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Parsa Mousavi
Asked: 2020-03-19 13:43:12 +0800 CST

KDE plugins installation path

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Where are KDE plasma plugins (e.g KWin effects , blur) located ? (i.e those which are installed via package manager or by default)

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  1. Best Answer
    /usr/share/kwin/effects/

    On my Kubuntu 18.04:

    $ ls /usr/share/kwin/effects/ -1
desktopgrid
kwin4_effect_dialogparent
kwin4_effect_eyeonscreen
kwin4_effect_fade
kwin4_effect_fadedesktop
kwin4_effect_frozenapp
kwin4_effect_grayscale ***
kwin4_effect_login
kwin4_effect_logout
kwin4_effect_maximize
kwin4_effect_morphingpopups
kwin4_effect_scalein
kwin4_effect_translucency
kwin4_effect_windowaperture
presentwindows
$

    *** For kwin4_effect_grayscale which is a downloaded plugin, see How can I get a grayscale effect in Kubuntu 18.04 using KWin?.

    (I don't know why there is use of kwin4. The use of kwin4 continues even in Plasma 5.18.3 used by Kubuntu 20.04 and in openSUSE Tumbleweed 20200314.)

    Also searching plugins by name in suspected directories like "/usr" doesn't yield any useful results

    True. Getting the actual name isn't obvious from looking at kcmshell5 kcmkwineffects.

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