plasma desktop

Install the plasma-meta meta-package or the plasma group. Alternatively, for a more minimal Plasma installation, install the plasma-desktop package.

sddm

The Simple Desktop Display Manager (SDDM) is the preferred display manager for KDE Plasma desktop.

Install sddm

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pacman -S sddm

Configuration

SDDM defaults to using systemd-logind for session management.

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sddm --example-config > /etc/sddm.conf

Loading sddm

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systemctl start sddm
systemctl enable sddm