KDE SC 4.8.0 Info Page
KDE 4.8.0 was released on Jan 25th, 2012.
This page will be updated to reflect changes in the status of 4.8 release cycle so check back for new information.
Security Issues
Please report possible problems to security@kde.org.
Bugs
This is a list of grave bugs and common pitfalls surfacing after the release was packaged:
- Currently none known
Please check the bug database before filing any bug reports. Also check for possible updates on this page that might describe or fix your problem.
Download and Installation
Build instructions are available on Techbase, our developer wiki.
KDE SC 4.8.0 Release
KDE Software Compilation releases are made up of the KDE Platform, Plasma Workspaces and many KDE Applications.
The complete source code for KDE SC 4.8.0 is available for download:
| Location | Size | SHA1 Sum |
|---|---|---|
| analitza-4.8.0 | 144KB | 2681b114deab6f3fd215e0348e34c63116ddd31c |
| ark-4.8.0 | 156KB | 99756e0896938371d6d7036fb3d5d0d152de29c3 |
| blinken-4.8.0 | 588KB | 7283a49de949e15f9c9ab06dfa133012a4090a7c |
| cantor-4.8.0 | 272KB | b0ef9cb3c25e4909b6855317425e9d9f12697dff |
| filelight-4.8.0 | 300KB | d0e628ba95f60b7c67ad10e4f6ab14d0e24fc8f5 |
| gwenview-4.8.0 | 1.9MB | ea1bc5dec79fb0810fc4629e8cf023c78f12ef0b |
| jovie-4.8.0 | 372KB | aef47e440183323c5a62d3f45aaece7215817917 |
| kaccessible-4.8.0 | 24KB | 16451b090fe1ed345b5c1d3426bf0123eda08859 |
| kactivities-4.8.0 | 40KB | ac64d13f767c06bfcf2040fcdf94a78410ad035d |
| kalgebra-4.8.0 | 432KB | 45903803c0c0f3e05c30e7543ee3ebc891b60e4b |
| kalzium-4.8.0 | 3.9MB | 0d4f9d3a148052c93068d4c2c0ed22969ac05202 |
| kamera-4.8.0 | 40KB | 1693f435764124651d17579449aa4bfadff3701b |
| kanagram-4.8.0 | 640KB | 85daff6309edf72f93fe0f692413216313c98dbd |
| kate-4.8.0 | 2.2MB | 01cfffa6e905103c1b23d4006ba5a26844cc97aa |
| kbruch-4.8.0 | 936KB | 0f602d0dd1355dbf84c26f813458bdeb0508f4f8 |
| kcalc-4.8.0 | 92KB | b832aadd21906a7bdad323b8f1cbfb59bf1b7c63 |
| kcharselect-4.8.0 | 92KB | 0f4ffe3469c45317b7b76b66755e14df333835a3 |
| kcolorchooser-4.8.0 | 8.0KB | 84ab09ba2e0dbe8077a91d3496b6c65f54b636fc |
| kdeadmin-4.8.0 | 784KB | a7cf29130bd83615bdc01f54a465cef8c492c527 |
| kdeartwork-4.8.0 | 138MB | 08c6e127ad1931a13ea1dde25189a49de089fa89 |
| kde-baseapps-4.8.0 | 2.7MB | 25151b551793164c5eb1cb303d3031e63a6122e3 |
| kdegames-4.8.0 | 61MB | 714a775811dae11ca85ce1113d673894b0afdcdd |
| kdegraphics-mobipocket-4.8.0 | 20KB | 86ae995f7278f14e1169335b24fe7a61069c39a2 |
| kdegraphics-strigi-analyzer-4.8.0 | 44KB | 9c607105f30c13e83fac3430649696a19e1c4d7b |
| kdegraphics-thumbnailers-4.8.0 | 44KB | acaf1e7f44c3e65619ece032b9165ade65e418b5 |
| kdelibs-4.8.0 | 13MB | 5e4744405734e6c3ce572ef7d16054390692b38a |
| kdemultimedia-4.8.0 | 1.6MB | 210bfd435c8e6f52aa78ab46f9487a159ab2ac83 |
| kdenetwork-4.8.0 | 9.6MB | 51ea55dbcbece59535af61f7450e8ac2aa1db28b |
| kdepim-4.8.0 | 16MB | 61509f42a96193ae2a9b9f8560dccb73d739f356 |
| kdepimlibs-4.8.0 | 3.2MB | 22409015a8047e3a78711093e3363775e8434fba |
| kdepim-runtime-4.8.0 | 1.3MB | 1cf75a92ddd0c18891163cd9d7f2290afae17472 |
| kdeplasma-addons-4.8.0 | 2.0MB | 0049d6977cb89f303468813811f3fde2807fd8db |
| kde-runtime-4.8.0 | 5.9MB | 5e1e98535529a67f8d20e8c76d051c81604d7064 |
| kdesdk-4.8.0 | 5.2MB | 2c55ed17350cb5eba4213007614e4c587feb94b9 |
| kdetoys-4.8.0 | 400KB | 4d583cf52d10462a71df8eba907c07453f844cb2 |
| kde-wallpapers-4.8.0 | 75MB | 95ccd9845d2ff935089e895a9ae0360561aff9d5 |
| kdewebdev-4.8.0 | 2.7MB | 8919c3a272a954c19a4c0a742e3e686e29650aa4 |
| kde-workspace-4.8.0 | 34MB | 4c471b159315b084c65196b0c93c34981a9105c5 |
| kdf-4.8.0 | 164KB | cc7b1450624b14ca740b64edd5b8fb54faca491e |
| kfloppy-4.8.0 | 64KB | 5f1ea4bf5e145ce3eb8cc136ac36c57675ad489c |
| kgamma-4.8.0 | 28KB | ff86fb416475aefa69d58c3c69f5426b32ea63ae |
| kgeography-4.8.0 | 6.6MB | 07d77cd5182e0594273aa713ad62134232868c08 |
| kgpg-4.8.0 | 828KB | 4edbfa73c62fdd99f87b5b42dd7f1330dc8f5986 |
| khangman-4.8.0 | 1.3MB | 2deaab70f8ed414a4ddb21aeb91627dac74986a6 |
| kig-4.8.0 | 1.6MB | 141a4c9230ab134dcf7016c2880357d9e52b8f69 |
| kimono-4.8.0 | 980KB | b46842ce2b3c1aa3620277a461c3d127843d6a4d |
| kiten-4.8.0 | 11MB | 4068f2bcca69150a9b340a6d47ec4902d9dbacc9 |
| klettres-4.8.0 | 2.7MB | 9d2c13dd14db79451db8afdc184f264b1ba29d81 |
| kmag-4.8.0 | 96KB | 7f281e2ac07aeb8d31249e6e0b27661a87f98a0c |
| kmousetool-4.8.0 | 48KB | 121fce8fd61772d044a48885918d2c0b500bb646 |
| kmouth-4.8.0 | 328KB | 43ff583d0628005087c948362b1e64dc4d359d88 |
| kmplot-4.8.0 | 692KB | 914151c41fba93cb1d0cd659fb3e392c0de1b5f8 |
| kolourpaint-4.8.0 | 1.2MB | 2d8c32fb16a8b4f479906557b5eb88c519e2c08e |
| konsole-4.8.0 | 468KB | f99abc20fd0042be62e48308f334b66a6a3135d7 |
| korundum-4.8.0 | 176KB | 635ebd224ec2775e93ddf395c2e4d2ba838130df |
| kremotecontrol-4.8.0 | 1.1MB | 6a4d7eede9736aa14213db082ceec5a2132c89c5 |
| kross-interpreters-4.8.0 | 136KB | 2b2ac36b1597e180c1e3923c00f4ca465bd99a03 |
| kruler-4.8.0 | 140KB | e453a29c327e13458c32abd86ce7b98454b859f2 |
| ksaneplugin-4.8.0 | 16KB | 0110854a69395bc4402caf2b91fc3cf44a4200ad |
| ksecrets-4.8.0 | 148KB | 13852c77b7aa76286f1108024650cb61fbc2d24e |
| ksnapshot-4.8.0 | 268KB | a95584fd44401d130815c1ec79c21532197dbef8 |
| kstars-4.8.0 | 13MB | 249f80cdd5198c5c22ce75cea4d1718d5865a3c9 |
| ktimer-4.8.0 | 164KB | 647cd73338d3304efbd9bd5ce79f4b9d3e094836 |
| ktouch-4.8.0 | 1.9MB | e1e1338e67c0c02c4573a4aa95a721c8f674f2c6 |
| kturtle-4.8.0 | 224KB | 3da036991fed5840fb45d033efe0082570e804d9 |
| kwallet-4.8.0 | 296KB | 84828abdbaa0c0719adfc3829fb9decf1ec0f87b |
| kwordquiz-4.8.0 | 1.3MB | 34eec78fe68aef8b7166ca6cca84ed58290484b9 |
| libkdcraw-4.8.0 | 300KB | 4c613177ec8cfe1436e5fb7f3b61bbb306d13f71 |
| libkdeedu-4.8.0 | 224KB | ca40cfa3ac019ab986ca062a1c7a8be5c3b366af |
| libkexiv2-4.8.0 | 140KB | 4536ffd3df63a8dcf68bf8ab221ba0c09be417c6 |
| libkipi-4.8.0 | 80KB | 1eccc5b6dda059eee10b2ae3e0ef6a47953eb084 |
| libksane-4.8.0 | 84KB | 417e0e65d3045548a29a9acdcbe1b0511a42295a |
| marble-4.8.0 | 21MB | 6c3c6b03c9d8e92730d6955adcbdb5de42fda43d |
| okular-4.8.0 | 1.2MB | c112a490cd1245041c9d81b9377838fd0de4d60c |
| oxygen-icons-4.8.0 | 359MB | cd893bb4060957e4ceff39c46e01cec82746163e |
| parley-4.8.0 | 11MB | 800eea4d6339da608cc720b5d6186de9a43b70ce |
| perlkde-4.8.0 | 40KB | e9c46cec78f42a29befbc26dfa428d6a28027754 |
| perlqt-4.8.0 | 1.9MB | db11f9625d6c531d9b4cf0d50c36e405600a7717 |
| printer-applet-4.8.0 | 40KB | 6d6f6afb89ac43c6f1c9393592d8645480530662 |
| pykde4-4.8.0 | 2.1MB | cf204efebc1eda6de7f4405dbf5037bdaffd30e9 |
| qtruby-4.8.0 | 584KB | 9b8e9ab4926929909861f6557dea908d328a1dd2 |
| qyoto-4.8.0 | 544KB | 3e5abc08b5a097e332449f15c50975402934d60a |
| rocs-4.8.0 | 700KB | d29daa9633e2ba6e2d3e0c7155ade752216a8969 |
| smokegen-4.8.0 | 148KB | 9b4f0af954e845eecea8e7ed388e01cffb8974d2 |
| smokekde-4.8.0 | 40KB | 04f01d14cfc395fcf675b7a22202b41351f471f9 |
| smokeqt-4.8.0 | 32KB | 9ad56f1441c92b6d24b7e9ec19fe62da34820731 |
| step-4.8.0 | 400KB | 08fff354effdc6f10e3b55ab011f8393a19de9fd |
| superkaramba-4.8.0 | 404KB | 1b3375814012333ddbf7d9031647fc678ba1162a |
| svgpart-4.8.0 | 12KB | bd432a31976cb64c41035382a8133332aa184c2a |
| sweeper-4.8.0 | 88KB | 213abfd1d192acf619603e66c2f6e83e323e22e6 |
Binary packages
Some Linux/UNIX OS vendors have kindly provided binary packages of KDE SC 4.8.0 for some versions of their distribution, and in other cases community volunteers have done so.
Currently pre-compiled packages are available for:
- Gentoo Linux provides KDE SC 4.8.0 packages in main repository.
More details can be found on Gentoo KDE Guide. - Kubuntu packages are available for 11.10 More details can be found in the announcement on Kubuntu.org.
- openSUSE packages are available for openSUSE 12.1 (one-click install), for openSUSE 11.4 (one-click install), and openSUSE Factory (one-click install).