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Revision as of 16:03, 6 March 2024
Installing Plasma Widgets
Found a new widget, but don't know how to install it? Here's how!
![](/images.userbase/thumb/7/7f/Plasma_InstallingPlasmoids_DownloadNew.png/265px-Plasma_InstallingPlasmoids_DownloadNew.png)
Installing from KDE-Look.org
Select
from desktop menu.![](/images.userbase/thumb/1/11/Plasma_InstallingPlasmoids_AddWidgets.png/400px-Plasma_InstallingPlasmoids_AddWidgets.png)
Select from Widget Explorer.
![](/images.userbase/7/7f/Plasma_InstallingPlasmoids_DownloadNew.png)
Search for the required widget and press .
![](/images.userbase/thumb/4/4c/Plasma_InstallingPlasmoids_Install.png/400px-Plasma_InstallingPlasmoids_Install.png)
Drag the installed widget to the desktop or a panel as usual.
![](/images.userbase/thumb/9/9e/Plasma_InstallingPlasmoids_AddToDesktop.png/400px-Plasma_InstallingPlasmoids_AddToDesktop.png)
Installing from local file
Select
from desktop menu.![](/images.userbase/thumb/1/11/Plasma_InstallingPlasmoids_AddWidgets.png/400px-Plasma_InstallingPlasmoids_AddWidgets.png)
Select from Widget Explorer.
![](/images.userbase/4/4d/Plasma_InstallingPlasmoids_Localfile.png)
Select a local file and press
.![](/images.userbase/thumb/a/a9/Plasma_InstallingPlasmoids_Finish.png/400px-Plasma_InstallingPlasmoids_Finish.png)
Installing from Konsole
To install a Plasma widget from Konsole type:
kpackagetool5 -i widget-file-name.plasmoid
FAQ
I can't install plasmoids in Plasma Workspaces 4.5.1
This is caused by a bug in kdelibs 4.5.1 (bug 251192) which prevents the installer from extracting plasmoid files. The workaround is to extract the file manually and install it from Konsole or another terminal.
- Download the plasmoid
- Open the file (*.plasmoid) with Ark and extract it to a directory
- Open Konsole and navigate to the directory from the previous step
cd /path/to/directory
- Install the plasmoid with the command (where directory-name is the name of the extracted directory)
plasmapkg -i directory-name