During text install, it asked me what to install. Along the well known Kubuntu-Desktop and many others, there was Kubuntu-Full. What's it?
4 Answers
I was curious to know the difference between the two packages so wrote this quick query to see what packages they pull in. This command will show the packages that kubuntu-full
depends on that kubuntu-desktop
does not.
comm -23 \
<(apt-cache depends kubuntu-full | awk '/Depends/ {print $2}' | sort -u) \
<(apt-cache depends kubuntu-desktop | awk '/Depends/ {print $2}' | sort -u)
The result at the time of writing (on 12.10) is:
anthy
calligra
calligra-dev
dictd
dict-foldoc
dict-gcide
dict-jargon
dict-moby-thesaurus
dict-vera
enscript
eyed3
finger
flac
kdeaccessibility
kdeadmin
kde-baseapps
kdeedu
kdegames
kdegames-card-data-extra
kdegraphics
kde-icons-mono
kdemultimedia
kdenetwork
kdepim
kde-runtime
kdesdk
kdeutils
kde-wallpapers
kde-workspace-data-extras
kinfocenter
konq-plugins
kubuntu-desktop
libqscintilla2-designer
libqt4-sql-odbc
libqt4-sql-psql
libqt4-sql-sqlite
plasma-runners-addons
plasma-widget-ktorrent
plasma-widget-lancelot
pyqt4-dev-tools
python-qscintilla2
qt4-demos
qt4-designer
qt4-dev-tools
qt4-doc-html
scribus
unclutter
vorbisgain
xnest
xrestop
Ubuntu description for kubuntu-full:
Description: Full Kubuntu Plasma Desktop/Netbook system
This package depends on all of the packages in the Kubuntu DVD for a very
complete system. Installing this package will include much more than the
default Kubuntu Plasma Desktop or Netbook installation.
This includes kubuntu-desktop:
Description: Kubuntu Plasma Desktop/Netbook system
This package depends on all of the packages in the Kubuntu desktop system.
Installing this package will include the default Kubuntu Plasma Desktop or
Netbook installation.
Some of collections included in kubuntu-full but not in kubuntu-desktop include: kdeedu, kdegames, kdemultimedia, koffice, kdepim, kdesdk, and qt4-designer.
Both kubuntu and kubuntu-full are "meta" packages, meaning they are a list of packages to be installed. I do not know the exact differences, but it appears -full is targeted at netbooks.
You can see a list of packages here:
http://packages.ubuntu.com/oneiric/kubuntu-full
http://packages.ubuntu.com/oneiric/kubuntu-desktop
kubuntu-desktop is referenced on kubuntu-full, and glancing at the packages I see there is overlap.
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I guess I will not needed it as I'm not installing it on a netbook. Dec 25, 2011 at 14:04
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2It's not for netbooks. It's just a lot of KDE applications that are too big to fit on the default CD iso.– OrcrisMar 24, 2012 at 4:09
kubuntu-full is just a meta-package that includes more software than kubuntu-desktop. Instead of only installing the essential software for a normal user, it installs most of the KDE suite. Another package you can look into is kde-full.
Also, DO NOT install kubuntu-full with a graphical installation. Whenever I install it outside of the terminal, it gets an error while installing one of the language packs. Install it by using sudo apt-get install kubuntu-full
.