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# KDE on DragonFlyBSD 

KDE is available on DragonFlyBSD in its up-to-date incarnation. You can install it via pkgsrc as binary package or compile it on your machine from source.


## Necessary pkgsrc-packages 

This are the pkgsrc-packages for KDE:

* x11/kde-i18n-** - KDE desktop translations (replace ** with your language, e. g. fr for french etc)

* misc/kdeaccessibility3 - Accessibility support for the KDE integrated X11 desktop

* misc/kdeartwork3 - Artwork for the KDE integrated X11 desktop

* x11/kdebase3 - Base modules for the KDE 3 integrated X11 desktop

* games/kdegames3 - Games for the KDE integrated X11 desktop

* graphics/kdegraphics3 - Graphics programs for the KDE integrated X11 desktop

* x11/kdelibs3 - Support libraries for the KDE integrated X11 desktop

* multimedia/kdemultimedia3 - Multimedia tools for the KDE integrated X11 desktop

* net/kdenetwork3 - Network modules for the KDE integrated X11 desktop

* misc/kdepim3 - Personal Information Management tools for the KDE desktop

* misc/kdeutils - Utilities for the KDE integrated X11 desktop

There's a meta-package for this kde packages available: meta-pkgs/kde3


## Installing binaries or build from sourcecode? 

Installing binary packages is way faster, but some features of KDE aren't enabled in the binary packages (e. g. CUPS-support), so you may want to compile from source, if you need this features.


### Prerequisite libraries 

In case you decide to compile it from source, you should install some packages before:

* libogg

* libvorbis

* liba52

* faad2

* jpeg

* ffmpeg

Check out also http://www.kde.org/info/requirements/3.5.php for additional packages!

 **Beware:**  building from source will need a lot of time!

There are also some KDE apps available, like Amarok, KMplayer and Konversation, but not all of them build or are available as binary package by now.


## Problems 

Here are some issues, I've found:

* When you start kdm for the first time, it isn't able to build a session. Solution: create a file ".xinitrc" in your home directory with this line: "startkde". Then do a "startx" and log out of KDE. Now you can use kdm regulary.

* When you install kdemultimedia, KDE loses it's ability to play ogg-coded sound notifications. Without kdemultimedia installed, it can. Wav-coded sound files work, though.

* I haven't found a battery monitor that fits well in KDE's tray. I use gkrellm now. Maybe kbatterymonitor (in KDE's trunk) will be available some day for DragonFly.

* DragonFly has no desktop-priority for the GUI. For example, doing a "cvs up" for your pkgsrc tree slows much down the responsiveness of KDE.

* Ksysguard doesn't compile in CURRENT (1.9), you need [this patch](http://article.gmane.org/gmane.os.netbsd.devel.pkgsrc.user/3836).

* Ksysguard doesn't work on any DragonFlyBSD out of box. You need to make ksysguardd binary sgid kmem.
    
    chown root:kmem /usr/pkg/bin/ksysguardd
    chmod 2755 /usr/pkg/bin/ksysguardd


## Tips & tricks 


* If you want a shutdown with poweroff from the KDE, you must add this line in the file /usr/pkg/share/kde/config/kdm/kdmrc in the section "Shutdown": 
    
    [Shutdown]
    HaltCmd=/sbin/shutdown -p now



* If you want to use the CUPS printing system in KDE, add this line to your /usr/pkg/etc/mk.conf file and compile it from source:
    
    PKG_OPTIONS.kdelibs=cups