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Abhishek Kamal
Asked: 2022-05-19 22:10:49 +0800 CST

How do I reinstall KDE Plasma without doing a fresh install

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so I tried to customize my KDE desktop using Latte dock and some other tools, but then I didn’t like it because it started to break my desktop and a lot of bugs. So, how can I reinstall KDE Plasma without having to do a fresh installation of Kubuntu ? Thanks.

Note :

OS : Kubuntu 21.10
Plasma version : 5.22.5
KDE frameworks version : 5.86.0
Qt version : 5.15.2

I have also tried rm .kde/share/config/kdeglobals but nothing changes and I don't have plasma-* in .kde/share/config/plasma-*.

I also already removed latte-dock and kvantum-manager

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1 Answers

  1. Open the Terminal and type sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade first.

    Then reinstall KDE Desktop with the command sudo apt install --reinstall kde-plasma-desktop.

    Remember that re-installing plasma will not help with any broken settings, as they are stored in your home folder and are not affected by reinstalling packages.

    Also and some other tools is very vague. That makes answering your indirect question 'why is my KDE Plasma DE broken?' impossible. But you can start with this and let us know the outcome.

    A trick you can apply is creating another user and see if the bug is still there.

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