Plasma 6 for slackwareaarch64
by jloco from LinuxQuestions.org on (#6N4EP)
Hello everyone,
For those whom don't read the main slackware forum of which this is a sub-forum of, I'm posting here for visibility on the availability of the Plasma 6 desktop for Slackware-ARM systems running the current aarch64 pre-release.
The desktop is created based upon AlienBob's 'ktown' idea and work-flow and is spearheaded by LQ user LuckyCyborg. I've taken what he's offered and built the desktop for our loving ARM battlestations. I generally make the packages available in his thread as that's where I feel the contribution belongs, alas, user marav suggested I post here as well.
This package set is a direct replacement for what Slackware offers in the form of Plasma 5, but with the latest and greatest KDE has to offer. Along with the instructions in that thread, I'll note it would be wise to install with a "upgradepkg --install-new --reinstall */*.txz" in the basedir of the extracted tarball. To ensure one overwrites the official KDE5 packages and deps. It also includes MPV as an optional available backend to phonon (along with the gstreamer backend) and a few extra apps LuckyCyborg does not offer as a result. Namely, neochat and tokodon are extra modules included herein.
Any questions I'd be glad to offer assistence but I welcome everyone to try Plasma 6 out, and let me know how it goes for you. But most of all, have fun!
A mirror is available on mega.nz, if my site is slow, and also ensure you get the update also issued today for the latest changes due to slackwareaarch64 updates posted today as well.
For those whom don't read the main slackware forum of which this is a sub-forum of, I'm posting here for visibility on the availability of the Plasma 6 desktop for Slackware-ARM systems running the current aarch64 pre-release.
The desktop is created based upon AlienBob's 'ktown' idea and work-flow and is spearheaded by LQ user LuckyCyborg. I've taken what he's offered and built the desktop for our loving ARM battlestations. I generally make the packages available in his thread as that's where I feel the contribution belongs, alas, user marav suggested I post here as well.
This package set is a direct replacement for what Slackware offers in the form of Plasma 5, but with the latest and greatest KDE has to offer. Along with the instructions in that thread, I'll note it would be wise to install with a "upgradepkg --install-new --reinstall */*.txz" in the basedir of the extracted tarball. To ensure one overwrites the official KDE5 packages and deps. It also includes MPV as an optional available backend to phonon (along with the gstreamer backend) and a few extra apps LuckyCyborg does not offer as a result. Namely, neochat and tokodon are extra modules included herein.
Any questions I'd be glad to offer assistence but I welcome everyone to try Plasma 6 out, and let me know how it goes for you. But most of all, have fun!
A mirror is available on mega.nz, if my site is slow, and also ensure you get the update also issued today for the latest changes due to slackwareaarch64 updates posted today as well.