Plasma 5 on Arch Linux – install & configure HD

In this video, I show how I installed, configured and tweaked my Plasma 5 desktop on Arch Linux. I have tried different distribution with Plasma 5, but KDE Plasma 5 on Arch Linux has been my best experience. This tutorial assumes you have Arch Linux installed on your system. See “Installing Arch Linux in less than 10 minutes” https://youtu.be/GKdPSGb9f5s?list=PLSmXPSsgkZLt66s-M_gfQtMakc8iYJY6M You may also find useful my video on “10 Things to do first in Arch Linux” https://youtu.be/jW4GFGOIUjc?list=PLSmXPSsgkZLt66s-M_gfQtMakc8iYJY6M I prefer to install a very minimal Plasma desktop and then build up by installing only the packages I really need. sudo pacman -S plasma-desktop 1. Install some theme tools. Essential packages for the cohesion in look between GTK and KDE applications: sudo pacman -S breeze-gtk breeze-kde4 kde-gtk-config Enable Breeze theme in SDDM: nano /etc/sddm.conf And in the section Theme, add Current=breeze. Install additional plasma widgets and plugins: sudo pacman -S kdeplasma-addons 2. Complete connection tools. sudo pacman -S networkmanager plasma-nm Disable dhcpcd: sudo systemctl stop dhcpcd sudo systemctl disable dhcpcd Enable Networkmanager: Then enable NetworkManager: sudo systemctl enable NetworkManager sudo systemctl start NetworkManager Also, make sure you have your hosts configured correctly. I showed how to do it here https://youtu.be/GKdPSGb9f5s?t=4m5s Reboot the system and you should have a network applet working in your system tray. If you use Bluetooth, install bluez and bluez-utils packages. See Arch Wiki for details https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Bluetooth If you need a VPN, depending on the service you use you can install any of these packages. networkmanager-openconnect networkmanager-openvpn networkmanager-pptp networkmanager-vpnc networkmanager-l2tp networkmanager-strongswan I installed: sudo pacman -S openconnect networkmanager-openconnect. 3. Enable audio volume control. You need to have PulseAudio and GStreamer Multimedia Framework installed. See these videos for details: https://youtu.be/GKdPSGb9f5s?t=6m52s - PulseAudio https://youtu.be/jW4GFGOIUjc?t=1m42s - GStreamer sudo pacman -S plasma-pa Restart your Plasma 5 by log out and log in. And you have a volume control on your panel. 4. Install some KDE specific and desktop essential applications. I think these are necessary: sudo pacman -S ark kinfocenter kwalletmanager gwenview kipi-plugins gimp spectacle libreoffice-fresh okular amarok vlc speedcrunch redshift yaourt -S plasma5-applets-redshift-control-git --noconfirm I also recommend these packages: sudo pacman -S digikam kcolorchooser kruler kompare kfind ktorrent Download Wallpaper: https://plus.google.com/b/105235169774065518394/+AverageLinuxUser/posts/NgF3gkpbYqE ################################################ Support on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/averagelinuxuser Donate through PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/Kryvokhyzha ##############