Installing widgets

Found a new widget, but don't know how to install it? Here's how. These screenshots are older, so the dialogs look different now.

The Get New Widgets menu

Installing from the store

Right-click the desktop, choose Enter Edit Mode, then open Add Widgets.

Adding widgets

Click Get New Widgets…, then Download New Plasma Widgets.

Search for the widget you want and click Install.

Installing a widget

Drag the installed widget to the desktop or a panel as usual.

Adding the widget to the desktop

Open Add Widgets as above, click Get New Widgets…, then Install Widget From Local File….

Installing from a local file

Select a local file and click Finish.

Selecting a file

To install a widget from Terminal, type:

kpackagetool6 -t Plasma/Applet -i widget-file-name.plasmoid

Adapted for SonicDE from userbase.kde.org/Plasma/Installing_Plasmoids by KDE UserBase contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.