Install kde/plasma desktop in qubes 3.2rc2

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Adrian Rocha

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Jul 31, 2016, 6:38:32 PM7/31/16
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Hello all,

I installed 3.2rc2 from scratch and I can't choose the kde/plasma desktop not even as an optional software.
How can I install this desktop in this new release?

Best Regards

Ben Wika

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Jul 31, 2016, 6:59:16 PM7/31/16
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Andrew David Wong

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Jul 31, 2016, 7:40:28 PM7/31/16
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On 2016-07-31 15:38, Adrian Rocha wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I installed 3.2rc2 from scratch and I can't choose the kde/plasma desktop
> not even as an optional software.

This was announced with the release of R3.2-rc2:

"Beginning with this release, we’ve officially switched from KDE to Xfce4,
which is now the new default desktop environment in dom0."

https://www.qubes-os.org/news/2016/07/28/qubes-OS-3-2-rc2-has-been-released/

> How can I install this desktop in this new release?
>

Even though KDE was removed from the ISO, you should still be able to install
it from the repos. We don't have documentation for this yet, but if the
command matches Xfce, it should be:

$ sudo qubes-dom0-update @kde-desktop-qubes

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Andrew David Wong (Axon)
Community Manager, Qubes OS
https://www.qubes-os.org
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Marek Marczykowski-Górecki

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Jul 31, 2016, 7:53:01 PM7/31/16
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On Sun, Jul 31, 2016 at 04:40:16PM -0700, Andrew David Wong wrote:
> On 2016-07-31 15:38, Adrian Rocha wrote:
> > Hello all,
> >
> > I installed 3.2rc2 from scratch and I can't choose the kde/plasma desktop
> > not even as an optional software.
>
> This was announced with the release of R3.2-rc2:
>
> "Beginning with this release, we’ve officially switched from KDE to Xfce4,
> which is now the new default desktop environment in dom0."
>
> https://www.qubes-os.org/news/2016/07/28/qubes-OS-3-2-rc2-has-been-released/
>
> > How can I install this desktop in this new release?
> >
>
> Even though KDE was removed from the ISO, you should still be able to install
> it from the repos. We don't have documentation for this yet, but if the
> command matches Xfce, it should be:
>
> $ sudo qubes-dom0-update @kde-desktop-qubes

Yes, exactly.

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Marek Marczykowski-Górecki
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Adrian Rocha

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Jul 31, 2016, 8:53:56 PM7/31/16
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El domingo, 31 de julio de 2016, 17:53:01 (UTC-6), Marek Marczykowski-Górecki escribió:
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> On Sun, Jul 31, 2016 at 04:40:16PM -0700, Andrew David Wong wrote:
> > On 2016-07-31 15:38, Adrian Rocha wrote:
> > > Hello all,
> > >
> > > I installed 3.2rc2 from scratch and I can't choose the kde/plasma desktop
> > > not even as an optional software.
> >
> > This was announced with the release of R3.2-rc2:
> >
> > "Beginning with this release, we’ve officially switched from KDE to Xfce4,
> > which is now the new default desktop environment in dom0."

I remember this announcement, but, why don't maintain it in the ISO as alternative?

> >
> > https://www.qubes-os.org/news/2016/07/28/qubes-OS-3-2-rc2-has-been-released/
> >
> > > How can I install this desktop in this new release?
> > >
> >
> > Even though KDE was removed from the ISO, you should still be able to install
> > it from the repos. We don't have documentation for this yet, but if the
> > command matches Xfce, it should be:
> >
> > $ sudo qubes-dom0-update @kde-desktop-qubes

Perfect, I'm installing.

Many thanks

Andrew David Wong

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Aug 1, 2016, 6:08:35 AM8/1/16
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On 2016-07-31 17:53, Adrian Rocha wrote:
> El domingo, 31 de julio de 2016, 17:53:01 (UTC-6), Marek
> Marczykowski-Górecki escribió: On Sun, Jul 31, 2016 at 04:40:16PM -0700,
> Andrew David Wong wrote:
>>>> On 2016-07-31 15:38, Adrian Rocha wrote:
>>>>> Hello all,
>>>>>
>>>>> I installed 3.2rc2 from scratch and I can't choose the kde/plasma
>>>>> desktop not even as an optional software.
>>>>
>>>> This was announced with the release of R3.2-rc2:
>>>>
>>>> "Beginning with this release, we’ve officially switched from KDE to
>>>> Xfce4, which is now the new default desktop environment in dom0."
>
>> I remember this announcement, but, why don't maintain it in the ISO as
>> alternative?
>

Joanna explains the reasons for that here:

https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-issues/issues/2119

>>>>
>>>> https://www.qubes-os.org/news/2016/07/28/
>>>> qubes-OS-3-2-rc2-has-been-released/
>>>>>
>>>> How can I install this desktop in this new release?
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Even though KDE was removed from the ISO, you should still be able
>>>> to install it from the repos. We don't have documentation for this
>>>> yet, but if the command matches Xfce, it should be:
>>>>
>>>> $ sudo qubes-dom0-update @kde-desktop-qubes
>
>> Perfect, I'm installing.
>
>> Many thanks
>
>
> Yes, exactly.
>
>

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Andrew David Wong (Axon)
Community Manager, Qubes OS
https://www.qubes-os.org
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Adrian Rocha

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Aug 1, 2016, 11:47:32 AM8/1/16
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El lunes, 1 de agosto de 2016, 4:08:35 (UTC-6), Andrew David Wong escribió:
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> On 2016-07-31 17:53, Adrian Rocha wrote:
> > El domingo, 31 de julio de 2016, 17:53:01 (UTC-6), Marek
> > Marczykowski-Górecki escribió: On Sun, Jul 31, 2016 at 04:40:16PM -0700,
> > Andrew David Wong wrote:
> >>>> On 2016-07-31 15:38, Adrian Rocha wrote:
> >>>>> Hello all,
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I installed 3.2rc2 from scratch and I can't choose the kde/plasma
> >>>>> desktop not even as an optional software.
> >>>>
> >>>> This was announced with the release of R3.2-rc2:
> >>>>
> >>>> "Beginning with this release, we’ve officially switched from KDE to
> >>>> Xfce4, which is now the new default desktop environment in dom0."
> >
> >> I remember this announcement, but, why don't maintain it in the ISO as
> >> alternative?
> >
>
> Joanna explains the reasons for that here:
>
> https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-issues/issues/2119

It's a pitty. I'm not agree, It's just my point of view becouse Xfce lacks many of the funcionality of KDE, and I don't consider these bugs as critical in KDE/Plasma 5. But it's just my opinion.

About the instalation from the repo, it was fine, I just have had to change the window theme as Marek described here:

https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/qubes-users/Y_v1wcl05iM/choRg3TfCgAJ

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