KDE package guidelines
The KDE packages on Arch Linux follow a certain schema.
Build directory
A good way of building CMake packages is to make a build directory outside the root of the project and run cmake from that directory. The PKGBUILD should look this way:
prepare() {
mkdir -p build
}
build() {
cd build
cmake ../${pkgname}-${pkgver}
}
Install prefix
Every packages must set the CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX variable, but also we have to respect custom built versions of KDE, so please use:
-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$(kde4-config --prefix)
or for KDE 5:
-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$(kf5-config --prefix)
When a package is moved to [extra] or [community] that line must be changed to:
-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr
Build type
Generally you should not specify the build type; this makes CMake honor environmental variables like such as CFLAGS, CPPFLAGS, etc.
KDE4 package naming
KDE Configuration Module
KDE Configuration Module packages should be named kcm-module.
Plasma widgets
Plasma widgets (formerly Plasmoids) packages should be named kdeplasma-applets-widgetname so that they are recognizable as KDE-related packages; this also distinguishes them from the official packages.
Runners
Plasma runners packages should be named kdeplasma-runners-runnername so that they are recognizable as KDE-related packages; this also distinguishes them from the official packages.
Service menus
Service menus packages should be named so that they are recognizable as KDE-related packages
Themes
Plasma themes packages should be named so that they are recognizable as KDE-related packages.
KF5 package naming
Plasma widgets
Plasma widgets (formerly Plasmoids) packages should be named plasma5-applets-widgetname so that they are recognizable as Plasma 5-related packages; this also distinguishes them from the official packages.
Runners
Plasma runners packages should be named so that they are recognizable as Plasma 5-related packages; this also distinguishes them from the official packages.
Service menus
Service menus packages should be named so that they are recognizable as KF5-related packages
Themes
Plasma themes packages should be named plasma5-themes-themename so that they are recognizable as Plasma 5-related packages.
Icons and .desktop files installation
Some KDE software provide icons in the hicolor icon theme and files, which must be installed via pacman hooks. Refrain from using installation command for these type of files in a , as it would result in unnecessary double execution of them.
The package already depends on , hicolor-icon-theme and , so if your package depends , no other action should be needed (i.e. no need to add these packages to array).