====== KDE ======
pacman -S plasma xorg
systemctl enable --now sddm
That's actually it.
Check out all the [[https://archlinux.org/groups/x86_64/kde-applications/|KDE software]] and suggested packages below and install whatever you like.
Using xorg (enable SDDM) as root can be a security risk! You can use xinit instead.
===== xinit =====
The //disadvantage// of this method is that you have to log in via terminal.
So install ''plasma'' and ''xorg'' as described above and skip ''enable sddm'' and do the following instead:
pacman -S xorg-xinit
cp /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc ~/.xinitrc
nano ~/.xinitrc
Comment out:
# twm &
# xclock -geometry 50x50-1+1 &
# xterm -geometry 80x50+494+51 &
# xterm -geometry 80x20+494-0 &
# exec xterm -geometry 80x66+0+0 -name login
echo "export DESKTOP_SESSION=plasma
exec startplasma-x11" >> ~/.xinitrc
echo "if [ -z "${DISPLAY}" ] && [ "${XDG_VTNR}" -eq 1 ]; then
exec startx
fi" >> ~/.bash_profile
====== Suggested software ======
Just add the packages to the above ''pacman'' command.
===== System =====
networkmanager-openvpn wireguard-tools keepassxc arch-audit konsole keditbookmarks gparted htop dolphin spectacle wget lm_sensors ark kleopatra kate kompare rsync
===== Audio =====
pulseaudio pulseaudio-alsa
===== Multimedia/Graphics =====
vlc openshot gimp inkscape
===== Office =====
thunderbird thunderbird-i18n-en-us wqy-zenhei ttf-liberation libreoffice-fresh cups cups-pdf xsane system-config-printer kdeconnect firefox okular gwenview
If you install ''cups'' you also need to enable the service:
systemctl enable --now cups.service
===== Others =====
bash-completion cronie
Add for ''bash-complition'' the following to your ''.bashrc'':
echo "if [ -f /etc/bash_completion ]; then
. /etc/bash_completion
fi" >> ~/.bashrc
Enable service for ''cronie'':
systemctl enable --now cronie.service
Check also [[/en/desktop/services/crontab|crontab]].