Hello all,
i have written a kde plasma applet in c++ and i now i want to put it in a package so the user can install it via the plasma desktop.
I read a lot on the internet and also found small pieces of documentation (http://community.kde.org/Plasma/Package)
but i did not find any hint on installing shared libraries this way.
Also i do not know what to set this veriable to in the metadata.desktop file

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X-Plasma-API=?

And finally i'm not sure, if this way of installing a plasma applet is not capable of native code applets, since there maybe problems running a x86 applet on a 64 bit system.
I already packed my applet into a deb file, but i would prefer to install it via the plasma-desktop, that's why i'm asking.

Can any one help me out with these questions?
Many thanks in advance.
Greetings, -chris-

C++ applets should be distributed via *.deb files, so their dependencies can be installed by the package manager. I believe the *.plasmoid format is reserved for scripted applets.

bcooksley is correct. The .plasmoid format (basically a zipped directory structure) is used for scripted applets.

See http://techbase.kde.org/Development/Tutorials/Plasma for more information.