zer0coolx/fedora-kde-minimal-install-guide

Guide to install KDE Plasma desktop environment on a minimal Fedora installation

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Will this still work on Fedora 35?

Remove Qt4 dependencies

kdelibs, kde-runtime, kde-platform-plugin, and phonon-backend-gstreamer are definitively Qt4-based. Plasma 5 runs fine without Qt4.

Installing minimal KDE on existing Fedora 32

I have already installed Fedora 32 with Gnome, I want to just try out the Desktop Environment without any of its applications like Okular or even essential ones like Kate or Konsole. I just want to get the feel of the DE, not of the apps. What packages should I follow or what modifications to the install script will do?

[BUG](Fedora 32) system-config-keyboard does not exist

system-config-keyboard doesn't seem to exist on Fedora 32 and causes the bash script to exit.
Has the package been renamed or dropped completely?

Disable animations etc.

There has to be a way to configure the various switches, kwin effects etc. to remove animations, blur and transparency for very low power systems.

Choosing KDE desktop environment in the Everything iso is pretty minimal

I just installed Fedora using the Everything install image and I chose the KDE desktop environment on the list of software when installing and the environment I ended up was pretty minimal. The only "bloatware" were konqueror, kmail, korganiser and the likes. It doesn't even come with okular!

I would recommend giving that a go next time to see how your experience compares with your minimal setup.

Please mention that there’s a script a bit earlier

Thank you so much for this guide, but my eyes hurt from copying all the packages from my iPod touch 7th gen into my computer.

Please mention the script in the start of the section, it’ll make life so much better, thanks man 🙏

[Known Bug] ESXi and Fedora 30 Everything ISO

This is not working for me in ESXi 6.7 U1, but then again neither is any other install from the everything ISO (confirmed the ISO works on a laptop using the KDE Plasma Workspace option and my method, so the ISO isn't bad). It seems there is some issue with ESXi 6.7 U1 and Fedora 30.

Retire system-config-users for F31

See the last bugzilla comment here - https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1736886

Disable baloo

Balooctl disable && balooctl purge

Slows down the system, resource hog

Several unnecessary packages can be removed or substituted from your installation instructions for Fedora 32 and up

adwaita-gtk2-theme: can be substituted for breeze-gtk for better intergration between qt and GTK out of the box.

firewall-config: unnecessary, should be removed.

kinfocenter: is broken on Fedora and is not required, it should be removed.

system-config-language & system-config-keyboard: one package is missing from the Fedora 32 repos, they are not required for a successful install, should be removed.

[Known Bug] SELinux Troubleshooter: systemd-user-ru | read | dbus-1

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1644313#c55

This is a known Fedora bug that seems to impact the netinstall iso.

To resolve this run the commands linked to above as root/sudo after installing the required packages and booting into the DE:

semanage fcontext -a -t systemd_logind_exec_t /usr/lib/systemd/systemd-user-runtime-dir
restorecon -v /usr/lib/systemd/systemd-user-runtime-dir

This should resolve the alerts related to the issue.

This issue is unrelated to using my method of installation apart from using the netinstall iso.

Thanks

Why use Akonadi? is that required?

after I read this references:
https://userbase.kde.org/Akonadi
I think akonadi is not needed

Install via short url and git tagged script for each Fedora release

Hello Zer0CoolX (nice nick),
First of all, thank for this guide lines. I have 2 suggestion

1. Add another "Tips" to download your script via short url
   which can be manage using curl command like this

$ curl -L -o fedora-kde-min-packages.sh  https://git.io/JU9DV 
$ chmod a+x fedora-kde-min-packages.sh
$ sudo ./fedora-kde-min-packages.sh

if you are okey, i can send PR for this

2. Does it better to git tag which script on what fedora version? IMHO, not everyone want to use newer released version on first month. so maybe he/she prefer to use slightly 1 version older and update to recent version when 2-3 month after that (which is quite stable after a couple of period after newer fedora released).