Last time I did it, I was writing "startkde" in the file .xinitrc (a lot of years ago).
For your help, thanks in advance.
Last time I did it, I was writing "startkde" in the file .xinitrc (a lot of years ago).
For your help, thanks in advance.
How exactly did you install it?
How did I installed it?
well...
cd /usr/pkgsrc/meta-pkgs/kf5
make package-install
It was a clean compilation (about 26 hours)... no errors.
Thanks a lot.
Maybe take a look a this?
FreeBSD Handbook: 5.7. Desktop Environments
5.7.2. KDE
KDE is another easy-to-use desktop environment. This desktop provides a suite of applications with a consistent look and feel, a standardized menu and toolbars, keybindings, color-schemes, internationalization, and a centralized, dialog-driven desktop configuration. More information on KDE can be found at http://www.kde.org/. For FreeBSD-specific information, consult http://freebsd.kde.org.
To install the KDE package, type:
# pkg install x11/kde5
To instead build the KDE port, use the following command. Installing the port will provide a menu for selecting which components to install. KDE is a large application and will take some time to compile, even on a fast computer.
# cd /usr/ports/x11/kde5
# make install clean
KDE requires /proc to be mounted. Add this line to /etc/fstab to mount this file system automatically during system startup:
proc /proc procfs rw 0 0
KDE uses D-Bus and HAL for a message bus and hardware abstraction. These applications are automatically installed as dependencies of KDE. Enable them in /etc/rc.conf so they will be started when the system boots:
dbus_enable="YES"
hald_enable="YES"
Since KDE Plasma 5, the KDE Display Manager, KDM is no longer developed. A possible replacement is SDDM. To install it, type:
# pkg install x11/sddm
Add this line to /etc/rc.conf:
sddm_enable="YES"
A second method for launching KDE Plasma is to type startx from the command line. For this to work, the following line is needed in ~/.xinitrc:
exec ck-launch-session startplasma-x11
A third method for starting KDE Plasma is through XDM. To do so, create an executable ~/.xsession as follows:
% echo "exec ck-launch-session startplasma-x11" > ~/.xsession
Once KDE Plasma is started, refer to its built-in help system for more information on how to use its various menus and applications.
Thanks a lot, Neo...
The command needed in .xinitrc
is
exec ck-launch-session startplasma-x11
Thanks again
** Espinatel **
Welcome Espinatel... glad it worked out!