KDE/es

KDE es una comunidad de software libre, que produce una amplia gama de aplicaciones, incluyendo el conocido entorno de escritorio Plasma.

Gentoo support for KDE is excellent, with comprehensive packaging of the legacy Plasma 4, next generation KDE Frameworks 5, Plasma 5, and Applications 5, as well as a wide array of other miscellaneous KDE-based software.

Perfil
La elección de un perfil adecuado es recomendable aunque no obligatorio ya que establece una serie de parámetros USE, tanto globales como para programas específicos, que facilitan la instalación y garantizan una experiencia de KDE sin problemas.

Con el fin de elegir el perfil más adecuado, primero liste los que están disponibles:

A continuación, seleccione el perfil adecuado, sustituyendo  con el número del perfil correspondiente:

For Plasma 5 desktop environment choose  with OpenRC or   with systemd. For legacy Plasma 4 desktop environment it is recommended to use the  profile, which is tailored for use with OpenRC. If systemd is used, choose  instead.

Servicios
Before installing KDE related software it is recommended that several other services are set up first. Part of that is done automatically if a desktop/plasma or desktop profile is used. These services are:
 * D-Bus: Enables use of the D-Bus message bus system.
 * polkit: Enables the polkit framework for controlling privileges for system-wide services.
 * udev: Enables support for udev Linux dynamic and persistent device naming.
 * udisks: Enables support for some storage related services.

Follow the links for information how to set up these services. Note that other USE flag combinations than set in this profile may technically be possible (especially if selected applications are run instead of a full KDE Plasma desktop environment), but may be unsupported, untested, or lead to unexpected loss of functionality.

Servidor X
Lea y siga las instrucciones del artículo X server para configurar el entorno X.

Frameworks
KDE Frameworks 5 es una colección de bibliotecas y de software frameworks que proporcionan la base para KDE Plasma 5 y las aplicaciones de KDE 5, pero puede ser aprovechado por cualquier aplicación Qt.

Como los frameworks son, en su mayoría, bibliotecas y proporcionan poca funcionalidad de usuario, ello hace que no sea necesaria su instalación de forma manual —los paquetes requeridos serán obtenidos automáticamente, así como sus dependencias—.

Plasma
Plasma 5 es la próxima generación del entorno de escritorio de KDE, basado en Qt 5 y KDE Frameworks 5. La actualización es bastante simple, aunque no puede ser coinstalado con Plasma 4, debido a decisiones de diseño de los desarrolladores.

Note that while Plasma 5 is perfectly usable, it is still in development and missing some features present in KDE 4.

Upgrade from Plasma 4
Information on how to upgrade from Plasma 4, migration and troubleshooting can be found on the upgrade page.

Installation
The package provides the full Plasma 5 suite, configured by the following USE flags:

Alternatively, provides the basic desktop, leaving users free to install only the extra packages they require:

Widgets
Muchos widgets útiles están en el paquete :

Display manager
SDDM (Simple Desktop Display Manager) is the recommended login manager and is pulled in automatically via by default. This is the preferred option. Alternatively, LightDM can be used and pulled in by setting USE flag  for. Change the setting accordingly in. Also, be sure to read through the SDDM page if further issues appear.

Applications
Releases consist of various applications and supporting libraries based on Qt 5/KDE Frameworks 5 as well as Qt 4/KDElibs 4, with the latter still being in long term support mode. In Portage, the distinction is made using slots  and. Porting is an ongoing process where each major release is making inroads to Frameworks 5, and therefore contains both well matured and newly ported applications. Note that it also means potential dependency conflicts even within one major release, when two packages depend on slot 4 and 5 of the same library that can not be installed at the same time. The meta packages are taking these conflicts into account and will in some cases prefer the more reliable version over a new port.

Versiones disponibles
The package provides the full Applications bundle:

It will install the following smaller meta packages, which of course can also be hand-picked:

Cambiar el idioma
To localize KDE Applications, enable the  USE flag to automatically pull in the necessary packages, either globally in  or just for the relevant meta packages:

If only a select few languages are desired, define the L10N variable in. E.g. to use the German language, set:

To manually install these localization packages, use the following (complete) list or pick as desired:

La aplicación tiene su propio paquete de localización también:.

Available versions
In Portage, two variants of KDE PIM, the KDE personal information management suite (including, , and ) are currently available, still based on Qt 4/KDElibs 4. The current, up-to-date version including an Akonadi-based kmail (also known as kmail2) is installed by default. By locally placing a mask file into, the "noakonadi fork" is used including a non-Akonadi kmail (also known as kmail1).

In addition, the KDE overlay provides the latest upstream release for testing which is based on Qt 5/KF 5. It remains masked until it is deemed suitable for wider use, but testing is appreciated. Adding an unmask file to is necessary to get it.

Update to KDE PIM 16.08 and later
Most, but not all of the codebase has been ported from to  which is based on Chromium's Blink. By default, this package sets and uses the  USE flag, which comes down to a  package dependency, so users preferring  for the rest of their system will need to switch off that USE flag.

Unfortunately, not all of the KDE Applications are compatible yet, with some packages still depending on Qt 4/KDElibs 4 based parts that can not be installed with modern KDE PIM at the same time. That includes, , and possibly other packages outside of the kde-apps category. By default, these packages are no longer installed by.

The following commands will deselect any packages from world that would still depend on these conflicting packages:

With all that prepared, KDE PIM is ready to be installed:

kdesu5
The utility that is used to run GUI programs as is provided by. If built with USE flag, a graphical frontend to  is installed, which can be used by invoking.

As always, ensure that the command actually needs to run as, versus adding the regular user to the relevant groups or simply just running the command unprivileged.

Plasma 4
Plasma 4 is the previous major workspace version by KDE. Although it is no longer maintained upstream, it is considered stable and might still be a viable alternative for some.

Versiones disponibles
This will pull in additional  and   packages.

Widgets
Many useful widgets are in the package:

Gestor de pantallas
KDM (KDE Display Manager) is the long-serving login manager for Plasma 4 although any other login manager can be used.

OpenRC
Para establecer KDM como gestor de inicio de sesión predeterminado:

Para iniciar KDM en el arranque, añada xdm al nivel de ejecución default:

Para iniciar KDM inmediatemente:

systemd
Enable KDM at boot time through :

Para iniciar el servicio inmediatemente:

Más software para KDE
Las aplicaciones para KDE más importantes están en el árbol portage y muchas se encuentran en las categorías kde-apps y kde-misc.

Véase también

 * KDE hints - Hints on working in a KDE desktop environment.
 * KDE troubleshooting - An extended article on troubleshooting KDE.
 * KDE/KDEPIM-4.7 upgrade
 * KDE overlay - Instructions on adding Gentoo's KDE overlay.
 * KDE removal and clean up - Instructions on removing and cleaning up KDE.

Recursos externos

 * Official KDE user wiki
 * Official KDE forum
 * KDE-Apps.org
 * KDE-Look.org
 * KDE-Files.org