4 built with Wayland-1.12.0, NetworkManager-1.6.2, PulseAudio-10.0, Python-2.7.13, qca-2.1.1 (built with qt5), taglib-1.11.1, and xcb-util-cursor-0.1.3

Recommended

Optional

GLU-9.0.0, Xorg Synaptics Driver-1.9.0, appstream-qt, ibus, KDevPlatform, libgps, libhybris, libraw1394, mockcpp, packagekit-qt, Qalculate, Qapt, SCIM, and socat (for pam_kwallet)

User Notes: http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/kf5

Downloading KDE Plasma5

The easiest way to get the KDE Plasma5 packages is to use a single wget to fetch them all at once:

url=http://download.kde.org/stable/plasma/5.9.2/
wget -r -nH --cut-dirs=3 -A '*.xz' -np $url

The options used here are:
  -r            recurse through child directories
  -nH           disable generation of host-prefixed directories
  --cut-dirs=3  remove three levels of directories when saving
  -A '*.xz'     just get the *.xz files
  -np           don't get parent directories

Setting Package Order

The order of building files is important due to internal dependencies. Create the list of files in the proper order as follows:

cat > plasma-5.9.2.md5 << "EOF"
73bc77af6f711c06d6d3f1ef45f10160  kde-cli-tools-5.9.2.tar.xz
626a33ac01151206d3253e8c29d435ad  kdecoration-5.9.2.tar.xz
c9b35833c8d7c393d1bbb3dabc70f0d5  libkscreen-5.9.2.tar.xz
78dc80f2ea85bc819a232a8aa8179c69  libksysguard-5.9.2.tar.xz
5c276dcbe1d9ed7884246a34f6a3707a  breeze-5.9.2.tar.xz
f31d99fffcf1d8b339ae4a9cfec67856  breeze-gtk-5.9.2.tar.xz
153146a388091bf167ada1f436394d11  kscreenlocker-5.9.2.tar.xz
54e1676160447f7c8bc56b62242809d2  oxygen-5.9.2.tar.xz
09c1336a19629f9f2b64885b4104d23e  kinfocenter-5.9.2.tar.xz
abc2bb29f5e72c04840f24085b84a48c  ksysguard-5.9.2.tar.xz
35a815b1de64c4feb1670d21b85484e3  kwin-5.9.2.tar.xz
d711cf51ca3b21f1bed3ec367d6fbea8  systemsettings-5.9.2.tar.xz
0ab5467630ac11bcfe9d134449811641  plasma-workspace-5.9.2.tar.xz
9b5ea9445306520190a54e1e72b25d81  bluedevil-5.9.2.tar.xz
f5a8d06f99eacb828d5476001f21481c  kde-gtk-config-5.9.2.tar.xz
f9949eee01af23cf7e5c940ae24e815a  khotkeys-5.9.2.tar.xz
0183785beb44a066907c4d7a0025ba00  kmenuedit-5.9.2.tar.xz
8c4d6b9c36d8943a4c6d29313285d5d6  kscreen-5.9.2.tar.xz
77c383d9f4f38d962b0bfaf97740fc00  kwallet-pam-5.9.2.tar.xz
bd8b2ccb3feef5556e54134c48dcb4cd  kwayland-integration-5.9.2.tar.xz
1eb7128d2133ba378e2d816a75241f40  kwrited-5.9.2.tar.xz
f060f64201f77190902ceb0b2970a854  milou-5.9.2.tar.xz
fe07081e243c21a881e74811e21e5699  plasma-nm-5.9.2.tar.xz
843b66f9c01373a5f9e706bb0ed6857f  plasma-pa-5.9.2.tar.xz
96b3bce05e95880f2d971f0e50ddc997  plasma-workspace-wallpapers-5.9.2.tar.xz
3b83e658f8a3d8ca163f7f386204f7c8  polkit-kde-agent-1-5.9.2.tar.xz
0fbed265a6e2ddc201951d686c60a6c9  powerdevil-5.9.2.tar.xz
189bca8e52a9aa49e07979a73c2027ea  plasma-desktop-5.9.2.tar.xz
7d5bcc25bb81464e4d0a48cfcd88e4d0  kdeplasma-addons-5.9.2.tar.xz
0bd92b511f5cf038e3d2cdb3603079e1  kgamma5-5.9.2.tar.xz
6f7b588292a1a9b8dcf9b71bb14d7db2  ksshaskpass-5.9.2.tar.xz
#db4a5d3fba916641d011fce81cd62491  plasma-sdk-5.9.2.tar.xz
e9b418da105db2afd0174d4c0055e82b  sddm-kcm-5.9.2.tar.xz
54aa86277d27b2a7d10945375f46e781  user-manager-5.9.2.tar.xz
fc31095f62beb97e5794190f37f9723d  discover-5.9.2.tar.xz
#4eff8049e19ca87cab6c94d208089f62  breeze-grub-5.9.2.tar.xz
#6ff3b8b9d178c17f7b760d5da34b4eb7  breeze-plymouth-5.9.2.tar.xz
e64bd0bc6d95847e24b37335c4071483  kactivitymanagerd-5.9.2.tar.xz
777a8590c34777d0e9f5c40a6226b91a  plasma-integration-5.9.2.tar.xz
9bcb2aa6e73acc860389c0dfac76c242  plasma-tests-5.9.2.tar.xz
EOF
[Note]

Note

The breeze-grub and breeze-plymouth packages above are both for customized support of Plymouth which is designed to be run within an initial ram disk during boot (see the section called “About initramfs”). The plasma-sdk package is optional and used for software development.

Installation of Plasma5

[Note]

Note

When installing multiple packages in a script, the installation needs to be done as the root user. There are three general options that can be used to do this:

  1. Run the entire script as the root user (not recommended).

  2. Use the sudo command from the Sudo-1.8.19p2 package.

  3. Use su -c "command arguments" (quotes required) which will ask for the root password for every iteration of the loop.

One way to handle this situation is to create a short bash function that automatically selects the appropriate method. Once the command is set in the environment, it does not need to be set again.

as_root()
{
  if   [ $EUID = 0 ];        then $*
  elif [ -x /usr/bin/sudo ]; then sudo $*
  else                            su -c \\"$*\\"
  fi
}

export -f as_root

First, start a subshell that will exit on error:

bash -e

Install all of the packages by running the following commands:

while read -r line; do

    # Get the file name, ignoring comments and blank lines
    if $(echo $line | grep -E -q '^ *$|^#' ); then continue; fi
    file=$(echo $line | cut -d" " -f2)

    pkg=$(echo $file|sed 's|^.*/||')          # Remove directory
    packagedir=$(echo $pkg|sed 's|\.tar.*||') # Package directory

    tar -xf $file
    pushd $packagedir

       mkdir build
       cd    build

       cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$KF5_PREFIX \
             -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release         \
             -DLIB_INSTALL_DIR=lib              \
             -DBUILD_TESTING=OFF                \
             -Wno-dev ..  &&

        make
        as_root make install
    popd


    as_root rm -rf $packagedir
    as_root /sbin/ldconfig

done < plasma-5.9.2.md5

exit

cd $KF5_PREFIX/share/plasma/plasmoids

for j in $(find -name \*.js); do
  as_root ln -sfv ../code/$(basename $j) $(dirname $j)/../ui/
done

Command Explanations

ln -sfv ../code/$(basename $j) $(dirname $j)/../ui/: Create symbolic links so qml files can find needed javascript modules.

Configuring Plasma

Linux PAM Configuration

If you built Plasma with the recommended Linux PAM support, create necessary configuration files by running the following commands as the root user:

cat >> /etc/pam.d/kde << "EOF" 
# Begin /etc/pam.d/kde

auth     requisite      pam_nologin.so
auth     required       pam_env.so

auth     required       pam_succeed_if.so uid >= 1000 quiet
auth     include        system-auth

account  include        system-account
password include        system-password
session  include        system-session

# End /etc/pam.d/kde
EOF

cat > /etc/pam.d/kde-np << "EOF" 
# Begin /etc/pam.d/kde-np

auth     requisite      pam_nologin.so
auth     required       pam_env.so

auth     required       pam_succeed_if.so uid >= 1000 quiet
auth     required       pam_permit.so

account  include        system-account
password include        system-password
session  include        system-session

# End /etc/pam.d/kde-np
EOF

cat > /etc/pam.d/kscreensaver << "EOF"
# Begin /etc/pam.d/kscreensaver

auth    include system-auth
account include system-account

# End /etc/pam.d/kscreensaver
EOF

Starting Plasma5

You can start Plasma5 from runlevel 3, using xinit-1.3.4, or from runlevel 5, using a Display Manager, such as sddm-0.14.0.

To start Plasma 5 using xinit-1.3.4, run the following commands:

cat > ~/.xinitrc << "EOF"
ck-launch-session dbus-launch --exit-with-session $KF5_PREFIX/bin/startkde
EOF

startx

The X session starts on the first unused virtual terminal, normally vt7. You can switch to another vtn simultaneously pressing the keys Ctrl-Alt-Fn (n=1, 2, ...). To switch back to the X session, normally started at vt7, use Ctrl-Alt-F7. The vt where the command startx was executed will display many messages, including X starting messages, applications automatically started with the session, and eventually, some warning and error messages. You may prefer to redirect those messages to a log file, which not only will keep the initial vt uncluttered, but can also be used for debugging purposes. This can be done starting X with:

startx &> ~/x-session-errors
[Note]

Note

You may wish to drop consolekit and/or dbus-launch, e.g., just using startkde in ~/.xinitrc. However some capabilities such as mounting or umounting file systems from a file manager will not be possible, or the reboot option may be absent or inoperative, among other problems.

When shutting down or rebooting, the shutdown messages appear on the vt where X was running. If you wish to see those messages, simultaneously press keys Alt-F7 (assuming that X was running on vt7).

Contents

Installed Programs: There are too many plasma programs (50 in /opt/kf5/bin) to list separately here.
Installed Libraries: There are too many plasma libraries (39 in /opt/kf5/lib) to list separately here.
Installed Directories: There are too many plasma directories (over 1000 in /opt/kf5) to list separately here.

Last updated on 2015-09-24 16:44:04 -0500