Thursday, March 20, 2008

Ubuntu KDE4 Desktop Widgets

I installed KDE4 Desktop on Ubuntu 7.10 as follows:
Added the repository:
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/kubuntu-members-kde4/ubuntu gutsy main

updated:
sudo apt-get update

installed:
sudo apt-get install kde4-core

Then I checked the available widgets in add widget dialog. There are very few.

I searched on Google "Get more widgets KDE4" and found this site.

Installed the following package:
sudo apt-get install extragear-plasma

Now see my KDE4 desktop with some of the widgets running:

There is comic strip widget at the top.
Below that there are two more:
Picture frame on left in which sideshow is running and
Dictionary.

2 comments:

CheckBit said...

that's nice. But i dont understand how to switch the language of dictionary widget.

Stephen Cattaneo said...

extragear-plasma is not available in 10.04

kde-look.org is got a lot.

You can also check out whats available via the normal ubuntu distro: apt-cache search plasma | more

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