KDE

KDE is a powerful graphical desktop environment for Unix workstations.

In Gentoo there are 3 packages that will emerge a KDE environment,, the full KDE suite, , a bare KDE environment(no KDE applications) and , A very minimal KDE environment(no KDE applications or artwork). Its usually a good idea to start with and emerge whatever else you need as you go.

Installation
Before you start the emerge make sure you have the USE flags consolekit, policykit, dbus and udev enabled globally, if you are using a desktop/kde or plain desktop profile they are enabled by said profile.

KDE pulls in some packages that are quite heavy,, , to name but a few, so the emerge will probably take awhile.

There are other meta packages that can be installed to pull in parts of the KDE suite:
 * Accessibility applications and utilities.
 * Accessibility applications and utilities.


 * Administrative utilities, pulls in tools such as, , etc. which helps you manage your system.
 * Administrative utilities, pulls in tools such as, , etc. which helps you manage your system.


 * Extra themes, screensavers, etc.
 * Extra themes, screensavers, etc.


 * Bindings for various languages.
 * Bindings for various languages.


 * Educational applications and "games".
 * Educational applications and "games".


 * Standard array of desktop games.
 * Standard array of desktop games.


 * Graphics applications such as image viewers, color pickers, etc.
 * Graphics applications such as image viewers, color pickers, etc.


 * Audio and video playback applications and services.
 * Audio and video playback applications and services.


 * Network applications such as and VNC services.
 * Network applications such as and VNC services.


 * The KDE PIM suite.
 * The KDE PIM suite.


 * Various development tools.
 * Various development tools.


 * Toy like applications, think and alike.
 * Toy like applications, think and alike.


 * Stanadard desktop utilies such as a archiver, a caluculator and more.
 * Stanadard desktop utilies such as a archiver, a caluculator and more.


 * Web development tools.
 * Web development tools.