How to remove unity and unity 2d and install KDE in Ubuntu 12.10 64 bit? I want to install the latest KDE.
3 Answers
You must install kubuntu-desktop witch installs KDE desktop and related packages needed.
do this by
sudo apt-get install kubuntu-desktop
You can leave unity by itself if you like, but if you want to remove them, you can totaly remove it by
sudo apt-get purge unity unity-2d
KDE options
There are man ways to install the KDE desktop - the Kubuntu-desktop is the one option. Ubuntu community help: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/InstallingKDE .
The latest
The KDE 4.10 has been backported by the Kubuntu developers. The release information: http://www.kubuntu.org/news/kde-sc-4.10
Removing a desktop
The Askubuntu has:
Well, another way to "get rid" of Unity completely is to install the Ubuntu Server Edition of your choice, then using the following command:
sudo apt-get install kubuntu-desktop
This will give you Ubuntu, with KDE.