To install this plasmoid check if you have installed the needed header files (kdelibs and kdebase-workspace), unpack the archive, go to its directory and execute the install.sh script from a shell. Alternatively you can go to the /applet directory and run the following commands from a shell: mkdir build cd build cmake ../ -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=`kde4-config --prefix` make sudo make install kbuildsycoca4 After that done, the plasmoid should show up in the add widgets dialog. If not, from a shell you can try to execute: kquitapp plasma plasma