I just installed and hated, the fonts on my gnome now are just horrible, how can I remove it and restore my old settings and fonts?

Open a terminal (Applications -> Accessories -> Terminal) and type the following commands:

sudo apt-get -y remove --purge kubuntu-desktop kdebase-runtime oxygen-cursor-theme gtk2-engines-qtcurve

...hit Enter after you type or paste the above command and wait for the packages to be removed.

I also suggest that you restart your computer after this procedure!

Does NOT work. It shows me sth like Unable to resolve...blah blah.... and does NOT install KDE window manager at all.... KDE sucks as usual.

I just updated Kubuntu and Arch to KDE SC 4.4 and its great! Its the best KDE release ever. Now, how can you say "KDE sucks as usual" right after you just said, "does NOT install KDE window manager at all"... If KDE SC 4.4 wasn't installed, how can you say KDE sucks? More like Ubuntu sucks.

This in fact has nothing to do with KDE. It is just that Ubuntu developers are very bad at packaging KDE software so their packages are mostly broken. For a true KDE experience you should look at some better Linux distributions like Mandriva and openSUSE.

I followed the guide carefully and got to where KDE was about to install when I got a message about "broken packages". I'm stumped. Can anyone help?

I have a problem with the tutorial. It may be fine for people who were previously using the Gnome desktop but how about for those of us who want to upgrade from kde 4.3?

In order to upgrade an existing KDE 4.3 installation, when you arrive at "Step 2 - Install KDE SC 4.4" ... open your Update Manager application and update the system :)

my packages is broken to.. i need help..

people i need your help. what you think about freespire, if it is a good operating system..

What is approximate size of downloads?

Around 150 MB

I tried and as usual got an error from firefox. Apt is not associated with ....... Can't continue, don't know how to fix it. It would be nice to have "what if's" good luck getting help

Please install the apturl package with Synaptic, or from the command-line by pasting:

sudo apt-get -y install apturl

Also, make sure that you have the Ubuntu Firefox Modification add-on installed, in Firefox. The add-on is called ubufox and it can be installed with Ubuntu Software Center or Synaptic.

For those of you with the "broken packages" error... you should know that I've tested the tutorial on two machines and it worked very well.

All that I can suggest is to use one of the alternate methods below:

1. Go to Applications -> Accessories -> Terminal and paste the following command, in the terminal window:

sudo apt-get -y install kubuntu-desktop

... hit Enter, and wait for the packages to be installed.

2. Go to Applications -> Ubuntu Software Center, search for kubuntu-desktop and install it.

Good luck!

I followed the instructions and every thing went fine.
A very fine desktop, though a bit confusing at first.

This worked great. The only problem I have is there is no shutdown or restart option. I have to logout of KDE and login to Gnome to shutdown. Anyone know how to solve this problem?

Really good guide, thanks for this.

I had the same issue of broken packages mentioned by many people here. To solve it, I had to install language-selector-qt (sudo apt-get install language-selector-qt) after which kubuntu-desktop installed without problem. (sudo apt-get install kubuntu-desktop)

I was able to install it successfully a couple of tries, but I can't login. I get an error 'Configuration file "/home/user/.kde/share/config/ksmserverrc" not writable. Please contact your system administrator'
Any idea of how to solve this problem?

@h4x0rmx

CTRL+ALT+F1

Then login (obviously)

Then

sudo rm -r -f .config .kde

Then reboot :)

Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
kubuntu-desktop: Depends: software-properties-kde but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: apport-kde but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: apturl-kde but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: jockey-kde but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: k3b but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: kpackagekit but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: kubuntu-firefox-installer but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: plasma-widget-facebook but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: plasma-widget-googlecalendar but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: plasma-widget-kubuntu-qa-feedback but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: plasma-widget-networkmanagement but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: printer-applet but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: system-config-printer-kde but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: update-notifier-kde but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: usb-creator-kde but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: userconfig but it is not going to be installed
E: Broken packages

hi...

I new in ubuntu 9.10 but I love ......

I want kde but the netword config . I can do.. If is possible tell me how I can do that???


hola
me gusta mucho ubuntu 9.10 eso si cuando tengo sonido

me gustaria probar el kde pero el problema de la configuracion de internet me freno su uso si alguien tiene un dato de como hacerlo por favor dejeme saberlooo

Thanks, the installation procedure worked beautifully, but with one hitch.

The KDE mouse pointer has now become the default in GNOME too. And I am unable to change it, the change cursor options are not working at all. Even downloaded an app for it from software centre and still it doesn't work.

How can I have the Gnome cursor in Gnome and KDE cursor in KDE??

Thanks for the guide. The problem I am having now is I have no sound in KDE. Sound works fine in Gnome. Any advice? Thanks.