This Indicator is written to make KDE Connect usable in desktops without KDE Plasma, such as Ubuntu Unity and Pantheon.
It started as an AppIndicator, but you can send files and URLs easily through KDE Connect with kdeconnect-send.
- Indicator in the panel which show your devices, with its name, status, and battery.
- Menu to request for pairing and unpairing.
- Menu to start SFTP and open a file browser.
- Menu to send files.
- Menu to send SMS.
- A small program,
kdeconnect-send
to help sending files and choosing device. - A .contractor file, so you can send files from any of elementary OS's applications.
- A Python extension for Nautilus, Nemo and Caja.
- Menu to ring and find your phone.
- From the device name menu you can get encryption information.
- From the device status menu item you can open KDE Connect settings.
- Custom device icons for Ubuntu, Gnome and Elementary OS.
Currently this is have some limitation:
- After changes on KDE Connect this will work only in KDE Connect 1.0.0 and up
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Arch Linux
There is a package available in the AUR -
Ubuntu 16.04
Ubuntu 16.04 users can use this ppa:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:varlesh-l/indicator-kdeconnect
sudo apt update
sudo apt install kdeconnect indicator-kdeconnect
- Ubuntu 16.10
Ubuntu 16.10 users can use this ppa:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:varlesh-l/indicator-kdeconnect
sudo sed -i 's/yakkety/xenial/g' /etc/apt/sources.list.d/varlesh-l-ubuntu-indicator-kdeconnect-yakkety.list
sudo apt update
sudo apt install indicator-kdeconnect kdeconnect
- Fedora
Fedora 25 user's can use this repo:
sudo dnf config-manager --add-repo http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/Bajoja/Fedora_25/home:Bajoja.repo
sudo dnf install kdeconnectd indicator-kdeconnect -y
- OpenSuSe
OpenSuSe Leap 42.2 user's can use this repo:
http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/Bajoja/openSUSE_Leap_42.2/
OpenSuSe Tumbleweed user's can use this repo:
http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/Bajoja/openSUSE_Tumbleweed/
- From the Source
Check the INSTALL file
To make life better you can try to apply this:
- Add KDE Connect Indicator to your startup applications, on your System Setting if is not.
- Nautilus, Nemo, Caja and Pantheon-files users have native extensions installed by default, make sure you have,
python-nautilus
,python-nemo
orpython-caja
instelled to use it. - If your files manager is not supported by extensions create a action entry with
kdeconnect-send %F
as command. Or you can use the script present on the scripts folder, adding it to your file manager script folder.
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