In summary, running multiple DEs is possible and a great way to enjoy Debian but it requires a willingness to troubleshoot and work through minor problems.
Tasksel is a tool available for Debian and Ubuntu. Essentially, it automates the entire installation process. Taskel is a terminal based software, so it runs within the terminal once you start it. Also, tasksel requires sudo to install some of the software, such as the desktop environments.
When you run the tasksel, first a software selection will show up. Here you need to choose which desktop environment to install. The installation process will take couple of minutes to install and during the installation process, you may get a prompt where it will ask you to choose which display manager to choose to run and manage the KDE desktop if you have multiple desktop managers installed.
I have that case and I choose the lightdm. Select the display manager to finish the installation. Once the installation is complete, the tasksel will close and return to the regular terminal. And that is it. The entire installation process is automatic, no prompts during the installation. All methods are pretty simple and easy to use in order to install KDE plasma on Debian. In the end, you choose which method you prefer and more familiar with.
Once your Debian 10 server boots, you can install KDE Plasma 5 desktop environment with the following command:. As you can see, about new packages are being downloaded and installed. It will take a very long time if you have slow internet connection. NOTE: Debian 10 does have live installation images for desktops and laptops. By default, Debian 10 desktop environment will not start automatically even though you have installed KDE Plasma 5 desktop environment on your Debian 10 machine.
Debian 10 will start in headless mode. To tell Debian 10 to start the graphical desktop environment by default on boot, run the following command:. Once the Graphical desktop installation is completed, reboot your system. For that you can use the command:. If you are using only one desktop that is KDE, then by default you will have the login screen of the same. Whereas the users having multiple desktop environments need to select KDE before login. For that click on the gear icon and select KDE.
If you are looking for the latest version of KDE currently in development but available to test for users. Once the all above steps are completed, run the given command to get the latest available Plasma desktop via the testing repository of Debian. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.
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