While trying various incarnations of the KDE Plasma desktop environment on my Linux laptop, I decided I’d like to try some KDE apps on my Windows devices.
Two KDE Plasma apps that I particularly like are the Dolphin file manager and the Kate editor. To learn about these, see the following links.
Based on information on the above websites, it was not obvious[2] to me how to install the latest version of each of these on Windows. This unobviousness is what inspired me to write this article.
On
binary-factory.kde.org/job/Dolphin_Release_win64/,
I downloaded the latest .exe file, for example
dolphin-23.04.2-1959-windows-cl-msvc2019-x86_64.exe,
and then ran this
installer.[2]
On
binary-factory.kde.org/job/Kate_Release_win64/,
I downloaded the latest .exe file, for example
kate-23.04.2-2087-windows-cl-msvc2019-x86_64.exe,
and then ran this
installer.[2]
Since I wanted a recent version of each of these, I got them from the KDE Binary Factory. If you do not need or want to be on the cutting edge, you can install these with a Windows package manager such as Chocolatey, Scoop, or winget.
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