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[How To] install KDE 4.0 stable in Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon Linux

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KDE 4 releasedKDE 4.0 stable is now available for Linux. This new release of KDE 4 includes a whole lot of new improvements like a whole new desktop shell Plasma, better look and feel with Oxygen artwork, hardware acceleration in KWin, a new document file viewer Okular, improved KDE applications and lot more.

Here is how you can install KDE 4 on your existing Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon install. ;)

  1. First remove any previous KDE 4 packages you have installed. Fire up a terminal window and type sudo apt-get remove kdelibs5 kde4base-data kde4libs-data
  2. Then open up your sources list with /etc/apt/sources.list
  3. At the end of the file add deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/kubuntu-members-kde4/ubuntu gutsy main
  4. Now run apt-get update
  5. Next to install KDE4 type in terminal apt-get install kde4-core
  6. You will get a warning that the packages are not authenticated. Hit Y for that warning.
  7. Log out and then you will be able to run a full session by selecting “KDE 4″ from your login manager.

Thats it. I am installing KDE 4 now on my Gutsy install. ;)

Will post I have posted some screenshots of KDE 4 when its over. :)

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Written by Manas

January 12th, 2008 at 12:48 pm

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  1. Finn

    24 Jul 08 at 8:09 pm

    Is it really stable? If so, is it available for Linspire 6?

  2. Manas

    24 Jul 08 at 8:32 pm

    Hmm… It is not as stable as KDE 3.5. You will have to wait for later bug fix releases (KDE 4.1) to be more stable.

    About Linspire, not much idea. I don’t use it.

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