Vinyl Theme for KDE Plasma 6

This theme is a collection of libraries and artwork, some was initially forks and ports of various other pieces of code and graphics work for KDE Plasma 6:

Note

This software is on development for KDE Plasma version 6 (and related to Qt6) and can't run on previous versions of Plasma.

• Application style: ekaaty/vinyl-theme
• Color schemes: ekaaty/vinyl-theme
• Cursor themes: ekaaty/vinyl-theme
• Firefox themes: ekaaty/vinyl-theme
• Global themes: ekaaty/vinyl-theme
• Icon themes: ekaaty/vinyl-theme
• Konsole profiles: ekaaty/vinyl-theme
• Menu launcher: ekaaty/vinyl-theme
• Plasma layouts: ekaaty/vinyl-theme
• Plasma style: ekaaty/vinyl-theme
• SDDM theme: kde/sddm-theme
• Splash screen: ekaaty/vinyl-theme
• Wallpapers: ekaaty/vinyl-theme
• Window decoration: ekaaty/vinyl-theme
• GTK themes: planned
• Plymounth theme: planned
• Grub2 theme: planned

See AUTHORS.md file and sub-project folders for more info.

Installing pre-built binaries

1. Fedora/Nobara

You can install Vinyl nativelly on Fedora, Nobara and derivated distros by enabling the ekaaty/kde-extras COPR repository. To enable this repository and install packages run:

sudo dnf copr enable ekaaty/kde-extras
sudo dnf upgrade
sudo dnf install vinyl-theme

2. Kinoite/Bazzite

If you are running Fedora Kinoite or Bazzite, also you can install Vinyl from the ekaaty/kde-extras COPR repository. To enable this repository and install packages run:

sudo ostree remote add ekaaty-kde-extras \
  https://download.copr.fedorainfracloud.org/results/ekaaty/kde-extras/fedora-$releasever-$basearch/
sudo rpm-ostree upgrade
sudo rpm-ostree install --apply-live vinyl-theme

3. Arch/Manjaro or CachyOS/Garuda and derivatives

The package is available to be installed from the Arch Linux AUR.

https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/vinyl-git

You can use your favorite Arch AUR helper to install it. Example:

yay -S vinyl-git

Building from source (manual build)

Build Dependencies

You must install at least the following dependencies on your distibution to build this theme:

cmake cmake(KDecoration3) cmake(KF6ConfigWidgets) cmake(KF6Config) cmake(KF6CoreAddons) cmake(KF6Crash) cmake(KF6DocTools) cmake(KF6FrameworkIntegration) cmake(KF6GlobalAccel) cmake(KF6GuiAddons) cmake(KF6I18n) cmake(KF6IconThemes) cmake(KF6KCMUtils) cmake(KF6KIO) cmake(KF6Notifications) cmake(KF6Package) cmake(KF6WindowSystem) cmake(KF6KirigamiPlatform) cmake(KWayland) cmake(KWin) cmake(Plasma) cmake(Qt6Core) cmake(Qt6Core5Compat) cmake(Qt6DBus) cmake(Qt6Gui) cmake(Qt6UiTools) pkgconfig(epoxy) python3dist(cairosvg) python3dist(lxml) extra-cmake-modules >= 6.13.0 gcc-c++ git unzip xcursorgen

1. Fedora/Nobara or Kinoite/Bazzite and derivatives

Note

Only systems based on Fedora 41+ is supported.

Run the following command to install the dependencies:

dnf install 'cmake' \
  'cmake(KDecoration3)' 'cmake(KF6ConfigWidgets)' 'cmake(KF6Config)' 'cmake(KF6CoreAddons)' \
  'cmake(KF6Crash)' 'cmake(KF6DocTools)' 'cmake(KF6FrameworkIntegration)' \
  'cmake(KF6GlobalAccel)' 'cmake(KF6GuiAddons)' 'cmake(KF6I18n)' 'cmake(KF6IconThemes)' \
  'cmake(KF6KCMUtils)' 'cmake(KF6KIO)' 'cmake(KF6Notifications)' 'cmake(KF6Package)' \
  'cmake(KF6WindowSystem)' 'cmake(KF6KirigamiPlatform)' 'cmake(KWayland)' 'cmake(KWin)' \
  'cmake(Plasma)' 'cmake(Qt6Core)' 'cmake(Qt6Core5Compat)' 'cmake(Qt6DBus)' 'cmake(Qt6Gui)' \
  'cmake(Qt6UiTools)' 'pkgconfig(epoxy)' 'python3dist(cairosvg)' 'python3dist(lxml)' \
  'extra-cmake-modules' 'gcc-c++' 'git' 'xcursorgen' 'unzip'

2. OpenSUSE (Tumbleweed only)

Important

OpenSUSE Leap 15.6 doesn't supports Plasma 6, so you can't build Vinyl for it.

Run the following command to install the dependencies:

sudo zypper in --allow-downgrade --no-recommends 'cmake' \
  'cmake(KDecoration3)' 'cmake(KF6ConfigWidgets)' 'cmake(KF6Config)' 'cmake(KF6CoreAddons)' \
  'cmake(KF6Crash)' 'cmake(KF6DocTools)' 'cmake(KF6FrameworkIntegration)' \
  'cmake(KF6GlobalAccel)' 'cmake(KF6GuiAddons)' 'cmake(KF6I18n)' 'cmake(KF6IconThemes)' \
  'cmake(KF6KCMUtils)' 'cmake(KF6KIO)' 'cmake(KF6Notifications)' 'cmake(KF6Package)' \
  'cmake(KF6WindowSystem)' 'cmake(KF6KirigamiPlatform)' 'cmake(KWayland)' 'cmake(KWin)' \
  'cmake(Plasma)' 'cmake(Qt6Core)' 'cmake(Qt6Core5Compat)' 'cmake(Qt6DBus)' 'cmake(Qt6Gui)' \
  'cmake(Qt6UiTools)' 'pkgconfig(epoxy)' 'python3-CairoSVG' 'python3-lxml' \
  'extra-cmake-modules' 'gcc-c++' 'git' 'xcursorgen' 'unzip'

3. Debian/Kubuntu or Neon/Tuxedo and derivatives

Important

Kubuntu 24.04 LTS doesn't support KDE Plasma 6 yet. Otherwise it's available on Kubuntu 24.10+ and current versions of Debian (Trixie), KDE Neon and Tuxedo OS.

If you're running Plasma 6 on one of supported distributions, run the following command to install the dependencies:

sudo apt install 'cmake' \
  'libkdecorations3-dev' 'libkf6configwidgets-dev' 'libkf6config-dev' 'libkf6coreaddons-dev' \
  'libkf6doctools-dev' 'libkf6style-dev' 'libkf6globalaccel-dev' 'libkf6guiaddons-dev' \
  'libkf6i18n-dev' 'libkf6iconthemes-dev' 'libkf6kcmutils-dev' 'libkf6kio-dev' \
  'libkf6notifications-dev' 'libkf6package-dev' 'libkf6windowsystem-dev' 'libkirigami-dev' \
  'kirigami2-dev' 'kwayland-dev' 'kwin-dev' 'libplasma-dev' 'qt6-base-dev' 'qt6-5compat-dev' \
  'libqt6gui6' 'libqt6uitools6' 'libepoxy-dev' 'build-essential' 'git' 'python3-lxml' \
  'python3-cairosvg' 'x11-apps' 'unzip'

4. Arch/Manjaro or CachyOS/Garuda and derivatives

Run the following command to install the dependencies:

sudo pacman -Sy --needed 'cmake' \
  'base-devel' 'git' 'cmake' 'extra-cmake-modules' 'git' 'kdecoration' 'qt6-declarative' \
  'kcoreaddons' 'kcmutils' 'kcolorscheme' 'kconfig' 'kguiaddons' 'kiconthemes' 'kwindowsystem' \
  'kdoctools' 'kpackage' 'frameworkintegration' 'python-cairosvg' 'python-lxml' \
  'xorg-xcursorgen' 'gcc' 'unzip'

5. Alpine and derivatives

Run the following command to install the dependencies (not tested):

sudo apk -U add 'build-base' 'kconfigwidgets-dev' 'kdecoration-dev' 'kguiaddons-dev' 'ki18n-dev' \
  'kiconthemes-dev' 'kpackage-dev' 'kwindowsystem-dev' 'extra-cmake-modules' 'git' 'py3-lxml' \
  'py3-cairosvg'

Building the source

To build the code, do the following:

git clone https://github.com/ekaaty/vinyl-theme
export NPROCS=$(grep -c proc /proc/cpuinfo)

cd vinyl-theme
cmake -S . -B build
cmake --build build -j${NPROCS} --verbose

To build only application style and decoration, use:

cd vinyl-theme
cmake -DWITH_APPSTYLE_ONLY=ON -S . -B build
cmake --build build -j${NPROCS} --verbose

Installing the built files

And, finally, to install the files execute the following (will install it to the DESTDIR/PREFIX directory):

# On non-Fedora systems you can change PREFIX variable (eg. PREFIX=/usr/local) to
# match your KDE instalation
export PREFIX=$([ $(id -u) -eq 0 ] && echo /usr || echo ~/.local)

cd vinyl-theme
cmake --install build --prefix ${PREFIX}