I want to have both KDE and Gnome shells on Ubuntu. Ubuntu only has Gnome installed by default. How do I install KDE?
7 Answers
You need to install the kubuntu-desktop
package for the full install with the following command.
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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1what about the sudo apt-get install kde-plasma-desktop... i tried it .. but seems to give minimal GUI features.. how do i add to it? Feb 5, 2016 at 20:38
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+1 and this is valid for 12.04 and newer releases. Also, there is
kde-plasma-desktop
for users who want desktop environment with minimal set of applications.– user37165Feb 5, 2016 at 15:31
If you want to log in from KDE run sudo apt-get install kdm
, sudu apt-get remove gdm
, and dpkg reconfigure kdm
.
Just try the following command in a terminal
sudo apt-get install kubuntu-desktop
Then just select KDE on the login manager.
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.
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thanks for the super fast response! Pls have a look at this post which i just posted regarding a issue getting plasma 5. askubuntu.com/questions/691331/… Oct 29, 2015 at 2:52
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@KillBill please run
sudo apt-get install kubuntu-desktop
and let me know the result =)– RavanOct 29, 2015 at 3:09
Just open synaptic (If not installed yet, install it by ubuntu software center) and search for desktop environment and install plasma-desktop
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
andplasma-desktop
differ only by whether they install the netbook or the desktop interface.kde-workspace
is identical toplasma-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 ofkde-desktop
: Akregator, Ark, Dragonplayer, gnupg, Kaddressbook, Kate, KDE wallpapers, Kmail, etc.
kubuntu-desktop
installs even more thankde-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
kde-standard
. This is becausekde-plasma-desktop
is missing a bunch of stuff like icons and widgets (eg quicklaunch)