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    *[[/How to Help|How to Help / Join]]
    *[[/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]]
    *[[/FAQ|Frequently answered questions]]


    ==User Installation==
    ==User Installation==
    *[[/Installation|Install KDE 4 on Windows]] using the KDE Installer for Windows
    *[[/Installation|Install KDE 4 on Windows]] using the KDE Installer for Windows
    *[[/additional_software_needed|Additional Software]] that is needed for some programs to work properly
    *[[/windows_specific_features|Windows specific features]]: modifying the location of .kde and some more internal settings


    ==Development==
    ==Development==
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    *[[Development/Tutorials/Debugging/Debugging_on_MS_Windows|Debugging on MS Windows]]
    *[[Development/Tutorials/Debugging/Debugging_on_MS_Windows|Debugging on MS Windows]]
    *[[/Development Workflow|Development Workflow]]
    *[[/Development Workflow|Development Workflow]]
    *[[/Issues |Issues, TODOs, and status info]] (on individual apps, libraries, or other parts of the project)
    *[[/Issues |Issues, TODOs, and status info]] (on individual apps, libraries, or other parts of the project) (outdated)
    *[[/Tools|Tools]] (required or useful)
    *[[/Tools|Tools]] (required or useful)
    *[[/Porting Guidelines|Porting Guidelines]]
    *[[/Porting Guidelines|Porting Guidelines]]
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    === Information for application developers ===
    === Information for application developers ===
    *[[/Compiling_Applications|Compiling (third party) KDE apps on Windows]]
    *[[/Compiling_Applications|Compiling (third party) KDE apps on Windows]] (outdated)
    *[[/Packaging|Packaging / Distributing KDE apps on Windows]]
    *[[/Packaging|Packaging / Distributing KDE apps on Windows]]


    ===(Release) status info===
    ===(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])
    *Current release target is KDE 4.10.2 ([http://mail.kde.org/pipermail/kde-windows/2013-May/007513.html]).
    *Nightly builds (logs):
    *builds:
    **[http://www.winkde.org/pub/kde/ports/win32/dashboard/release/ Release-Series]
    **[http://www.winkde.org/pub/kde/ports/win32/dashboard/release/ Release-Series]
    **[http://winkde.org/pub/kde/ports/win32/dashboard/ master]


    == Qt5/KDE5 status ==
    == Qt5/KDE5 status ==

    Revision as of 22:20, 9 June 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

    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