When installing KDE applications in Linux Mint Mate 18.2, all of the applications appear to be qt4-based (contrary to Linux Mint KDE 18, where all stuff is qt5-based). This alone wonders me a bit, but that's not problematic for me.
Problems arise when systemsettings shall be installed. Then automatically systemsettings5 is installed, where compatibility fails.
In my case I had to manually retrieve libkdecorations4abi1_4.11.11-0ubuntu0.2_amd64.deb and systemsettings_4.11.11-0ubuntu0.2_amd64.deb from the packages repositories and install them.
Along this route, I'm able to control the appearence of KDE applications (e.g. fonts) within Mate.
KDE systemsetting matching problems
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KDE systemsetting matching problems
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Re: KDE systemsetting matching problems
Hi "rob1",
In the Linux Mint release notes for all editions, there are instructions for using KDE applications in non-KDE desktops like Cinnamon, Mate, and Xfce. I just recommend installing "kde-runtime", and then most KDE applications will work well.
Hope this helps ...
In the Linux Mint release notes for all editions, there are instructions for using KDE applications in non-KDE desktops like Cinnamon, Mate, and Xfce. I just recommend installing "kde-runtime", and then most KDE applications will work well.
Hope this helps ...
Phd21: Mint 20 Cinnamon & KDE Neon 64-bit Awesome OS's, Dell Inspiron I5 7000 (7573, quad core i5-8250U ) 2 in 1 touch screen
Re: KDE systemsetting matching problems
Answer:
kde-runtime has been installed for sure automatically at the time where I installed krusader or so.
The apparent problem is another one: systemsettings5 and KDE4 applications in the same repository:
Here's some terminal output:
When I do apt upgrade (yes, systemsettings is listed for upgrade), the output is as follows:
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rob@rob-notebook ~ $ dpkg --list |grep kde-runtime
ii kde-runtime 4:15.12.3-0ubuntu1 amd64 runtime components from the official KDE release
ii kde-runtime-data 4:15.12.3-0ubuntu1 all shared data files for the KDE base runtime module
The apparent problem is another one: systemsettings5 and KDE4 applications in the same repository:
Here's some terminal output:
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rob@rob-notebook ~ $ systemsettings --version
Qt: 4.8.7
KDE Development Platform: 4.14.16
System Settings: 4.11.11
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rob@rob-notebook ~ $ systemsettings --version
bash: /usr/bin/systemsettings: No such file or directory
rob@rob-notebook ~ $ systemsettings5 --version
systemsettings 5.5.5
Re: KDE systemsetting matching problems
I had Kubuntu installed for several years and have also had all the other MInt DEs plus others. My laptop runs mint 18.2 KDE now,l replacing Xfce. BTW before I installed preload it ran in about 320 Mb after the usual KDE speed tweaks ... that's not much more than Xfce used. KDE isn't as much of a resource hog as everyone thinks. But as usual I digress.
What I've found is that it's just not really possible to get Qt-based KDE apps to work as well and/or look as good as you want in non KDE GTK-based DEs. GTK apps work and look much, much better in KDE than vice versa. I don't see any way around this.
What I've found is that it's just not really possible to get Qt-based KDE apps to work as well and/or look as good as you want in non KDE GTK-based DEs. GTK apps work and look much, much better in KDE than vice versa. I don't see any way around this.
For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong - H. L. Mencken