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- How to Install (Update, Remove) plasma-desktop on Arch Linux (Manjaro, Artix)
- Table of Contents
- plasma-desktop (Extra) link
- Installation link
- Updating link
- Removal link
- plasma-desktop (Testing) link
- Installation link
- Updating link
- Removal link
- plasma-desktop (KDE Unstable) link
- Installation link
- Updating link
- Removal link
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- #2 2019-02-23 21:09:39
- Re: fully uninstall kde
- #3 2019-02-23 21:10:08
- Re: fully uninstall kde
- #4 2019-02-23 21:18:03
- Re: fully uninstall kde
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How to Install (Update, Remove) plasma-desktop on Arch Linux (Manjaro, Artix)
3 packages from Extra, Testing and KDE Unstable have the same name ( plasma-desktop ). We would recommend going with either the packages from the official repositories or an AUR package that is actively developing.
Table of Contents
plasma-desktop (Extra) link
Quoting from extra/plasma-desktop ‘s outline, it’s «KDE Plasma Desktop». To install or remove this package ( extra/plasma-desktop ) from Arch official repository (Extra) on Arch Linux, Manjaro, EndeavourOS, Artix, RebornOS, ArcoLinux and Garuda is relatively straightforward. This tutorial will show you step-by-step how to install/update/uninstall the package with either the default package manager pacman or an AUR helper like yay .
Installation link
Two common fashions are used to install extra/plasma-desktop from Arch official repository (Extra). pacman is the choice for you if you are comfortable using command-line interface and know the concept of how packages are built. Otherwise, yay is a convenient alternative to install packages without the need to review PKGBUILD and build packages with makepkg afterwards.
Install with pacman (Package Manager) link
sudo pacman -S extra/plasma-desktop
Install with yay (Simpler) link
yay -S --repo extra/plasma-desktop
Updating link
Since Arch is a rolling-release Linux distribution, it is required to do a whole system upgrade before updating an official package due to dependency issues.
Update with pacman (Package Manager) link
sudo pacman -Syu
Update with yay (Simpler) link
Removal link
Uninstalling packages is the simplest of these three,just choose whether to keep the unused dependencies and the configuration files generated by the package.
Remove with pacman (Package Manager) link
sudo pacman -R plasma-desktop
sudo pacman -Rs plasma-desktop
sudo pacman -Rns plasma-desktop
Remove with yay (Simpler) link
yay -R plasma-desktop
yay -Rs plasma-desktop
yay -Rns plasma-desktop
plasma-desktop (Testing) link
It might not be a good practice to install an unstable package ( testing/plasma-desktop ) unless you know what you are doing.
Referring to testing/plasma-desktop ‘s profile, it is «KDE Plasma Desktop». To install and update testing/plasma-desktop from Arch official testing repository (Testing) on Arch Linux, Manjaro, EndeavourOS, Anarchy, BlackArch and Artix is relatively straightforward. This tutorial will show you step-by-step how to install/update/uninstall the package with either the default package manager pacman or an AUR helper (e.g. yay ).
Installation link
There is a precondition to install Testing packages, first you’ll need to uncomment [testing] section of /etc/pacman.conf , then use sudo pacman -Syu to refresh the packages list and upgrade your system.
There are usually two approaches to install the unstable version of testing/plasma-desktop from Arch official repository (Testing). pacman is the way to go if you’re a seasoned Linux user and understand the concept of how packages are built. If not, yay is a popular alternative to install packages without the hassle of reviewing PKGBUILD and build packages with makepkg by yourself.
Install with pacman (Package Manager) link
sudo pacman -S testing/plasma-desktop
Install with yay (Simpler) link
yay -S --repo testing/plasma-desktop
Updating link
Since Arch is a rolling-release Linux distribution, it is required to do a whole system upgrade before updating an official package due to safety reason.
Update with pacman (Package Manager) link
sudo pacman -Syu
Update with yay (Simpler) link
Removal link
Uninstalling packages is the easiest of these three,all you have to do is choose whether to remove the unused dependencies and the configuration files generated by the package.
Remove with pacman (Package Manager) link
sudo pacman -R plasma-desktop
sudo pacman -Rs plasma-desktop
sudo pacman -Rns plasma-desktop
Remove with yay (Simpler) link
yay -R plasma-desktop
yay -Rs plasma-desktop
yay -Rns plasma-desktop
plasma-desktop (KDE Unstable) link
Unless you know what you are doing, installing a testing package ( kde-unstable/plasma-desktop ) might be unwise.
«KDE Plasma Desktop» is their definition of kde-unstable/plasma-desktop . To install and update this package ( kde-unstable/plasma-desktop ) from Arch official testing repository (KDE Unstable) on Arch Linux and Arch-based Linux distributions (e.g. Manjaro, EndeavourOS, Artix) is fairly simple. This guide will be covering how to install, update and remove the package with either the default package manager pacman or an AUR helper like yay .
Installation link
To allow Arch Linux to install packages from KDE Unstable, first you’ll need to uncomment [kde-unstable] section of /etc/pacman.conf , then use sudo pacman -Syu to fetch the packages list and upgrade your system.
There are two well known fashions to install the developing version of kde-unstable/plasma-desktop from Arch official repository (KDE Unstable). pacman is what you’re looking for if you’re an expert of Arch Linux and know the concept of how packages are built. If not, yay is a common alternative to install packages without the hassle of reviewing PKGBUILD and build packages with makepkg afterwards.
Install with pacman (Package Manager) link
sudo pacman -S kde-unstable/plasma-desktop
Install with yay (Simpler) link
yay -S --repo kde-unstable/plasma-desktop
Updating link
Since Arch is a rolling-release Linux distribution, It is strongly recommended against updating an official package without doing a whole system upgrade due to dependency issues.
Update with pacman (Package Manager) link
sudo pacman -Syu
Update with yay (Simpler) link
To avoid ambiguity, only update kde-unstable/plasma-desktop from the selected repository (KDE Unstable).
Removal link
Compared to installing and updating packages, uninstalling is the simplest of these three,just choose whether to keep the unused dependencies and the configuration files generated by the package.
Remove with pacman (Package Manager) link
sudo pacman -R plasma-desktop
sudo pacman -Rs plasma-desktop
sudo pacman -Rns plasma-desktop
Remove with yay (Simpler) link
yay ‘s uninstalling command is just a pacman wrapper, calling with the same parameters will do the trick:
yay -R plasma-desktop
yay -Rs plasma-desktop
yay -Rns plasma-desktop
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By the way I would like to keep the system clean, and now fully uninstall kde and gnome3 and all packages installed by them.
Is there a clean way to do this with pacman? Otherwise I think I have to uninstall main packages in reverse order of the installation. maybe starting from the related archwiki page
#2 2019-02-23 21:09:39
Re: fully uninstall kde
There is no global way, and thats because there also packages and stuff used by multiple Desktops, and also you may use applications from other DE… But you have the package groups:
sudo pacman -Rns plasma-meta kde-applications-meta
will do the job mostly >> it is better to do this in the terminal not inside pamac-gui!
what means the -Rns ??
R = remove
n = pacman saves important configuration files when removing certain applications and names them with the extension: .pacsave. To prevent the creation of these backup files use the -n option
s = To remove a package and its dependencies which are not required by any other installed package.
#3 2019-02-23 21:10:08
Re: fully uninstall kde
Just uninstall whatever it is you installed — and as you should always do when uninstalling, include the -s flag and -n flag.
«UNIX is simple and coherent. » — Dennis Ritchie, «GNU’s Not UNIX» — Richard Stallman
#4 2019-02-23 21:18:03
Re: fully uninstall kde
There is no global way, and thats because there also packages and stuff used by multiple Desktops, and also you may use applications from other DE… But you have the package groups:
sudo pacman -Rns plasma-meta kde-applications-meta
will do the job mostly >> it is better to do this in the terminal not inside pamac-gui!
what means the -Rns ??
R = remove
n = pacman saves important configuration files when removing certain applications and names them with the extension: .pacsave. To prevent the creation of these backup files use the -n option
s = To remove a package and its dependencies which are not required by any other installed package.
thanks Ailen, for the link and I agree with you: Google has always been my friend
Just for you to know, I would not have started a new thread without checking first with my «friend».
I had already tried that solution. unsuccessfully
# pacman -Rns plasma-meta kde-applications-meta error: target not found: plasma-meta error: target not found: kde-applications-meta
thanks
I was looking for some instruction like that you linked