Plasma/Installing Plasmoids
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Installing Plasma Widgets
Found a new widget, but don't know how to install it? Here's how!
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Installing from KDE-Look.org
Select from desktop menu.
Select from Widget Explorer.
Search for the required widget and press .
Drag the installed widget to the desktop or a panel as usual.
Installing from local file
Select from desktop menu.
Select from Widget Explorer.
Select the widget type to install.
Select a local file and press .
Installing from Konsole
To install a Plasma widget from Konsole type:
plasmapkg -u widget-file-name.plasmoid
FAQ
I can't install plasmoids in Plasma Workspaces 4.5.1
This is caused by a bug in kdelibs 4.5.1 (bug 251192) which prevents the installer from extracting plasmoid files. The workaround is to extract the file manually and install it from Konsole or another terminal.
- Download the plasmoid
- Open the file (*.plasmoid) with Ark and extract it to a directory
- Open Konsole and navigate to the directory from the previous step
cd /path/to/directory
- Install the plasmoid with the command (where directory-name is the name of the extracted directory)
plasmapkg -i directory-name
Tip
You can navigate to the directory in Dolphin and press F4 to open an embedded terminal.