2. Getting Started

• 2.1. Installation
  • 2.1.1. Install with uv
  • 2.1.2. Upgrading
  • 2.1.3. Alternative Installation
    • 2.1.3.1. Using pipx
    • 2.1.3.2. Developer Installation
• 2.2. Initial configuration
  • 2.2.1. Initial Setup of KDE Builder
    • 2.2.1.1. Prepare the configuration file
    • 2.2.1.2. Install the dependencies for projects
• 2.3. Bash Completion Setup
  • 2.3.1. Features
    • 2.3.1.1. Tab Completion
    • 2.3.1.2. Menu-Complete (Cycling)
    • 2.3.1.3. Mutual Exclusion
    • 2.3.1.4. Cached Completions
  • 2.3.2. Installation and Configuration
  • 2.3.3. Reload Configuration
  • 2.3.4. Troubleshooting
    • 2.3.4.1. Completion not working?
    • 2.3.4.2. Menu-complete not working?
    • 2.3.4.3. Mutual exclusion not working?
  • 2.3.5. Optional: System-Wide Installation
  • 2.3.6. Uninstallation
  • 2.3.7. Comparison with Zsh Completion
• 2.4. Editing the configuration file
• 2.5. Using the kde-builder tool
  • 2.5.1. Loading project metadata
  • 2.5.2. Previewing what will happen when kde-builder runs
  • 2.5.3. Resolving build failures
• 2.6. Project Organization and selection
  • 2.6.1. KDE Software Organization
  • 2.6.2. Selecting projects to build
  • 2.6.3. Groups
    • 2.6.3.1. The basic group concept
    • 2.6.3.2. Special Support for KDE groups
  • 2.6.4. The official KDE project database
  • 2.6.5. Filtering out KDE project projects