Plasma Applet Template ---------------------- You need KDE 4.1 -- Build instructions -- cd /where/your/applet/is/installed mkdir build cd build cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$KDEDIRS .. make make install (your $KDEDIRS is where you install your KDE 4) Restart plasma to load the applet kquitapp plasma plasma or view it with plasmoidviewer YourAppletName -- Tutorials and resources -- The explanation of the template http://techbase.kde.org/index.php?title=Development/Tutorials/Plasma/GettingStarted Plasma techbase pages http://techbase.kde.org/Projects/Plasma