[SOLVED] KDE KF5-plasma available for testing-Mga5 Alpha 2?

[macxi]

Hi,

Is KDE Frameworks 5 available for testing on Mageia 2 Alpha 5?

Blog and wiki mentions KF5:

Blog Mageia - No vacation for the brave: Mageia 5 alpha 2 is out!:
"There has also been some important work done towards packaging KDE frameworks 5 (technological foundation for KDE Plasma 5 and KDE Applications 5) and LxQt for Mageia 5"

Mageia wiki: More information about alpha 2
KDE
KDE 4.13.95 is now available in alpha 2.
Qt 4.8.6 KDE5 is on coming slowly too, you can check it with kf5* packages

What does that mean?
If I install the packages kf5* I'll be able to test KDE Frameworks 5 or only Qt 4.8.6 KDE5?

I thought the KDE graphical environment would change after installation of kf5* packages.
I installed several kf5* packages on Mga5-A2 and I have not seen change on the graphic environment KDE.

What I have to do to test the new graphical environment of KDE (Plasma 2)?



I think it is important to elucidate this doubt, to better publicize the release of Mageia 5 Alpha 2.

[list]Note: Doctor 5000, I had not read the errata with the explanations you wrote.

[doktor5000]

Check the Errata: https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Mageia_5_Errata#KDE and the linked bug report there.
Just installed m5a2 to test fresh install and added KF5 and plasma next:

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urpmi plasma-desktop plasma-workspace kinit qttools5 qttools5-qtdbus dbus-x11 solid kded plasma5-libkscreen libkf5kscreen5 kconfig kio kservice plasma-applet-milou milou kf5-krunner kf5-kfilemetadata kwin plasma-workspace-wallpapers xinit xauth xmessage socat

The following is currently required as oxygen package for KF5 doesn't exist currently.

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urpmi plasma-workspace --allow-force --allow-nodeps
urpmi plasma-workspace --allow-force --allow-nodeps

[doktor5000]

Please check Errata again, I've just updated the list of packages after testing on fresh mga5a2 install.

[macxi]

Ok
I did some testing with Mageia 5 alpha 1 (64bits) updated to Alpha 2 on virtualbox, but still not worked.
tks

[doktor5000]

Yep, didn't work for me in virtualbox too. Hence I did an installation on usb stick, and there it's working fine.

[macxi]

Yep, didn't work for me in virtualbox too. Hence I did an installation on usb stick, and there it's working fine.

That's good news.
I'll try again following the suggestion of Nicolas Lecureil (Mageia KDE team), removing kdebase4-workspace and then install the packages you suggested above. This is the correct way?

[doktor5000]

If you don't have KDE4 installed, then just try with the list of packages mentioned in errata. The meta package will be added later once all the requirements for a basic plasma 5 installation are OK.

[macxi]

If you don't have KDE4 installed, then just try with the list of packages mentioned in errata. The meta package will be added later once all the requirements for a basic plasma 5 installation are OK.

I have installed on virtualbox Mageia 5 Alpha 1 KDE, 64bit, updated to Alpha 2.
Should I remove the kdebase4-workspace, and then install the other packages?
These packages are suitable for 64bit too?

[doktor5000]

Should I remove the kdebase4-workspace, and then install the other packages?
These packages are suitable for 64bit too?

Yes, yes and yes.

[macxi]

Should I remove the kdebase4-workspace, and then install the other packages?
These packages are suitable for 64bit too?

Yes, yes and yes.

Tks

I followed your suggestion and installed the KDE Frameworks 5 (plasma-desktop - plasma-workspace).
I chose to download the installation media and not install KDE and then install the packages listed in the Errata Mageia 5.

I downloaded the Mageia 5 Alpha 2 DVD Classic, 64bit media. I installed xfce4 and LXDE on the virtualbox. I accessed the LXDE and installed the media, I accessed a terminal as root and pasted the list of packages for installation are listed in the Errata do Mageia 5, (copied accessing through Firefox). Once rebooted and I could go to the menu and access the KDE Frameworks 5 / Plasma2:

[doktor5000]

Is that in virtualbox or on real hardware?

[macxi]

Is that in virtualbox or on real hardware?

In virtualbox

[doktor5000]

What graphics card and driver does your physical box use?

[macxi]

What graphics card and driver does your physical box use?

graphics card: Nvidia GeForce 8100 to GeForce 360

[doktor5000]

Interesting, same here - couldn't get plasma 5 to work in virtualbox after installation from dualarch DVD.
Maybe I'll try again with full dvd. Thanks for the information.