Release 4.0 of the KDE Desktop Environment for Linux begins the KDE 4 series. It brings you a brand new interface. New icons, new window borders, new K-menu.
No more blue! More Black. And you’ll probably think, more like Vista. But wait! Microsoft did not invent the black ice look.
UPDATE:
If you are using Ubuntu only (and not Kubuntu), you can install the KDE Desktop Environment in Ubuntu (Gnome) by doing a:
sudo apt-get install kubuntu-desktopThis will download all the packages required and install them. It may take a while. UPDATE: See this post for more information.
Once it is installed, you will have the option of choosing KDE in your session options at log in. Once Kubuntu is installed, you can then follow the steps below to install KDE 4.0.
Yes, packages are available for (K)Ubuntu 7.10.
- Add deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/kubuntu-members-kde4/ubuntu gutsy main to your /etc/apt/sources.list.
- Open a terminal and type in:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install kde4-core
- Answer yes to the prompts and wait for the download and install to finish.
- KDE 4 applications should appear in your KDE 3 K-menu or you can run a full session by selecting “KDE 4″ from your login manager.
With that said, you’ll notice that you can choose between KDE 3 or KDE 4 in your Session options from your login manager.
UPDATE (2008.01.30): I suggest you backup all of your KDE settings as you may overwrite/clear application-specific settings and preferences. Your Amarok library and preferences will most likely get reset. It happened to me. Look for hidden folders in your Home directory that start with .kde. Those folders should be backed up.
after doing sudo apt-get install kubuntu-desktop, i tried sudo apt-get install kde4-core but it says ‘Couldn’t find package kde4-core’. i have already modified my sources.lst.
updated – fixed it.
Hellfried,
Yes, I keep forgetting to include a sudo apt-get update after adding or changing the /etc/apt/sources.list file. It’s such a habit of automatically doing it after adding/changing a line that I forget to point it out.
I’ve updated the post to include the line:
sudo apt-get updatebefore installing the kde4-core package.Thanks!
success! i am finally typing this from kde 4.0! looks beautiful from up here!
Hi all,
I am a new user to kubuntu
I am now trying to update to the KDE 4
I made all the steps until i reached the command
“sudo apt-get install kde4-core ” then a meesage tells me “couldn’t find kde4-core appears”
what can i do knowing that i updated the source.list file and I made “sudo apt-get update”
thanks in advace
I have the error below … (packets error)
have you got an idea ?
tahiti:/# apt-get install kde4-core
Lecture des listes de paquets… Fait
Construction de l’arbre des dépendances… Fait
Certains paquets ne peuvent être installés. Ceci peut signifier
que vous avez demandé l’impossible, ou bien, si vous utilisez
la distribution unstable, que certains paquets n’ont pas encore
été créés ou ne sont pas sortis d’Incoming.
Puisque vous n’avez demandé qu’une seule opération, le paquet n’est
probablement pas installable et vous devriez envoyer un rapport de bogue.
L’information suivante devrait vous aider à résoudre la situation :
Les paquets suivants contiennent des dépendances non satisfaites :
kde4-core: Dépend: kdebase-kde4 (>= 4:4.0.0) mais ne sera pas installé
Dépend: kdebase-workspace (>= 4:4.0.0) mais ne sera pas installé
Dépend: kdebase-runtime (>= 4:4.0.0) mais ne sera pas installé
Dépend: kdelibs5 (>= 4:4.0.0) mais ne sera pas installé
Dépend: kdepimlibs5 (>= 4:4.0.0) mais ne sera pas installé
E: Paquets défectueux
still testing