<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div>For those of you who want to use KDE on RHEL9 Beta, or CentOS Stream 9, it is available via EPEL. It is currently plasma 5.23.5, kf5 5.90.0, qt5 5.15.2. There might be an update before RHEL 9.0 is released.<br></div><div><br></div><div>There
is currently a critical selinux bug[1] that prevents KDE from
starting. That is the reason I have not sent this out earlier. When
that get's fixed, I'll update these instructions.</div><div><br></div><div>Note: All these steps should be done as sudo or root.<br></div><div><br></div>Step 0 - Manually fix selinux bug<br> setsebool -P selinuxuser_execmod 1<br><br>Step 1 - Enable CRB and Install epel-release [2]<br></div><div dir="ltr"># RHEL 9 Beta<br> subscription-manager repos --enable codeready-builder-beta-for-rhel-9-$(arch)-rpms<br><div> dnf install <a href="https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-9.noarch.rpm" target="_blank">https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-9.noarch.rpm</a></div><br># CentOS Stream 9<br> dnf config-manager --set-enabled crb<br> dnf install epel-release epel-next-release<br><br><div>Step 2 - Install KDE</div><div> dnf group install "KDE Plasma Workspaces"<br>or<br> dnf group install kde-desktop</div><div><br></div><div><div>Step 2.a - (Optional) Install other kde groups<br></div></div><div> dnf group install kde-media<br> dnf group install kde-apps<br> dnf install okular</div><div><br></div><div>Step 2.b - (Optional) Set sddm as desktop manager<br></div><div> dnf install sddm\* -y<br> systemctl enable sddm -f</div><div><br></div><div>Step 3 - Ensure you boot into graphical mode</div><div> systemctl set-default graphical.target</div><div><br></div><div>Step 4 - Reboot and enjoy</div><div><br></div><div>It
is recommended that you log into the Plasma (X11) vs Plasma
(Wayland). There are several non-critical wayland bugs. These bugs are
being addressed but aren't expected to be fixed until the RHEL 9.1
timeframe.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Troy Dawson<br></div><div><br></div><div>[1] - <a href="https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2058657" target="_blank">https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2058657</a></div><div>[2] - <a href="https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/epel/#_el9" target="_blank">https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/epel/#_el9</a></div></div></div>