nice tutorial!!!


thnx for this!

i tried kde4.0 but removed it after sometime hoping this is better


thnx!!!!

was wondering, will this work on kubuntu 3.5.9 and give you 4.1.0 as a choice ?

Doesn't work! Only get black screen with a cursor and my GNOME apps loading up. KWin eats tens of percents of CPU time. After killing KWin I can see the wallpaper, but if I re-start KWin and move a window, everything goes black again.

Basically running an unmodded install of Ubuntu 8.04, so this is crap.

As you can see from the screenshots.... it works very well

You can simplify Step 2 by starting System/Administration/Synaptic Package manager and selecting kubuntu-kde4-desktop to install. It will download the needed packages & ask you which display manager you want (as above) and then you can log off/log in to KDE 4.1 !

Nice tutorial. Altho I can't install all the packages. It says that it's trying to write over /usr/lib/kde4/share/doc/kde4/HTML/en/kcontrol/kwindecoration/index.docbook but it can't. Any ideas ?

You (probably) already have some kde 4 packages installed... so you need to upgrade them first. Try to execute the following command in a terminal:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
sudo apt-get install kubuntu-kde4-desktop

I had the same problem, I solved it by running
sudo gedit kdebase-runtime-data.list
and deleting all lines with /usr/lib/kde4/share/doc/
after that sudo apt-get -f

I installed KDE 4.1 on my laptop using the same instructions. I had Estobuntu installed which is Estonian flavour of Kubuntu 7.10. I had it upgraded to Hardy repos (8.04) before and then run the KDE 4.1 installation. It was easy and works great.
Although I must say I find it rather hard to adjust in the beginning. I would want to move the widgets around in the taskbar so mainain the order, but I managed to completely mess up the order by adding and removing some stuff from there. But then I created a new taskbar and applied widgets from left to right in that order which I wanted them to be. Now I'm satisfied with it and probably will be using it as a default instead of KDE 3.5.

I think you should use apt links, because using the terminal in this tutorial wasn't necessary at all (and just helps the stigma that linux is about knowing the magic codes).

apt-url implemented... Thanks Vadi!

It seems to me that if you're willing to try a non-standard and beta-quality (at best) window manager, typing commands in a console is probably not an intimidating prospect.

My wife and kids have used Ubuntu for months without having to know anything about the command line, and they are not experts (although one of my kids is on his way). As far as I'm concerned Linux is more than ready for most users who are willing to try something new. Of course it doesn't hurt my family to have a software developer with 20 years of experience to help out, but I have to do just as much "tech support" for the Windows machines as I do for the Linux box. I've been using Linux exclusively for months (and partially for almost 10 years), and I love it. Sure, there are hassles, mostly because I tinker a lot. Nevertheless, you could set up the average user who mostly just surfs, e-mails and writes letters (which is what most people do) with Ubuntu or something similar and they'd instantly be comfortable with it. Of course, many changes and improvements still need to be made, but Linux (and OSX for that matter) are improving at a serious rate whereas Windows is completely stagnant, and in many ways is going backwards.

OSS is winning the battle, however slowly, and it is we users who enjoy the fruits of its victory.

Thanks for the tutorial. I'm back to linux after a long time & installed Ubuntu first time on my laptop, but I was not so happy with the GNOME GUI. Thanks for this excellent tutorial & link to the KUBUNTU installation.

Didn't work for me, perhaps it's just my system.. got broken packages.

I got warning that packages are not authenticated. From where can I get the keys which I can import in "Software Sources"?

From Canonical's Launchpad Help page.... "Important: when you install software from a PPA, Ubuntu will warn you that it is unsigned. PPA packages are unsigned because they are not official Ubuntu packages. You should make sure that you're confident in the PPA owner's abilities before you install their packages."

https://help.launchpad.net/PPA?action=show&redirect=PPAQuickStart

Didn't work for me. I received:
Can not install 'kubuntu-kde4-desktop' (E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages)

How do I fix that???

Hi,

the instructions worked nicely, although i received the following.

how do i download them seperately, and how do i install them after
downloading them ?

Thanks,
sam

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/kubuntu-members-kde4/ubuntu hardy main

W: Failed to fetch
http://ftp.ncnu.edu.tw/Linux/ubuntu/ubuntu/pool/main/k/knetworkmanager/network-manager-kde_0.2.2-1ubuntu2_amd64.deb
Connection failed

W: Failed to fetch
http://ftp.ncnu.edu.tw/Linux/ubuntu/ubuntu/pool/main/s/skim/skim_1.4.5-4ubuntu3_amd64.deb
Connection failed

My installation freezes at one particular file (kdebase-workspace-bin 29%) and is not going ahead. I restarted installation even my laptop, but nothing works.

What should I do?

Cancel the installation and restart it... until all the packages are downloaded!

There are some problems with the mirror.... it's not you!

Same goes for the users above with the same problem!

thanks, I'm freezing on the login and getting bumped too, but I'll see if I can fix this, I appreciate the article though, very nice looking

This link *apt://kubuntu-kde4-desktop* is demaged or not working now ???

What now guys??

It works very well here... What happens when you click it?

Its OK now !
But , I have now just one problem , instalation of new widgets is not work , or I dont know how !?
Are you help me crew ?
Thanks !!!!!

Thanks a lot for the nice tutorial. My question: now that I've got KDE4, how do I uninstall KDE 3.5 without touching any critical files?
Thanks

A tip: configure gtk themes to work with Qt. This way Firefox will looks nicer.
A strange error: when I click in my recycle bin on KDE4, the Gnome Rythmin box Opens. :P

I Installed it Ok, but when I try to log in into the gnome session of ubuntu, I can only see the desktop image, Not the panles and the rest of the menus.
I tried reinstalling the ubuntu-desktop, but it didn't work.

Please help me. What can I do to solve this?
Thank you in advance

thanks for this tutorial, but strange the gnome desktop is loading in background if you kill plasma you can see gnome and all it's process is runnig is it possible to eliminate this ?

The "click here" line doesn't work if you use Opera (which is the best browser in my opinion) it only works on Firefox.

This is a fine tutorial, but I was just wandering why you would do this? What are the advantages of doing this to just downloading Kubuntu live image with KDE 4.1 already applied. I ask this as I would like to upgrade my current KDE 3.5 to 4.1 but am interested in the most stable and up-to-date setup that can be obtained. I have no issue with doing a new install of Ubuntu and following this tutorial or just installing Kubuntu depending on which is considered to give a better end result?

Any pointers appreciated.

Thanks.

A clean install is always going to be.. well.. cleaner, but upgrading is for people who don't want to do the whole setup process again, configure everything from scrath or backup, and generally just don't mind associated upgrade hassles, if any.

Hi,
1st of all thanks for the tutorial!

I only have a "philosophical" consideration: is there any performance issue due to the fact that we're using gdm rather than kdm as a display manager?
Thanks.

No, it doesn't matter what display manager you use!

I also switched from ubuntu 8.04 to kde 4.1 desktop. Everything seems to work except the network manager app. It keeps asking for my wifi passphrase and will not connect

however, when I first start a gnome session and get connection, logout and login with kde session I DO get a connection instantly.

I've read about more problems with wifi and de kde app (also older distributions), but no solutions.

Anyone here?

Hi,

I had the gnome for ubuntu 8.04 and followed these steps in order to change to KDE, however I only get a black screen with a cursor.

What can I do? How do I uninstall all this? Maybe i'll try an older version of KDE.

Hope I get some help. Thanks!

hi there, me again... HELP PLEASE!

i really need to uninstall all what i installed with step 2.

Is it only necessary to go to Synaptic Package Manager and uninstall "kubuntu-kde4-desktop" ? Because if i type in Synaptic "kde4" or "kubuntu" i still have a lot of things installed..

I am using ubuntu Intrepid. I have just change intrepid in place hardy. But got error in it.

Thanks for this post! Bang on, worked first time. I know its early days for KDE4 but it would seem I cant open most programs (mostly Kontact and Evolution - My most used packages). Anyone else have this problem? Cheers.

Guys, this is just like a dream.
thanx man.

thanx!! this is a really nice tut. easy to use even for a beginner such as myself.. although I have done this once before i got drunk and trashed my room trying to put my shoes on.. sadly to say my computer was the victim of it.. so i had to buy a new hard drive and components to get it up and working again.. so all the hard work put in to create the ultimate linux computer in my eyes was destroyed... by me turning 21... this has by far saved me hours of sweat and anger... ^_^ thanks again

If the link says "broken", go to the console and write sudo aptitude install kubuntu-kde4-desktop

i got a problem, an error occured when i try to install...
it need key to authenticate...

how to get that key to authenticate KDE???
help me plz....

thanx

hi guys i have just the same problem as some people there,,
when i updated my install KDE 4 on my ubuntu 8.04 there some error message says that
i have some broken package
and when im do "aptitude install kubuntu-kde4-dekstop" here
there was no even one package being installed
so can anyone help me ??
thanks b4

After installing, I have two "Default KOrganizer resource" lists under "Calendar" Is there a quick fix for this?

Thanks,
Dave

it doesn't work on my dell mini 9. I guess there are some unmet dependencies...