---
name: "kdeinit"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "kdelibs4c2a"
version: "4:3.5.10.dfsg.1-5"
release: "Debian 6.0 (Squeeze)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/kdeinit"
---

# kdeinit(1)

KDE process launcher

## NAME

kdeinit - KDE process launcher

## SYNOPSIS

**kdeinit** \[options\]

## DESCRIPTION

**kdeinit** is a process launcher similar to **init** used for booting UNIX.

**kdeinit** is used to start all other KDE programs. It can start binary program files as well as kdeinit loadable modules (KLMs).

When **kdeinit** starts for the first time it launches **dcopserver**, **klauncher**, **kded** and some additional programs specified on its command line in the **startkde** script (normally **kcminit** and **knotify**).

The **kdeinit** master process can be used to start additional KDE programs via **kdeinit\_wrapper**, **kshell** and **kwrapper**.

KLMs are dynamic libraries that work like binary programs but can be started more efficiently. Starting KLMs via **kdeinit** is much faster and more memory efficient because **kdeinit** is linked against all libraries a standard KDE application needs. To start a KLM **kdeinit** forks and loads the dynamic library.

## OPTIONS

- **--no-kded**

  Do not start kded

- **--suicide**

  Terminate when no KDE applications are left running

###

## FILES

- */usr/lib/kde3*

  directory with KLMs (kdeinit loadable modules)

## SEE ALSO

[**dcopserver**(1)](/dcopserver/1.md), [**kded**(1)](/kded/1.md), [**kcminit**(1)](/kcminit/1.md),  [**kdeinit\_wrapper**(1)](/kdeinit_wrapper/1.md), [**klauncher**(1)](/klauncher/1.md), [**kshell**(1)](/kshell/1.md),  [**kwrapper**(1)](/kwrapper/1.md), startkde**(1)**

## AUTHORS

```
Waldo Bastian <bastian@kde.org>
Mario Weilguni <mweilguni@sime.com>
Lubos Lunak <l.lunak@kde.org>
```

Please use http://bugs.kde.org to report bugs, do not mail the authors directly.

This manual page was written by Holger Hartmann \<Holger\_Hartmann@gmx.de\> for the **Debian** Project (but may be used by others). Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation.

On **Debian** systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL.