How to install KDE 4.1 in Ubuntu/kubuntu 8.04 (Hardy Heron)

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On 29th July 2008, The KDE Community released KDE 4.1.0. This release is the second feature release of the KDE 4 series, sporting new applications and newly developed features on top of the Pillars of KDE4. KDE 4.1 is the first KDE4 release to contain the Personal Information Management suite KDE-PIM with its E-Mail client KMail, the planner KOrganizer, Akregator, the RSS feed reader, KNode, the newsgroup reader and many more components integrated into the Kontact shell. Furthermore, the new desktop shell Plasma, introduced in KDE 4.0, has matured to the point where it can replace the KDE 3 shell for most casual users. Like with our previous release much time has been devoted to improving the framework and underlying libraries on which KDE is built. .If you want to know more features in KDE 4.1 check here

KDE 4.1 Highlights

• Greatly expanded desktop shell functionality and configurability

• KDE Personal Information Management suite ported to KDE 4

• Many new and newly ported applications

Install KDE 4.1 in Ubuntu/Kubuntu hardy

You need to edit the /etc/apt/sources.list file

sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list

For Kubuntu Users use the following command

sudo kate /etc/apt/sources.list

add the following line

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

save and exit the file

Update the source list using the following command

sudo apt-get update

For Ubuntu 8.04 users use the following command to install

sudo apt-get install kubuntu-kde4-desktop

For Kubuntu 8.04 users use the following command to install

sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

Note you may need to install kdebase-runtime-data-common in order to get Application directory icons under the Kickoff menu.

To install the KDE 4 PIM packages,use the following commands

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install kdepim-kde4

Enjoy your new KDE 4.1 desktop

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