How do you install a desktop environment such as KDE without an Internet connection in Ubuntu / Linux Mint?
I want to install KDE 4.8.3 in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS without an Internet connection?
How do you install a desktop environment such as KDE without an Internet connection in Ubuntu / Linux Mint?
I want to install KDE 4.8.3 in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS without an Internet connection?
Direct links to alternate CD ISOs:
- Kubuntu 12.04 (KDE): 32-bit | 64-bit
- Lubuntu 12.04 (LXDE): 32-bit | 64-bit
- Xubuntu 12.04 (XFCE): 32-bit | 64-bit
The Alternate CD is required because it actually contains the deb packages needed to install these onto a running system with
apt-get
versus the regular Desktop Live CDs which contain a compressed filesystem.
Once you download the Alternate CD ISO (32-bit or 64-bit, depending on your Ubuntu installation), burn it to a CD-R. Insert the CD into the target system.
Open a terminal with Ctrl-Alt-T
, and type ls /media
. You will see something in there like Kubuntu 12.04 LTS i386
.
Then type sudo apt-cdrom add /media/Kubuntu
(the first few letters), and press Tab to autocomplete the full name and press enter. apt
will scan the CD for packages.
Now type sudo apt-get update
, and then sudo apt-get install kubuntu-desktop
to install the full KDE desktop environment. (Or xubuntu-desktop
or lubuntu-desktop
, respectively, for XFCE or LXDE).
If you have an internet connection on the machine, please disconnect the Ethernet cable (or disable networking/wireless), because even after you add the CD repositories, apt-get
may still try to fetch the latest packages over the internet if it detects a connection!