kpackagetool5 - Man Page
Install, list, remove Plasma packages
Examples (TL;DR)
- List all known package types that can be installed:
kpackagetool5 --list-types - Install the package from a directory:
kpackagetool5 --type package_type --install path/to/directory - Update installed package from a directory:
kpackagetool5 --type package_type --upgrade path/to/directory - List installed plasmoids (--global for all users):
kpackagetool5 --type Plasma/Applet --list --global - Remove a plasmoid by name:
kpackagetool5 --type Plasma/Applet --remove "name"
Synopsis
kpackagetool5 [-v, --version] [-h, --help] [--hash path] [-g, --global] [-t, --type type] [-i, --install path] [-s, --show name] [-u, --upgrade path] [-l, --list] [--list-types] [-r, --remove name] [-p, --packageroot path] [--generate-index]
Description
kpackagetool5 is a command line tool to install, list, remove Plasma packages.
Options
- -v, --version
Displays version information.
- -h, --help
Displays this help.
- --hash path
Generate a SHA1 hash for the package at “path”.
- -g, --global
For install or remove, operates on packages installed for all users.
- -t, --type type
The type of package, corresponding to the service type of the package plugin, e.g. KPackage/Generic, Plasma/Theme, Plasma/Wallpaper, Plasma/Applet, etc.
- -i, --install path
Install the package at “path”.
- -s, --show name
Show information of package “name”.
- -u, --upgrade path
Upgrade the package at “path”.
- -l, --list
List installed packages.
- --list-types
Lists all known Package types that can be installed.
- -r, --remove name
Remove the package named “name”.
- -p, --packageroot path
Absolute path to the package root. If not supplied, then the standard data directories for this Plasma session will be searched instead.
- --generate-index path
Recreate the plugin index. To be used in conjunction with either the option -t or -g. Recreates the index for the given type or package root. Operates in the user directory, unless -g is used.
See Also
More detailed user documentation is available from help:/plasma-desktop (either enter this URL into Konqueror, or run khelpcenter help:/plasma-desktop).
Authors
kpackagetool5 was written by Aaron Seigo <aseigo@kde.org>.