Port details
kde Plasma Desktop and KDE Applications (meta port)
6.7.3.26.08.1 (package 6.7.5.26.08.2) x11 Σ 6.7.3.26.08.1Version of this port present on the latest quarterly branch. Maintainer: kde@FreeBSD.org Port Added: 2025-02-03 17:06:06Last Update: 2026-09-21 12:28:22Commit Hash: 9014a92 People watching this port, also watch: vlc , firefox , qemu-user-static , zsh , octave Also Listed In: kde License: NAWWW: https://www.kde.org Description: # Plasma is a powerful and customizable Free Software graphical desktop
environment for Unix workstations made by the KDE community.
x11/kde contains minimal Plasma Desktop and a basic set of KDE Applications.
Additional Plasma components can be install via x11/plasma6-plasma port.
More KDE applications can be found in the kde-applications category:
% pkg search -S origin kde-applications Manual pages: # FreshPorts has no man page information for this port.
pkg-plist: as obtained via: make generate-plist # USE_RC_SUBR (Service Scripts)
no SUBR information found for this port
Dependency lines :
To install the port : # cd /usr/ports/x11/kde/ && make install clean To add the package , run one of these commands: pkg install x11/kde pkg install kde PKGNAME: kde Flavors: there is no flavor information for this port. # distinfo: # There is no distinfo for this port.
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Dependencies # NOTE: FreshPorts displays only information on required and default dependencies. Optional dependencies are not covered. Build dependencies: #
plasma-apply-aurorae : x11-themes/plasma6-aurorae Breeze.qtcurve : x11-themes/plasma6-breeze plasma-discover : sysutils/plasma6-discover KGlobalAccelDXcb.so : x11/plasma6-kglobalacceld kinfocenter : sysutils/plasma6-kinfocenter kde-open : sysutils/plasma6-kde-cli-tools kcm_kgamma.so : x11/plasma6-kgamma kmenuedit : sysutils/plasma6-kmenuedit kscreen-console : x11/plasma6-kscreen ksshaskpass : security/plasma6-ksshaskpass ksystemstats : sysutils/plasma6-ksystemstats pam_kwallet5.so : security/plasma6-kwallet-pam kwin_wayland : x11-wm/plasma6-kwin kwin_x11 : x11-wm/plasma6-kwin-x11 kwrited.so : devel/plasma6-kwrited libmilou.so : deskutils/plasma6-milou plasma-browser-integration-host : www/plasma6-plasma-browser-integration kaccess : x11/plasma6-plasma-desktop kded-smart-helper : sysutils/plasma6-plasma-disks KDEPlasmaPlatformTheme6.so : x11/plasma6-plasma-integration kcm_pulseaudio.so : audio/plasma6-plasma-pa plasmoidviewer : devel/plasma6-plasma-sdk 1280x1024.jpg : x11-themes/plasma6-plasma-workspace-wallpapers polkit-kde-authentication-agent-1 : sysutils/plasma6-polkit-kde-agent-1 org.kde.breeze.so : x11-themes/plasma6-qqc2-breeze-style systemsettings : sysutils/plasma6-systemsettings xdg-desktop-portal-kde : deskutils/plasma6-xdg-desktop-portal-kde
Runtime dependencies: #
kde-baseapps>=26.08.1 : x11/kde-baseapps plasma-apply-aurorae : x11-themes/plasma6-aurorae Breeze.qtcurve : x11-themes/plasma6-breeze plasma-discover : sysutils/plasma6-discover KGlobalAccelDXcb.so : x11/plasma6-kglobalacceld kinfocenter : sysutils/plasma6-kinfocenter kde-open : sysutils/plasma6-kde-cli-tools kcm_kgamma.so : x11/plasma6-kgamma kmenuedit : sysutils/plasma6-kmenuedit kscreen-console : x11/plasma6-kscreen ksshaskpass : security/plasma6-ksshaskpass ksystemstats : sysutils/plasma6-ksystemstats pam_kwallet5.so : security/plasma6-kwallet-pam kwin_wayland : x11-wm/plasma6-kwin kwin_x11 : x11-wm/plasma6-kwin-x11 kwrited.so : devel/plasma6-kwrited libmilou.so : deskutils/plasma6-milou index.theme : audio/plasma6-ocean-sound-theme phonon_mpv_qt6.so : multimedia/phonon-mpv plasma-browser-integration-host : www/plasma6-plasma-browser-integration kaccess : x11/plasma6-plasma-desktop kded-smart-helper : sysutils/plasma6-plasma-disks KDEPlasmaPlatformTheme6.so : x11/plasma6-plasma-integration kcm_pulseaudio.so : audio/plasma6-plasma-pa plasmoidviewer : devel/plasma6-plasma-sdk 1280x1024.jpg : x11-themes/plasma6-plasma-workspace-wallpapers polkit-kde-authentication-agent-1 : sysutils/plasma6-polkit-kde-agent-1 plasma-print-queue : print/plasma6-print-manager org.kde.breeze.so : x11-themes/plasma6-qqc2-breeze-style kcm_sddm.so : deskutils/plasma6-sddm-kcm plasma-systemmonitor : sysutils/plasma6-plasma-systemmonitor systemsettings : sysutils/plasma6-systemsettings xdg-desktop-portal-kde : deskutils/plasma6-xdg-desktop-portal-kde
Library dependencies: #
libPlasmaActivities.so : x11/plasma6-plasma-activities libPlasmaActivitiesStats.so : x11/plasma6-plasma-activities-stats libkactivitymanagerd_plugin.so : x11/plasma6-kactivitymanagerd libkdecorations3.so : x11-wm/plasma6-kdecoration libplasmapotdprovidercore.so : x11-toolkits/plasma6-kdeplasma-addons libKNightTime.so : sysutils/plasma6-knighttime libKPipeWire.so : audio/plasma6-kpipewire libKScreenLocker.so : security/plasma6-kscreenlocker libLayerShellQtInterface.so : x11/plasma6-layer-shell-qt libKF6Screen.so : x11/plasma6-libkscreen libKSysGuardSystemStats.so : sysutils/plasma6-libksysguard libPlasma.so : x11/plasma6-libplasma libkworkspace6.so : x11/plasma6-plasma-workspace libPlasma5Support.so : devel/plasma6-plasma5support libpowerdevilcore.so : sysutils/plasma6-powerdevil libUnion.so : x11-themes/plasma6-union libKWaylandClient.so : x11/plasma6-kwayland
There are no ports dependent upon this port # Configuration Options : # ===> The following configuration options are available for kde-6.7.3.26.08.1:
====> Phonon multimedia backend: you have to choose at least one of them
MPV=on: mpv backend
VLC=off: VLC backend (depends on Qt5 packages)
===> Use 'make config' to modify these settings Options name : # x11_kde USES: # kde:6 metaport qt:6
FreshPorts was unable to extract/find any pkg message # Master Sites: # There is no master site for this port.
Commit History - (may be incomplete: for full details, see links to repositories near top of page) Commit Credits Log message 6.7.3.26.08.1 Max Brazhnikov (makc) x11/kde: Exclude Plasma Spectacle
Spectacle unconditionally depends on heavy tesseract* packages. 6.6.6.26.08.0 Max Brazhnikov (makc) x11/kde: Update list of Phonon4Qt6 consumers 6.6.5.26.04.1 Max Brazhnikov (makc) x11/kde: Update deprecation note for Phonon 6.5.5.25.12.1 Max Brazhnikov (makc) KDE: Update KDE Gear to 25.12.1
Announcement: https://kde.org/announcements/gear/25.12.1/
Ports changes:
multimedia/kamoso:
- Drop unused dependency
net/mailcommon:
- Override KDE_APPLICATIONS_SHLIB_VER 6.5.4.25.12.0_1 Max Brazhnikov (makc) x11/kde: reduce payload in attempt to fit release DVD
Depend on Plasma components directly rather than on x11/plasma6
meta port that pulls KF5/Qt5 packages,
do not install GTK related components and legacy Oxygen theme.
PR: 291095 6.5.4.25.12.0 Alexander Ziaee (ziaee) x11/kde: Align descriptions with upstream more
Reviewed by: makc
Approved by: makc (kde)
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D54208 6.4.5.25.08.0 Max Brazhnikov (makc) KDE: Update Plasma to 6.4.5
Announcement: https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/6/6.4.5/
Ports changes:
x11-wm/plasma6-kwin:
- Set DATADIR explicitly and correct plist 6.4.4.25.08.0_1 Rene Ladan (rene) all: bump PORTREVISION after updating graphics/libyuv
Using the Tools/scripts/bump_revision.pl script 6.4.4.25.08.0 Max Brazhnikov (makc) */*: clean up KDE meta ports 6.3.5.25.04.0 Max Brazhnikov (makc) KDE: Update KDE Plasma to 6.3.5
Announcement: https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/6/6.3.5/ 6.3.3.24.12.3_1 Max Brazhnikov (makc) x11/kde: keep the port minimal to fit FreeBSD release images.
Install only Plasma desktop and basic set of KDE applications. 6.3.0.24.12.2 Max Brazhnikov (makc) KDE: amend COMMENT for metaports 6.3.0.24.12.2 Max Brazhnikov (makc) x11/kde: remove PULSEAUDIO from options, it already exists in x11/plasma6-plasma 6.2.5.24.12.0 Gleb Popov (arrowd) Tobias C. Berner KDE: It goes to 6!
This megacommit merges all the work from
https://github.com/freebsd/freebsd-ports-kde/tree/kde-it_goes_to_6
Specifically:
- KDE Plasma 6 ports updated to 6.2.5
- KDE Applications ports updated to 24.12.0
- Development ports of KDE Applications removed
- A lot of various ports switched to Qt 6 by default
- Some KDE Frameworks 5 and Plasma 5 ports are adapted to be coinstallable
with their 6 counterparts
PR: 284351
Exp-run by: antoine
Pull Request: https://github.com/freebsd/freebsd-ports/pull/341
Co-authored-by: Max Brazhnikov <makc@FreeBSD.org>
Co-authored-by: Kenneth Raplee <kenrap@kennethraplee.com>
Co-authored-by: Jason E. Hale <jhale@FreeBSD.org>
Co-authored-by: Gleb Popov <arrowd@FreeBSD.org>
