KDE 4.7.2 was released on October 5th, 2011.

This page will be updated to reflect changes in the status of 4.7 release cycle so check back for new information.

Security Issues

Please report possible problems to security@kde.org.

Bugs

This is a list of grave bugs and common pitfalls surfacing after the release was packaged:

KSSL in KDE SC versions up to and including 4.7.1 have an input validation error that can be exploited to cause a user to be shown invalid dialogs, including an invalid security certificate. Rekonq is also affected. Read the detailed advisory for more information.

Please check the bug database before filing any bug reports. Also check for possible updates on this page that might describe or fix your problem.

Download and Installation

Build instructions are available on Techbase, our developer wiki.

KDE 4.7.2 Release

KDE Software Compilation releases are made up of the KDE Platform, Plasma Workspaces and many KDE Applications.

The complete source code for KDE 4.7.2 is available for download:

Location	Size	SHA1 Sum
blinken-4.7.2	592KB	`ec0418900c5d71d64f65407b898d740a5255ce08`
cantor-4.7.2	488KB	`5cb978903868d3dbda7367fec21a02818f693d6b`
gwenview-4.7.2	1,9MB	`ce1c3df9e9147d81ce250c41e7d9a328993d8632`
kalgebra-4.7.2	228KB	`4507b93e67d953705f7fe5eccec10868971a79ca`
kalzium-4.7.2	3,8MB	`3e750692964ca76da9ccbae5bdc263413a22a049`
kamera-4.7.2	40KB	`354d45d8f62c66bef0bc04c6e6e2056060ca7f0b`
kanagram-4.7.2	640KB	`0dd7dd66f87f99a5f0f2b4a7340c4690240c2478`
kate-4.7.2	2,0MB	`467b0558f1f86d0b210abd2d78c94cbe63b8579d`
kbruch-4.7.2	948KB	`db4959982db7a36fef61798978d8c885408a3e3f`
kcolorchooser-4.7.2	8,0KB	`64bd726f1bbb1e771bc037d9929f0eba098d844d`
kdeaccessibility-4.7.2	860KB	`7a2f7ea0e635f0ba79d7d54b118814bcefa4b6a1`
kdeadmin-4.7.2	792KB	`c96ddd94a4903b035e73b3e958e6b189ca173fe9`
kdeartwork-4.7.2	117MB	`a536d530e1f97d14f11ada47435f3e194e93beae`
kde-baseapps-4.7.2	2,6MB	`b52937ad8e5e4be884cc76f265c19964f461ac2c`
kdegames-4.7.2	61MB	`a84be8406fce38cf5b172c320904bb1cbe59e729`
kdegraphics-strigi-analyzer-4.7.2	44KB	`6094f33788f619e316efad7bc3eb6178b1b28121`
kdegraphics-thumbnailers-4.7.2	44KB	`281c84bcec1ce4b02148caf164c28fbc47d9b11b`
kdelibs-4.7.2	12MB	`4b074633cbf69752fda96018514ee771efe8f18b`
kdemultimedia-4.7.2	1,6MB	`2fc12558284fe95da63e24c73612846c6c1d31e1`
kdenetwork-4.7.2	9,5MB	`59e9e3629dff0362cfa2a6d897c77bc9cfbe8d5c`
kdepim-4.7.2	16MB	`41983556eb54a740a20d274878006ace5bc73c1c`
kdepimlibs-4.7.2	3,1MB	`9ad72ec123c2837783e6836e8c79210c658d2536`
kdepim-runtime-4.7.2	1,2MB	`f82886a63c48d718f30d60bd76ea7ac97f17a4c3`
kdeplasma-addons-4.7.2	1,9MB	`e1504ed7e21da8982610f42e70c3028b77ede6f1`
kde-runtime-4.7.2	5,8MB	`4d0b1883a2f65cc9472c4788c24e6b241f3b8828`
kdesdk-4.7.2	5,1MB	`b6259b46fed642c35e1c1d1f90712084141ca441`
kdetoys-4.7.2	404KB	`51213ffadf0326863aad82d9d581a2c9997dda58`
kdeutils-4.7.2	3,7MB	`52ce9b6b5f2c20475f46b6f7378ca4c530df37b4`
kde-wallpapers-4.7.2	47MB	`41398c918112e266c365c7269a6eb40795a2de19`
kdewebdev-4.7.2	2,6MB	`82910da01dc84e86134d0dbae23b4bf66b565faa`
kde-workspace-4.7.2	20MB	`afd37b2f583690e391828c1ceb7311e2e8d37c6f`
kgamma-4.7.2	28KB	`3f8cf9bf169a0bc058d0de610bfa4910c54ef475`
kgeography-4.7.2	6,7MB	`843322c2dd1131122abf03d226b87ec31217ed36`
khangman-4.7.2	1,1MB	`24d3c41b0cf0aaf68ad053b0e701d7bc3df8bd0f`
kig-4.7.2	1,6MB	`2234ddb85e8c52214f9fdb5eb25f9491e23c7d86`
kimono-4.7.2	988KB	`2c2c331991e2b42101957ecfd13a18fbd4f86a68`
kiten-4.7.2	3,9MB	`f6d76b2c15fdf47090db15303413114180358f39`
klettres-4.7.2	2,7MB	`44a0fa094b90da19c5b0acc25da1150c0ff02b1a`
kmplot-4.7.2	696KB	`dc496d88d6e062f7ecbf6f41187df95aa374fe9b`
kolourpaint-4.7.2	1,2MB	`d4ec3e463ea3d50731e9fc87cc52eec50bc67ff8`
konsole-4.7.2	452KB	`20150963cc5ebd2f2c13a617a37e018440e0f18c`
korundum-4.7.2	176KB	`091cfd121e41d4edf38eab31e2dca65656e7349d`
kross-interpreters-4.7.2	132KB	`7dba16c2e5e18c955d2fc40536d6a40bc4872cff`
kruler-4.7.2	140KB	`acd3b77bf68fb409f456322d8a68a9d59d1014cb`
ksaneplugin-4.7.2	16KB	`0a35cd7818089b31772dc974dc01a936e91c7d80`
ksnapshot-4.7.2	268KB	`b6b3978639f7f3c06cf5b5653d9a367e38a70cec`
kstars-4.7.2	13MB	`bc51179a16fc2337d1dacab4c1d291042fc0b69c`
ktouch-4.7.2	1,9MB	`d5e0abd7defece0f455818c7bc53c50730419c46`
kturtle-4.7.2	224KB	`cc86eb08310e8ff591ebb394d08ffc214c264206`
kwordquiz-4.7.2	1,3MB	`f9450b1b7f539955e55877d96b37424c8abe576e`
libkdcraw-4.7.2	284KB	`9e32ee20a1d201e55aacc5a1fb1de87ad50f3579`
libkdeedu-4.7.2	220KB	`51f8ce8847b71674244f7620536939ba4f36d476`
libkexiv2-4.7.2	132KB	`fbd158168c219cbe1009019d2a33376fca951a5e`
libkipi-4.7.2	80KB	`a75cd016c2d9faa71b2867cb4b3eed40edfb3b85`
libksane-4.7.2	84KB	`223182cf23fc29a10ff2f1ce7756aecf4258b41c`
marble-4.7.2	21MB	`2b6353ff589d66dcf95a3eb79059275f620e03b2`
mobipocket-4.7.2	20KB	`554dabf927e406aeff5e495b8eb7445a080d3195`
okular-4.7.2	1,2MB	`5bc14efec8d00429a45a807a5bc839ffc783a10f`
oxygen-icons-4.7.2	356MB	`0bb63c06b8b13c9061400099e4056bbd1ef0eb23`
parley-4.7.2	10MB	`65fab5b04f2b0a3598c764ab138acb3c335cbb48`
perlkde-4.7.2	40KB	`a355563b55dc2dd004373a39853af38cda0d005d`
perlqt-4.7.2	1,9MB	`cde0c6b325e62d26ee6bd2f3f25d01e0563197c9`
pykde4-4.7.2	2,1MB	`cc7844851110697f06da60cf4a1ee527eda76087`
qtruby-4.7.2	604KB	`1d13c0dd79a2c90c9e964e23fee3573c9397bd4d`
qyoto-4.7.2	544KB	`f002a31fcdcaa94af02bbf5e368e79463974e467`
rocs-4.7.2	340KB	`19f2bf19dfe7a0787180c3fc9d1f32c14316f985`
smokegen-4.7.2	148KB	`f2f605b2ca40403529b9065e745ebb1d9b7e0fcb`
smokekde-4.7.2	40KB	`8874744db367dd5c9d7a8783f662b6283b69dc1f`
smokeqt-4.7.2	32KB	`93bf50c340e5188f2432da97c5a3ff7e2928eb3e`
step-4.7.2	392KB	`642f24c49990181ab2cc2d1ad974bcdc3d47ed46`
svgpart-4.7.2	12KB	`fe17a4f801ef94356a6bbc629affadc28a203b72`

Binary packages

Some Linux/UNIX OS vendors have kindly provided binary packages of KDE 4.7.2 for some versions of their distribution, and in other cases community volunteers have done so.

Currently pre-compiled packages are available for:

Gentoo Linux provides KDE SC 4.7.2 packages in main repository.
More details can be found on Gentoo KDE Guide.
Kubuntu packages are available for 11.10 and 11.04 More details can be found in the announcement on Kubuntu.org.
openSUSE packages are available for openSUSE 11.4 (one-click install), for openSUSE 11.3 (one-click install), and openSUSE Factory (one-click install).