I'm currently using Ubuntu 17.10 and I recently installed Kubuntu Desktop to get KDE, the installation succeeded, but my PC got messed up as it installed dozens of applications, modified the boot configuration and start screen that made my PC run a bit slow. I finally uninstalled the Kubuntu Desktop and the applications that came with it. But I liked the look of KDE Plasma, isn't there any way to install just the KDE Plasma and not the full Kubuntu Desktop?
3 Answers
As DK Bose said, I tried executing this command:
~$ sudo apt-get install plasma-desktop
And voila, it worked! It certainly does. It neither installed full kde-desktop
, nor installed any more annoying apps nor modified my bootup configuration. I'm now using KDE without any problems, and the best part is my PC doesn't slow down.
Thanks to DK Bose and the Ask Ubuntu community who put efforts to solve my problem. I appreciate their efforts.
sudo apt install kde-plasma-desktop
Keep in mind this will not install any Kubuntu apps so you'll have to use your OS's own ones. Also if you're not prompted to change your login manager, do:
sudo dpkg-reconfigure sddm
Personally, I would change the login manager to sddm as to me, it looks a lot more attractive but you can change it to whatever you want.
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plasma-desktop is more lightweight than kde-plasma-desktop, as the latter, e.g. installs a browser. Also, one potential downside of sddm is that they have a serious grudge against letting you log in as root; whereas Debian doesn't. After installing sddm, it's good I could do su, or else I'd have been locked out of superuser access; as I hadn't added my user acct. to sudoers yet. Not that you shouldn't - just be aware. Mar 28, 2020 at 20:50
I suggest you not to install just plasma-desktop
as it is just desktop environment, using it without it's supporting programs may make the DE less productive, or may spoil your work. You can install full kubuntu-desktop
if you want to try out kde.
kubuntu-desktop
was 331 MB only. Anyways, thanks for help!sudo apt install plasma-desktop
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