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Asked: 2010-07-30 09:36:52 +0800 CST

How do I install KDE?

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I want to have both KDE and Gnome shells on Ubuntu. Ubuntu only has Gnome installed by default. How do I install KDE?

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  1. Best Answer

    You need to install the kubuntu-desktop package for the full install.

    The GUI method would be to click this button:

    Install via the software center
    (source: hostmar.co)

    The command line method would be:

    sudo apt-get install kubuntu-desktop

    Then the next time you login you can choose what to use from the login screen (under Session).

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  2. To get just the plasma environment (on 12.04 and newer):

    sudo apt-get install plasma-desktop

    It worked fine for me on 15.10

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  3. If you want to log in from KDE run sudo apt-get install kdm, sudu apt-get remove gdm, and dpkg reconfigure kdm.

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  4. Just try the following command in a terminal

    sudo apt-get install kubuntu-desktop

    Then just select KDE on the login manager.

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  5. On 30/09/2015:

    To install KDE on Ubuntu (12.04,14.04,14.10,15.04,15.10) (plasma 5.3)

    sudo add-apt-repository ppa:kubuntu-ppa/backports
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
sudo apt-get install kubuntu-desktop

    To install KDE on Ubuntu (15.04,15.10) (plasma 5.4)

    sudo add-apt-repository ppa:kubuntu-ci/stable
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
sudo apt-get install kubuntu-desktop

    Note: To install plasma 5.4,you need to remove backports ppa.

    launchpad.net/backports

    launchpad.net/~kubuntu-ci/stable

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  6. Just open synaptic (If not installed yet, install it by ubuntu software center) and search for desktop environment and install plasma-desktop

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  7. I think the most complete answer is here. According to what you want to install (only the GUI or GUI+some packages).

    Citing the content of the answer:

    plasma-netbook and plasma-desktop differ only by whether they install the netbook or the desktop interface. kde-workspace is identical to plasma-desktop.

    kde-plasma-desktop will install a few KDE programs: Dolphin, Konqueror, kde-baseapps, konsole, kwrite, and kde-passwd.

    kde-standard installs a bunch of stuff on top of kde-desktop: Akregator, Ark, Dragonplayer, gnupg, Kaddressbook, Kate, KDE wallpapers, Kmail, etc.

    kubuntu-desktop installs even more than kde-standard. kubuntu-desktop is the package you would download from the Ubuntu website if you wanted Kubuntu, but if you only want the Plasma interface, not any of the default programs, plasma-desktop might be sufficient.

    Choose the package you want and then run sudo apt-get install package-name

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