# KDE Plasma Desktop Environment on Rocky Linux 9 **URL:** \ **Category:** Rocky Linux Help & Support\ **Created:** [July 26, 2022, 5:34pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/kde-plasma-desktop-environment-on-rocky-linux-9/6748 "2022-07-26T17:34:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jil](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forums.rockylinux.org/jil/32/1089_2.png) [@Jil](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/Jil)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2022, 5:34pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/kde-plasma-desktop-environment-on-rocky-linux-9/6748/1 "2022-07-26T17:34:52Z")
Good Evening everyone. We all got our preferred Desktop Environments which we feel comfortable with. I am a KDE Plasma guy. Rocky Linux 9 is shipped defaulted with GNOME 40 Desktop Environment. Clearly, KDE Plasma is not listed under yum grouplist . I have today tried to install KDE Plasma but in vain. This is what I did . 1. sudo dnf update 2. sudo dnf config-manager --set-enabled crb ( I couldn’t get over this step, and had to manually enable the crb ) After enabling this , I tried the next step 3. sudo dnf install epel-release At this point I got so many broken packages with missing dependencies. I can’t list them all. 4. Step four was to now install KDE Plasma sudo dnf groupinstall -y “KDE Plasma Workspaces” Would anyone kindly assist me on this . I know I might be missing something very crucial. Thank you. ---
**Author:** ![gerry666uk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/dbc845/32.png) [@gerry666uk](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/gerry666uk)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2022, 6:24pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/kde-plasma-desktop-environment-on-rocky-linux-9/6748/2 "2022-07-26T18:24:28Z")
You might get it to work, but KDE is not supported. ---
**Author:** ![label](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c5a1d2/32.png) [@label](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/label)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2022, 6:24pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/kde-plasma-desktop-environment-on-rocky-linux-9/6748/3 "2022-07-26T18:24:42Z")
Make sure you have the required repositories enabled: ```auto # dnf install epel-release -y # dnf repolist repo id repo name appstream Rocky Linux 9 - AppStream baseos Rocky Linux 9 - BaseOS crb Rocky Linux 9 - CRB epel Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 9 - x86_64 extras Rocky Linux 9 - Extras ``` `dnf groupinstall` should work right after. As an aside, we did not have issues building our Rocky 9 KDE [live images](http://dl.rockylinux.org/pub/rocky/9/live/x86_64/) ---
**Author:** ![Jil](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forums.rockylinux.org/jil/32/1089_2.png) [@Jil](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/Jil)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2022, 6:47pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/kde-plasma-desktop-environment-on-rocky-linux-9/6748/4 "2022-07-26T18:47:33Z")
@label surprisingly I did this as well and had so many broken packages reported. I will share the screenshot in the morning . ---
**Author:** ![Jil](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forums.rockylinux.org/jil/32/1089_2.png) [@Jil](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/Jil)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2022, 6:49pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/kde-plasma-desktop-environment-on-rocky-linux-9/6748/5 "2022-07-26T18:49:00Z")
Thank you @gerry666uk . Would you have any suggestion on how to get it to work? ---
**Author:** ![gerry666uk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/dbc845/32.png) [@gerry666uk](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/gerry666uk)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2022, 7:12pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/kde-plasma-desktop-environment-on-rocky-linux-9/6748/6 "2022-07-26T19:12:17Z")
> [@Jil](#): > > Would you have any suggestion on how to get it to work? I’m explaining that even if you get it to work, it could break at any time, becuase upstream won’t be testing against it. ---
**Author:** ![Jil](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forums.rockylinux.org/jil/32/1089_2.png) [@Jil](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/Jil)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2022, 7:48pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/kde-plasma-desktop-environment-on-rocky-linux-9/6748/7 "2022-07-26T19:48:48Z")
Okay then. On Rocky Linux 8.6 the process is very smooth. May be the developers can look into it for RL 9 as well. Your reply is highly valued . Thanks ---
**Author:** ![iwalker](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forums.rockylinux.org/iwalker/32/2599_2.png) [@iwalker](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/iwalker)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2022, 7:52pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/kde-plasma-desktop-environment-on-rocky-linux-9/6748/8 "2022-07-26T19:52:05Z")
Well, KDE comes from EPEL, so it’s the EPEL developers responsible for it. RHEL doesn’t include KDE, so therefore it will never be a part of Rocky either by default unless Red Hat include it. Hence why it’s in third party repositories like EPEL. I just ran the groupinstall on my Rocky 9 zero problems with dependencies, so make sure you have the same repositories enabled as mentioned by @label and here are mine for confirmation as well: ```auto [root@rocky-desktop ian]# dnf repolist repo id repo name appstream Rocky Linux 9 - AppStream baseos Rocky Linux 9 - BaseOS crb Rocky Linux 9 - CRB epel Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 9 - x86_64 extras Rocky Linux 9 - Extras ``` maybe you didn’t enable all of them, use the `dnf repolist` command to verify. Maybe you didn’t enable the `extras` repository ---
**Author:** ![TecWolf](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forums.rockylinux.org/tecwolf/32/1193_2.png) [@TecWolf](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/TecWolf)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2022, 5:14am UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/kde-plasma-desktop-environment-on-rocky-linux-9/6748/9 "2022-08-14T05:14:37Z")
Here are the steps clean test with VirtualBox installing minimal RockyLinux 9: dnf -y update dnf config-manager --set-enabled crb dnf install -y epel-release dnf groupinstall -y “KDE Plasma Workspaces” dnf --enablerepo=epel group -y install “KDE Plasma Workspaces” “base-x” systemctl set-default graphical reboot -f ---
**Author:** ![Jil](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forums.rockylinux.org/jil/32/1089_2.png) [@Jil](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/Jil)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2022, 6:58am UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/kde-plasma-desktop-environment-on-rocky-linux-9/6748/10 "2022-08-15T06:58:09Z")
Thank you Sir, Let me try it out on the VM then give you feedback. Thank you. ---
**Author:** ![jlehtone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9a140/32.png) [@jlehtone](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/jlehtone)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2022, 8:24am UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/kde-plasma-desktop-environment-on-rocky-linux-9/6748/11 "2022-08-15T08:24:46Z")
> [@TecWolf](#): > > dnf install -y epel-release > dnf groupinstall -y “KDE Plasma Workspaces” > dnf --enablerepo=epel group -y install “KDE Plasma Workspaces” “base-x” That has redundancies: the ‘epel’ is enabled by default by the epel-release package, and you install KDE Plasma Workspaces group twice. ```plaintext dnf install epel-release dnf group install “KDE Plasma Workspaces” “base-x” ``` You can as well type the ‘y’ when dnf displays what it would do, rather that let transaction auto-proceed with the ‘-y’ parameter. ---
**Author:** ![TecWolf](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forums.rockylinux.org/tecwolf/32/1193_2.png) [@TecWolf](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/TecWolf)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2022, 1:59pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/kde-plasma-desktop-environment-on-rocky-linux-9/6748/12 "2022-08-15T13:59:00Z")
Interesting. KDE Plasma works fine on my machines. ---
**Author:** ![brian](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forums.rockylinux.org/brian/32/5777_2.png) [@brian](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/brian)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2023, 3:42am UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/kde-plasma-desktop-environment-on-rocky-linux-9/6748/13 "2023-08-25T03:42:48Z")
Closed on August 25, 2023, 3:42am UTC