Plasma/Installing Plasmoids
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Installing Plasma Widgets
Found a new widget, but don't know how to install it? Here's how!

Installing from KDE-Look.org
Select
from desktop menu.
Select from Widget Explorer.

Search for the required widget and press .

Drag the installed widget to the desktop or a panel as usual.

Installing from local file
Select
from desktop menu.
Select from Widget Explorer.

Select a local file and press
.
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