Beyond Linux® From Scratch (systemd Edition) - Version r12.4-534

Chapter 31. KDE Frameworks 6 Based Applications

dolphin-25.08.3

Introduction to dolphin

The dolphin package is a KF6 file manager.

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Package Information

dolphin Dependencies

Required

KDE Frameworks-6.20.0 and phonon-4.12.0

Optional

baloo-widgets (for the metadata features of Dolphin) and packagekit-qt

Optional (Runtime)

kio-extras-25.08.3 (for mounting SMB shares)

Installation of dolphin

Install dolphin by running the following commands: 

mkdir build &&
cd    build &&

cmake -D CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$KF6_PREFIX \
      -D CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release         \
      -D BUILD_TESTING=OFF                \
      -W no-dev .. &&
make

This package does not come with a test suite.

Now, as the root user: 

make install

Contents

Installed Programs: dolphin
Installed Libraries: libdolphinvcs.so and libdolphinprivate.so
Installed Directories: $KF6_PREFIX/include/Dolphin, $KF6_PREFIX/lib/cmake/DolphinVcs, $KF6_PREFIX/lib/plugins/dolphin, and $KF6_PREFIX/share/doc/HTML/*/dolphin

Short Descriptions

dolphin

is a KF6-based file manager