Core

Internal linking: kwineffects, kwinglutils, libkdecorations, effects-builtins

Lib	Tier	Mandatory	Build option	Comment
X11_X11	XLib	REQUIRED	-	-
Xcursor	XLib	REQUIRED	-	-
Xext	XLib	REQUIRED	-	Required as workaround to broken sync extension in XCB
ICE	XLib	REQUIRED	-	Required for SessionManagement - could change
SM	XLib	REQUIRED	-	Required for SessionManagement - could change
XF86VM	XLIB	OPTIONAL	-	Used if present
XCB	XCB	REQUIRED	-	-
XFIXES	XCB	REQUIRED	-	-
DAMAGE	XCB	REQUIRED	-	-
COMPOSITE	XCB	REQUIRED	-	-
SHAPE	XCB	REQUIRED	-	-
SYNC	XCB	REQUIRED	-	-
RENDER	XCB	REQUIRED	-	-
RANDR	XCB	REQUIRED	-	-
KEYSYMS	XCB	REQUIRED	-	-
SHM	XCB	OPTIONAL	-	Used in Wayland build
XTEST	XCB	OPTIONAL	-	Used in Wayland build
OpenGL	-	OPTIONAL	-	Either OpenGL or OpenGL ES is required
OpenGLES	-	OPTIONAL	-	Either OpenGL or OpenGL ES is required
EGL	-	OPTIONAL	-	Required for OpenGL ES, additional functionality with OpenGL
DL	-	OPTIONAL	-	Used if present if compiled against OpenGL
WL_CLIENT	Wayland	OPTIONAL	-	Used if Wayland and EGL present
WL_EGL	Wayland	OPTIONAL	-	Used if Wayland and EGL present
Qt5Concurrent	-	REQUIRED	-	-
Qt5DBus	-	REQUIRED	-	-
Qt5Quick	-	REQUIRED	-	-
Qt5X11Extras	-	REQUIRED	-	-
Qt5Script	-	REQUIRED	-	-
KConfigCore	1	REQUIRED	-	-
KCoreAddons	1	REQUIRED	-	-
KGlobalAccel	1	REQUIRED	-	-
KCrash	2	REQUIRED	-	-
KI18n	1	REQUIRED	-	-
KNotifications	2	REQUIRED	-	-
KService	3	REQUIRED	-	-
Plasma	3	REQUIRED	-	Could move to Plasma integration
KConfigWidgets	3	REQUIRED	-	-
KWindowSystem	1	REQUIRED	-	-
KActivities	1	OPTIONAL	KWIN_BUILD_ACTIVITIES	-

killer

External tool invoked by KWin core

Lib	Tier	Mandatory	Build option	Comment
Qt5Widgets	-	REQUIRED	-	-
Qt5X11Extras	-	REQUIRED	-	-
KAuth	2	REQUIRED	-	-
KI18n	1	REQUIRED	-	-
KWidgetsAddons	1	REQUIRED	-	-

Lib	Tier	Mandatory	Build option	Comment
Qt5Widgets	-	REQUIRED	-	-
KConfigCore	1	REQUIRED	-	-
KI18n	1	REQUIRED	-	-
KService	3	REQUIRED	-	-

Lib	Tier	Mandatory	Build option	Comment
XCB	XCB	REQUIRED	-	-
XFIXES	XCB	REQUIRED	-	-
RENDER	XCB	REQUIRED	-	-
Qt5DBus	-	REQUIRED	-	For effect configs, should move into dedicated library
Qt5Widgets	-	REQUIRED	-	Needed for QGraphicsScale and QGraphicsRotation
Qt5X11Extras	-	REQUIRED	-	-
KConfigCore	1	REQUIRED	-	-

Lib	Tier	Mandatory	Build option	Comment
XCB	XCB	REQUIRED	-	needed because kwinglobals is included
OpenGL	-	OPTIONAL	-	Either OpenGL or OpenGL ES is required
OpenGLES	-	OPTIONAL	-	Either OpenGL or OpenGL ES is required
EGL	-	OPTIONAL	-	Required for OpenGL ES, additional functionality with OpenGL
DL	-	OPTIONAL	-	Used if present if compiled against OpenGL
Qt5DBus	-	REQUIRED	-	Communication with color correction
Qt5X11Extras	-	REQUIRED	-	needed because kwinglobals is included

Internal linking: kwineffects, kwinglutils

Lib	Tier	Mandatory	Build option	Comment
X11_X11	XLib	REQUIRED	-	-
Xcursor	XLib	REQUIRED	-	-
XCB	XCB	REQUIRED	-	-
XFIXES	XCB	REQUIRED	-	-
IMAGE	XCB	REQUIRED	-	-
RENDER	XCB	OPTIONAL	KWIN_BUILD_XRENDER_COMPOSITING	-
Qt5Concurrent	-	REQUIRED	-	-
Qt5DBus	-	REQUIRED	-	-
Qt5Quick	-	REQUIRED	-	-
Qt5X11Extras	-	REQUIRED	-	-
KConfigCore	1	REQUIRED	-	-
KGlobalAccel	1	REQUIRED	-	-
KConfigWidgets	3	REQUIRED	-	-
KI18n	1	REQUIRED	-	-
KService	3	REQUIRED	-	-
KWindowSystem	1	REQUIRED	-	-
Plasma	3	REQUIRED	-	Could move to Plasma integration
KIconThemes	3	REQUIRED	-	-

Internal Linking: kwineffects

Lib	Tier	Mandatory	Build option	Comment
Qt5Widgets	-	REQUIRED	-	-
KIOWidgets	3	REQUIRED	-	-
KI18n	1	REQUIRED	-	-
KCoreAddons	1	REQUIRED	-	-
KCompletion	2	REQUIRED	-	-
KConfigWidgets	3	REQUIRED	-	-
xmlgui	3	REQUIRED	-	-