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    "''KDE 4 libraries and applications are available to you, no matter if you are a commercial developer, manager or free software hacker. You are invited to not only just use the toolkit - you can contribute your own solutions and improvements to the KDE community.''"[[Image:Konqi-win.png|frame|right|Konqi, the KDE mascot now also supporting MS Windows]]
    "''KDE 4 libraries and applications are available to you, no matter if you are a commercial developer, manager or free software hacker. You are invited to not only just use the toolkit - you can contribute your own solutions and improvements to the KDE community.''"[[Image:Konqi-win.png|frame|right|Konqi, the KDE mascot now also supporting MS Windows]]
    The [http://windows.kde.org/ KDE on Windows Initiative] is an ongoing project to port the KDE applications to MS Windows. Currently supported versions of Windows are XP, Vista and 7.


    __NOTOC__
    __NOTOC__
    ==Overview==
    ==Overview==
    *[[/Presentations|Presentations]]
    *[[/Presentations|Presentations]]
    *[[/How To Help|How To Help]]
    *[[/How to Help|How to Help / Join]]
    *[http://windows.kde.org windows.kde.org]
    *[http://windows.kde.org windows.kde.org]
    *[[/Maintainers|Maintainers]] of Windows version of particular module or application
    *[[/FAQ|Frequently answered questions]]
    ==User Installation==
    *[[/Installation|Install KDE 4 on Windows]] using the KDE Installer for Windows


    ==Development==
    ==Development==
    *[[Getting_Started/Build/KDE4/Windows|Build KDE 4 on Windows]]
    *[[Getting_Started/Build/Windows/emerge|Build KDE 4 on Windows]] using ''emerge''
    *[[/Installation|Install KDE 4 on Windows]] using the KDE Installer for Windows
    *[[Development/Tutorials/Debugging/Debugging_on_MS_Windows|Debugging on MS Windows]]
    *[[Development/Tutorials/Debugging/Debugging_on_MS_Windows|Debugging on MS Windows]]
    *TechBase pages related to MS Windows ports of KDE applications and libraries:
    *[[/Development Workflow|Development Workflow]]
    **[[/Missing/features/functions/kdelibs|Missing features/functions in kdelibs]]
    *[[/Issues |Issues, TODOs, and status info]] (on individual apps, libraries, or other parts of the project)
    **[[Projects/PIM/MS_Windows|KDE PIM on MS Windows]]
    *[[/Tools|Tools]] (required or useful)
    *Recent development [[/Issues|notes]]
    **[[/Issues/emerge|Issues, thoughts and jobs for emerge]]
    **[[/Issues/kdewin-installer|Issues and thoughts for KDEWin-Installer]]
    *[[/Porting Guidelines|Porting Guidelines]]
    *[[/Porting Guidelines|Porting Guidelines]]
    *[[/Meetings|Meetings]]
    *[http://community.kde.org/KDE_Windows/Meetings Meetings]
    *[[/Windows CE|Windows CE]]
    *Source code in the KDE git: [http://quickgit.kde.org/?p=emerge.git emerge]


    ==Resources==
    === Information for application developers ===
    *[[/Compiling_Applications|Compiling (third party) KDE apps on Windows]]
    *[[/Packaging|Packaging / Distributing KDE apps on Windows]]
     
    ===(Release) status info===
    *Current release target is KDE 4.9 ([http://lists.kde.org/?l=kde-windows&m=134856419908374&w=2]). Recently it has been suggested to skip to 4.10, however ([http://lists.kde.org/?l=kde-windows&m=135784778022201&w=2])
    *Nightly builds (logs):
    **[http://www.winkde.org/pub/kde/ports/win32/dashboard/release/ Release-Series]
    **[http://winkde.org/pub/kde/ports/win32/dashboard/ master]
     
    == Qt5/KDE5 status ==
    * update dbus to nightly branch
    * get kdelibs building - what about split packages?
    * use updated mingw
    * disable dbusmenu-qt on Windows by default
    * fix Qt5 dependencies on all packages
     
    ==Further reading, and support ressources==
    *[mailto:[email protected] [email protected]] mailing list: [https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-windows  subscribe], [http://lists.kde.org/?l=kde-windows&r=1&w=2 archives]
    *[mailto:[email protected] [email protected]] mailing list: [https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-windows  subscribe], [http://lists.kde.org/?l=kde-windows&r=1&w=2 archives]
    *[irc://irc.freenode.net/kde-windows #kde-windows] channel on irc.freenode.net
    *[irc://irc.freenode.net/kde-windows #kde-windows] channel on irc.freenode.net
    *Source code in the KDE Subversion: [http://websvn.kde.org/trunk/kdesupport/kdewin32/ kdewin32]
    *Related blogs: [http://aheinecke.blogspot.de/ aheinecke], [http://saroengels.blogspot.com/ saroengels], Not active: [http://chehrlic.blogspot.com chehrlic], [http://www.kdedevelopers.org/blog/104 jstaniek]
     
    *[[/In the Press|KDE on Windows in the press]]
    ==External Resources==
    *[http://doc.trolltech.com/4.3/deployment-windows.html Deploying an Application on Qt/Windows] (trolltech.com)
    *http://kdelibs.com (former KDElibs/windows site, now aimed at ISVs)


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    [[Category:MS Windows]]

    Revision as of 13:34, 18 January 2013


    "KDE 4 libraries and applications are available to you, no matter if you are a commercial developer, manager or free software hacker. You are invited to not only just use the toolkit - you can contribute your own solutions and improvements to the KDE community."

    Konqi, the KDE mascot now also supporting MS Windows

    The KDE on Windows Initiative is an ongoing project to port the KDE applications to MS Windows. Currently supported versions of Windows are XP, Vista and 7.


    Overview

    User Installation

    Development

    Information for application developers

    (Release) status info

    • Current release target is KDE 4.9 ([1]). Recently it has been suggested to skip to 4.10, however ([2])
    • Nightly builds (logs):

    Qt5/KDE5 status

    • update dbus to nightly branch
    • get kdelibs building - what about split packages?
    • use updated mingw
    • disable dbusmenu-qt on Windows by default
    • fix Qt5 dependencies on all packages

    Further reading, and support ressources