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To use KDE Plasma, add this to your configuration.nix:

{{file|3=# Enable Plasma

{{file|3={

services.desktopManager.plasma6.enable = true;

# Enable Plasma

services.desktopManager.plasma6.enable = true;

# Default display manager for Plasma

services.displayManager.~~plasma-login-manager~~.enable = true;

services.displayManager.sddm = {

enable = true;

# To use Wayland (Experimental for SDDM)

wayland.enable = true;

};

# Optionally enable xserver

services.xserver.enable = true;|name=~~/etc/nixos/~~configuration.nix|lang=nix}}

services.xserver.enable = true;

}|name=configuration.nix|lang=nix}}{{Warning|SDDM is no longer supported on the unstable branch, users on unstable should use [[KDE#Plasma Login Manager|Plasma Login Manager]] instead. See configuration later in this page.}}

== Configuration ==

=== ~~Rootless X11~~ ===

=== Excluding applications from the default install ===

~~{{ic|sddm}} launches X11 as a root user by default. For better security, X11~~ can be ~~run as a non-root user, but using Wayland is better tested and thus preferred:~~

Some optional packages can be excluded if they are not needed at the cost of functionality.

~~<syntaxhighlight lang="~~nix">

Optional packages: [https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/nixos-24.11/nixos/modules/services/desktop-managers/plasma6.nix#L159-L174 plasma6.nix]

# ~~Using X11 as a non~~-~~root user~~

~~services~~.~~displayManager.sddm.settings.General.DisplayServer = "x11-user";~~

~~# Using Wayland (preferred)~~

{{File|3={

~~services~~.~~displayManager~~.~~sddm~~.~~settings.General~~.~~DisplayServer~~ = ~~"wayland";~~

environment.plasma6.excludePackages = with pkgs.kdePackages; [

~~</syntaxhighlight>~~

plasma-browser-integration

konsole

elisa

];

}|name=configuration.nix|lang=nix}}

=== ~~Excluding applications from the default install~~ ===

=== Plasma Login Manager ===

~~Some optional packages can be excluded if they are not needed at the cost of functionality.~~

[https://github.com/KDE/plasma-login-manager Plasma Login Manager] is currently only available in unstable. If you are on unstable you can enable it with the following configuration.

~~Optional packages:~~ [https://github.com/~~NixOS/nixpkgs~~/~~blob/nixos~~-~~24.11/nixos/modules/services/desktop~~-~~managers/plasma6~~.~~nix#L159-L174 plasma6~~.~~nix]~~

~~<syntaxHighlight lang~~=~~nix>~~

{{File|3={

~~environment~~.~~plasma6.excludePackages = with pkgs~~.~~kdePackages; [~~

services.displayManager.plasma-login-manager = {

plasma-~~browser~~-~~integration~~

enable = true;

~~konsole~~

};

~~elisa~~

}|name=configuration.nix|lang=nix}}

];

~~</syntaxHighlight>~~

=== Default Wayland/X11 session ===

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Plasma 6 runs on Wayland by default. To launch an X11 session by default:

~~<syntaxhighlight lang~~=~~"nix">~~

{{File|3={

services.displayManager.defaultSession = "plasmax11";

~~</syntaxhighlight>~~

}|name=configuration.nix|lang=nix}}

== Troubleshooting ==

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 To use KDE Plasma, add this to your configuration.nix:
-{{file|3=# Enable Plasma
+{{file|3={
-services.desktopManager.plasma6.enable = true;
+  # Enable Plasma
+  services.desktopManager.plasma6.enable = true;
-# Default display manager for Plasma
+  # Default display manager for Plasma
-services.displayManager.plasma-login-manager.enable = true;
+  services.displayManager.sddm = {
+    enable = true;
+  # To use Wayland (Experimental for SDDM)
+    wayland.enable = true;
+  };
-# Optionally enable xserver
+  # Optionally enable xserver
-services.xserver.enable = true;|name=/etc/nixos/configuration.nix|lang=nix}}
+  services.xserver.enable = true;
+}|name=configuration.nix|lang=nix}}{{Warning|SDDM is no longer supported on the unstable branch, users on unstable should use [[KDE#Plasma Login Manager|Plasma Login Manager]] instead. See configuration later in this page.}}
 == Configuration ==
-=== Rootless X11 ===
+=== Excluding applications from the default install ===
-{{ic|sddm}} launches X11 as a root user by default. For better security, X11 can be run as a non-root user, but using Wayland is better tested and thus preferred:
+Some optional packages can be excluded if they are not needed at the cost of functionality.
-<syntaxhighlight lang="nix">
+Optional packages: [https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/nixos-24.11/nixos/modules/services/desktop-managers/plasma6.nix#L159-L174 plasma6.nix]
-# Using X11 as a non-root user
-services.displayManager.sddm.settings.General.DisplayServer = "x11-user";
-# Using Wayland (preferred)
+{{File|3={
-services.displayManager.sddm.settings.General.DisplayServer = "wayland";
+  environment.plasma6.excludePackages = with pkgs.kdePackages; [
-</syntaxhighlight>
+    plasma-browser-integration
+    konsole
+    elisa
+  ];
+}|name=configuration.nix|lang=nix}}
-=== Excluding applications from the default install ===
+=== Plasma Login Manager ===
-Some optional packages can be excluded if they are not needed at the cost of functionality.
+[https://github.com/KDE/plasma-login-manager Plasma Login Manager] is currently only available in unstable. If you are on unstable you can enable it with the following configuration.
-Optional packages: [https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/nixos-24.11/nixos/modules/services/desktop-managers/plasma6.nix#L159-L174 plasma6.nix]
-<syntaxHighlight lang=nix>
+{{File|3={
-environment.plasma6.excludePackages = with pkgs.kdePackages; [
+  services.displayManager.plasma-login-manager = {
-  plasma-browser-integration
+    enable = true;
-  konsole
+   };
-   elisa
+}|name=configuration.nix|lang=nix}}
-];
-</syntaxHighlight>
 === Default Wayland/X11 session ===
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 Plasma 6 runs on Wayland by default. To launch an X11 session by default:
-<syntaxhighlight lang="nix">
+{{File|3={
-services.displayManager.defaultSession = "plasmax11";
+  services.displayManager.defaultSession = "plasmax11";
-</syntaxhighlight>
+}|name=configuration.nix|lang=nix}}
 == Troubleshooting ==