Building KDE
Frameworks 5 (KF5)
KDE Frameworks 5 is a collection of libraries based on top of Qt5 and
QML derived from the monolithic KDE 4 libraries. They can be used
independent of the KDE Display Environment (Plasma 5).
This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS-9.1
platform.
The instructions below build all of the KDE Frameworks packages in
one step by using a bash script.
Package Information
KF5 Dependencies
Required
Boost-1.72.0, extra-cmake-modules-5.67.0,
docbook-xml-4.5, docbook-xsl-1.79.2, giflib-5.2.1,
libepoxy-1.5.4, libgcrypt-1.8.5, libjpeg-turbo-2.0.4, libpng-1.6.37,
libxslt-1.1.34, lmdb-0.9.24, phonon-4.11.1,
shared-mime-info-1.15, URI-1.76, and Wget-1.20.3 (required
to download the packages)
Recommended
Aspell-0.60.8 (Dictionary backend for Sonnet),
Avahi-0.7 (DNS-SD backend for KDNSSD), libdbusmenu-qt-0.9.3+16.04.20160218
(built with qt5), NetworkManager-1.22.6 (needed to build
NetworkManager-Qt), and polkit-qt-0.112.0 (Authentication backend for
KAuth)
Furthermore, the instructions below assume that the environment has
been set up as described in Introduction
to KF5.
Optional
BlueZ-5.53 (needed to build Bluez-Qt), ModemManager-1.12.6 (needed to build
ModemManager-Qt)
Runtime dependency for FrameworkIntegration
Oxygen fonts and Noto
fonts
Runtime dependencies for kapidox
Doxygen-1.8.17, Jinja2-2.11.1, and PyYAML-5.3
Additional image formats support in KImageFormats
JasPer-2.0.14 and OpenEXR
Optional dependencies for KIO
MIT Kerberos V5-1.18
Optional dependencies for Solid
UDisks-2.8.4, UPower-0.99.11
and media-player-info
(runtime)
Optional dependency for KWallet
gpgmepp
Optional dictionary backends for Sonnet
Hspell and
Hunspell
Required dependencies for Prison
Datamatrix and QRencode
User Notes: http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/kf5
Downloading KDE Frameworks
The easiest way to get the KDE Frameworks packages is to use a
single wget to fetch
them all at once:
url=http://download.kde.org/stable/frameworks/5.67/
wget -r -nH -nd -A '*.xz' -np $url
The options used here are:
-r recurse through child directories
-nH disable generation of host-prefixed directories
-nd do not create a hierarchy of directories
-A '*.xz' just get the *.xz files
-np don't get parent directories
Setting Package Order
The order of building files is important due to internal
dependencies. Create the list of files in the proper order as
follows:
cat > frameworks-5.67.0.md5 << "EOF"
d3b975029a5b53673ea6503a2d5ae177 attica-5.67.0.tar.xz
#f59f70433adc17145b6ce2e8ab0c416d extra-cmake-modules-5.67.0.tar.xz
d2b51d5f9a5e31ca870df0c48e4960e9 kapidox-5.67.0.tar.xz
ca01da6d4bedb8fbe9b99600f8f45ed2 karchive-5.67.0.tar.xz
080f45c31980d514774161d1b4a30ff8 kcodecs-5.67.0.tar.xz
3a40f76617827bff8e0c99b93be01fc1 kconfig-5.67.0.tar.xz
5c35270ed01148af9038e62350e51e32 kcoreaddons-5.67.0.tar.xz
818dbca1b3536e931aed3f6a4fb9d955 kdbusaddons-5.67.0.tar.xz
11c8c768748b562b928754d596b0aec6 kdnssd-5.67.0.tar.xz
96b919dfe2aedb0a5747b64216c95fff kguiaddons-5.67.0.tar.xz
e6a5226f42a3cc444938fb80a7463ab4 ki18n-5.67.0.tar.xz
8049864248f5ab73af529140a10b0386 kidletime-5.67.0.tar.xz
3d17d70e54a82063c032ee9efee45874 kimageformats-5.67.0.tar.xz
588eba3b0ff5768e5aeda6dd0dcdfc29 kitemmodels-5.67.0.tar.xz
76990691b3c57e9c02c5da55144764a4 kitemviews-5.67.0.tar.xz
3242e4364f2f21980f208c1685019fd0 kplotting-5.67.0.tar.xz
9616a12c63a1c65562e7f5b5fcb29e07 kwidgetsaddons-5.67.0.tar.xz
b1d0b95573ff7cfe1ff4d468e7f9fed6 kwindowsystem-5.67.0.tar.xz
00b66a3798bf1abb074b4147ee0e5b7c networkmanager-qt-5.67.0.tar.xz
0598657737a55b535d4bb0dbb9bba889 solid-5.67.0.tar.xz
37f09137396721abad617571464b9d9a sonnet-5.67.0.tar.xz
8ee447185a4e603cc409ee4218cee195 threadweaver-5.67.0.tar.xz
8677547f35f4d4720d41325fbd3a6336 kauth-5.67.0.tar.xz
eb09a60dd4b5753e2aeaa8087efa4bb4 kcompletion-5.67.0.tar.xz
bfaeba1fad5c8440e37f145b011cf03e kcrash-5.67.0.tar.xz
6f9879d824b265096b8384ab5061ccca kdoctools-5.67.0.tar.xz
4add397011f28a5a08c363f0a5d2ad60 kpty-5.67.0.tar.xz
dc0bf58b6239d93e8d65b6a635256fd1 kunitconversion-5.67.0.tar.xz
f00cf13031ae84283c16b56c400a51f7 kconfigwidgets-5.67.0.tar.xz
290466bdeddfc2c04c5a872a773d974d kservice-5.67.0.tar.xz
b688a1639bc9497fb3787f9d93950bda kglobalaccel-5.67.0.tar.xz
6bf9110d2c3746fdf0c70cc8451c3596 kpackage-5.67.0.tar.xz
a4d9df054c4f7d4672be9f12596d877e kdesu-5.67.0.tar.xz
6a806ed9f1854c24dcaf653c7f91511e kemoticons-5.67.0.tar.xz
fd90eda4d83598fefb87db83463cca1f kiconthemes-5.67.0.tar.xz
3a8533dcb22764c9f80eb9957d530170 kjobwidgets-5.67.0.tar.xz
37d8e17a44cca54f8e937bd1b80231d3 knotifications-5.67.0.tar.xz
fe7fefbc23ca7eef85f95cbc54f193b3 ktextwidgets-5.67.0.tar.xz
4565a3d1f277653e41310a3ae26dcc1e kxmlgui-5.67.0.tar.xz
1236b6fd559c9ac85e5c7d82fe5bbb02 kbookmarks-5.67.0.tar.xz
895e560a0b748dbb007ff45ec71ce85d kwallet-5.67.0.tar.xz
b3cd883d9892f47dfbb7b2c29be0ff1b kio-5.67.0.tar.xz
5f491d1b51cbafefff0d502c2818a1c9 kdeclarative-5.67.0.tar.xz
3fd40a72390912440c06289b5a17faa8 kcmutils-5.67.0.tar.xz
f9077200aa86833705a7f4250d61c0e6 kirigami2-5.67.0.tar.xz
0033e888f61c2f257e6e6f4a2011a976 knewstuff-5.67.0.tar.xz
6dc5c1e55e8ca4cc19e6faa8719b9cc4 frameworkintegration-5.67.0.tar.xz
646771a2d35f1af7c5d0f4cfb3f80179 kinit-5.67.0.tar.xz
6e43a6a6cf0a60eb8f31269834795fc4 knotifyconfig-5.67.0.tar.xz
cc3125f7ae87b52e62571040749a4732 kparts-5.67.0.tar.xz
37a1c1995cd80c8c5d53de70f9fe61ed kactivities-5.67.0.tar.xz
5857f91c556d03fa6178ddc7d2d6a3dd kded-5.67.0.tar.xz
#a447900424cd04dbaf49e8bf9617f6dc kdewebkit-5.67.0.tar.xz
91319edc9d27393df6812d60f1505b99 syntax-highlighting-5.67.0.tar.xz
de9f38ec3ad76a5f19b4fc665dee5b82 ktexteditor-5.67.0.tar.xz
923482f22930286d7f99af334c3a2181 kdesignerplugin-5.67.0.tar.xz
5141cdc1fcd46d43ac0043c10112be2b kwayland-5.67.0.tar.xz
5203954a541766bd0def96fe2ddc1d05 plasma-framework-5.67.0.tar.xz
#f7b27e1fb53fbf7ccc3fabb3469b2ac3 modemmanager-qt-5.67.0.tar.xz
aa74dc95497e27a322668df02c21ba6f kpeople-5.67.0.tar.xz
604ee822d3c31c025ea90a64692db277 kxmlrpcclient-5.67.0.tar.xz
4bf38a4919ea975deb71197c57a8edf0 bluez-qt-5.67.0.tar.xz
6fa27bb4fb5e3a08bc58b6d67e4ca396 kfilemetadata-5.67.0.tar.xz
05d339861c1b9082dc7b8f4822167954 baloo-5.67.0.tar.xz
#18d27b2f7d443a6e7e4fdc41a3fb9ae4 breeze-icons-5.67.0.tar.xz
#4d74544c61cb1db49a6b10da6835ec88 oxygen-icons5-5.67.0.tar.xz
b89c11f239048e4d65b4781fbc660a41 kactivities-stats-5.67.0.tar.xz
9da490e8e8ccfed43206d18a176019f8 krunner-5.67.0.tar.xz
#181d901dbda09ee7d26fd234eef56ed4 prison-5.67.0.tar.xz
46b9c80d3ef84a26803d47fc57426158 qqc2-desktop-style-5.67.0.tar.xz
b8352b2a459df37ac5fc8b5be5674d08 kjs-5.67.0.tar.xz
aa5d6287fdae772c72ac15bb56315e53 kdelibs4support-5.67.0.tar.xz
8c4ec0e9a3ac90622c64ecc0e3329d91 khtml-5.67.0.tar.xz
10163d7d799db8cc90afcb7f2acb89d8 kjsembed-5.67.0.tar.xz
88c78b268916199328c381de5d65020b kmediaplayer-5.67.0.tar.xz
46ded68727de15c4d66ce29b4bb15831 kross-5.67.0.tar.xz
3d1831377c10ca2f90a5edd133501f84 kholidays-5.67.0.tar.xz
4039367834bc9039a84261b5a8d9912c purpose-5.67.0.tar.xz
59240be3b390227198e8d94f5ae87fe8 syndication-5.67.0.tar.xz
91aadb3a165ac2ec1f5ab01f523bdeed kcalendarcore-5.67.0.tar.xz
a8f99a97898c0489577204f219c7a5a3 kcontacts-5.67.0.tar.xz
b07cef12653a85091fadd25260942cf6 kquickcharts-5.67.0.tar.xz
EOF
In the above list, notice that some files have been commented out
with a hash (#) character. The extra-cmake-modules entry has been
commented out because it was built earlier in the Introduction to
KDE. The icon packages are covered separately at breeze-icons-5.67.0 and oxygen-icons5-5.67.0. The
modemmanager-qt package may be built if its optional dependency has
been installed. The prison package (bar code reader) may be built
if the required external libraries are installed. The kdewebkit may
be built if the external package QtWebkit
has been built.
Installation of KDE Frameworks
![[Note]](../images/note.png)
Note
When installing multiple packages in a script, the installation
needs to be done as the root user. There are three general
options that can be used to do this:
-
Run the entire script as the root user (not recommended).
-
Use the sudo
command from the Sudo-1.8.31
package.
-
Use su -c "command
arguments" (quotes required) which will ask
for the root password for every iteration of the loop.
One way to handle this situation is to create a short
bash function that
automatically selects the appropriate method. Once the command is
set in the environment, it does not need to be set again.
as_root()
{
if [ $EUID = 0 ]; then $*
elif [ -x /usr/bin/sudo ]; then sudo $*
else su -c \\"$*\\"
fi
}
export -f as_root
![[Caution]](../images/caution.png)
Caution
If installing in /opt and there is an existing /opt/kf5 either as
a regular directory or a symbolic link, it should be
reinitialized (as root):
mv -v /opt/kf5 /opt/kf5.old &&
install -v -dm755 $KF5_PREFIX/{etc,share} &&
ln -sfv /etc/dbus-1 $KF5_PREFIX/etc &&
ln -sfv /usr/share/dbus-1 $KF5_PREFIX/share
First, start a subshell that will exit on error:
bash -e
Install all of the packages by running the following commands:
while read -r line; do
# Get the file name, ignoring comments and blank lines
if $(echo $line | grep -E -q '^ *$|^#' ); then continue; fi
file=$(echo $line | cut -d" " -f2)
pkg=$(echo $file|sed 's|^.*/||') # Remove directory
packagedir=$(echo $pkg|sed 's|\.tar.*||') # Package directory
name=$(echo $pkg|sed 's|-5.*$||') # Isolate package name
tar -xf $file
pushd $packagedir
case $name in
kitemviews*) sed -i '/<QList>/a #include <QPersistentModelIndex>' \
src/kwidgetitemdelegatepool_p.h ;;
kplotting*) sed -i '/<QHash>/a #include <QHelpEvent>' \
src/kplotwidget.cpp ;;
knotifica*) sed -i '/<QUrl>/a #include <QVariant>' \
src/knotification.h ;;
kcompleti*) sed -i '/<QClipboard>/a #include <QKeyEvent>' \
src/klineedit.cpp ;;
kwayland*) sed -i '/<wayland-xdg-output-server-proto/a #include <QHash>' \
src/server/xdgoutput_interface.cpp ;;
esac
mkdir build
cd build
cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$KF5_PREFIX \
-DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=$QT5DIR \
-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
-DBUILD_TESTING=OFF \
-Wno-dev ..
make
as_root make install
popd
as_root rm -rf $packagedir
as_root /sbin/ldconfig
done < frameworks-5.67.0.md5
exit
Note
Any modules that have been omitted can be installed later by
using the same mkdir build; cd build; cmake; make; make install
procedure as above.
Sometimes the installation paths are hardcoded into installed
files. If the installed directory is not /usr, rename the directory
and create a symlink:
mv -v /opt/kf5 /opt/kf5-5.67.0
ln -sfvn kf5-5.67.0 /opt/kf5
Command Explanations
case ...: Those
modifications are required to build with Qt-5.14.1.
-DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=$QT5DIR: This
switch is used to allow cmake to find the proper Qt libraries.
-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release:
This switch is used to apply higher level of the compiler
optimizations.
-DBUILD_TESTING=OFF: This
switch is used to prevent building test programs and libraries that
are of no use to an end user.
Contents
Installed Programs:
There are 48 programs installed in
/opt/kf5/bin.
Installed Libraries:
There are too many kf5 libraries (191) to
list separately.
Installed Directories:
/opt/kf5 (symlink to
/opt/kf5-5.67.0)
Short Descriptions
|
checkXML5
|
is a tool to check for syntax errors in KDE DocBook XML
files.
|
|
depdiagram-generate
|
is a tool to generate a dependency diagram.
|
|
depdiagram-generate-all
|
is a tool to generate a dependency diagram for all
frameworks at once.
|
|
depdiagram-prepare
|
is a tool to prepare dot files.
|
|
desktoptojson
|
is a tool to convert a .desktop file to a .json file.
|
|
kactivitymanagerd
|
is the KDE Plasma Workspace Activity Manager.
|
|
kbuildsycoca5
|
rebuilds the KService desktop file system configuration
cache.
|
|
kcookiejar5
|
is a command line interface to the HTTP cookie store used
by KDE, a D-BUS service to store/retrieve/clean cookies.
|
|
kded5
|
consolidates several small services in one process.
|
|
kdeinit5
|
is a process launcher somewhat similar to the famous init
used for booting UNIX.
|
|
kf5-config
|
is a command line program used to retrieve information
about KDE installation or user paths.
|
|
kf5kross
|
executes kross scripts written in KDE Javascript, Python,
Ruby, Java and Falcon.
|
|
kgenapidox
|
is a tool to generate API documentation in the KDE style.
|
|
kgendesignerplugin
|
generates widget plugins for Qt(TM) Designer.
|
|
kglobalaccel5
|
is a daemon use to register the key bindings and for
getting notified when the action triggered.
|
|
kjs5
|
is KDE ECMAScript/JavaScript engine.
|
|
kjscmd5
|
is a tool for launching KJSEmbed scripts from the command
line.
|
|
kjsconsole
|
is a console for kjs5.
|
|
kmailservice5
|
is a mail service.
|
|
kpackagelauncherqml
|
is a commandline tool for launching kpackage QML
application
|
|
kpackagetool5
|
is a command line kpackage tool.
|
|
kreadconfig5
|
is a command line tool to retrieve values from KDE
configuration files.
|
|
kshell5
|
start applications via kdeinit.
|
|
ktelnetservice5
|
is a telnet service.
|
|
ktrash5
|
is a helper program to handle the KDE trash can.
|
|
kwalletd5
|
is the wallet manager daemon.
|
|
kwriteconfig5
|
is a command line tool to write values in KDE
configuration files.
|
|
meinproc5
|
converts DocBook files to HTML.
|
|
plasmapkg2
|
is a tool to install, list, remove Plasma packages
|
|
preparetips5
|
is a script to extract the text from a tips file.
|
|
solid-hardware5
|
is a command line tool to investigate available devices.
|
Last updated on 2020-02-19 16:36:21 -0800