Getting KDE on Fedora
Get the KDE Plasma Desktop spin here. Alternatively, Fedora Kinoite is also available as the atomic equivalent of Fedora KDE.
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The KDE spin and Kinoite are the only recommended ways to use KDE Plasma on Fedora. |
Otherwise, if you have an existing installation of Fedora Workstation, any other Fedora spin, or a non-Kinoite variant of Fedora Atomic Desktop and wish to keep that installation, follow the instructions below.
Installing KDE Plasma on non-KDE variants of Fedora
On regular Fedora
To install Plasma using the command line with dnf, execute the following
with sudo or as root:
dnf install @kde-desktop-environment
Or to install the full package set with the groupinstall command:
dnf groupinstall "KDE Plasma Workspaces"
On Fedora Atomic
You can rebase any existing Fedora Atomic Desktop (Silverblue, Atomic Sway, etc) installation to Kinoite with rpm-ostree by simply running
rpm-ostree rebase fedora:fedora/VersionNumber/x86_64/kinoite
Replace VersionNumber with the number of the current Fedora release
you’re running. (For example, if you’re on Fedora Silverblue 40, you
would run rpm-ostree rebase fedora:fedora/40/x86_64/kinoite.)
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Rebasing to Kinoite gives you a complete setup, with SDDM pre-configured and all. All you need to do is simply reboot after rebasing. |
Logging into KDE Plasma
After installing the packages, either log out or reboot back to your login screen.
If you’re using GDM (GNOME’s Display Manager), click on the gear at the bottom right of the screen, and select the option listed as Plasma.
If you’re using LightDM (default on the Fedora Cinnamon, Budgie, XFCE, LXDE and MATE-Compiz spins), select the button next to your username and select Plasma.
Switching the display manager to SDDM
You may want to switch your existing display manager (also known as a login manager) to SDDM, recommended by the Plasma team (but not developed by the KDE community). This has little impact on the end-user experience and isn’t necessary in order to use Plasma.
To enable SDDM / replace your existing display manager, run the
systemctl enable --force sddm.service command.
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