How to install KDE 4.3.1 in Ubuntu Jaunty
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* KDE 4.3 is now also available in Croatian
* A crash when editing toolbar setup has been fixed
* Support for transferring files through SSH using KIO::Fish has been fixed
* A number of bugs in KWin, KDE's window and compositing manager has been fixed
* A large number of bugs in KMail, KDE's email client are now gone
Note that the changelog is usually incomplete, for a complete list of changes that went into KDE 4.3.1, you can browse the Subversion log. KDE 4.3.1 also ships a more complete set of translations for many of the 50+ supported languages.
To find out more about the KDE 4.3 desktop and applications, please refer to the KDE 4.3.0, KDE 4.2.0, KDE 4.1.0 and KDE 4.0.0 release notes. KDE 4.3.1 is a recommended update for everyone running KDE 4.3.0 or earlier versions.
For complete release notes check from here
Install KDE 4.3.1 in Ubuntu Jaunty
First you need to edit the /etc/apt/sources.list file
sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list
add the following line
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/kubuntu-ppa/backports/ubuntu jaunty main
Save and exit the file
Add the GPG Keys
gpg
--keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com--recv 2836CB0A8AC93F7A
gpg
--export--armor 2836CB0A8AC93F7A | sudo apt-key add --
Update source list
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
“sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list”
Why use gedit on KDE? Use Kate.
sudo kate /etc/apt/sources.list
maybe because it’s “Ubuntu Jaunty”?
its ubuntu jaunty not kubuntu jaunty.
Oh, I didn’t even realize, lol. Nevermind then, though I guess you can still take my message as a way to do the upgrade on Kubuntu.
I’ve did all the steps above correctly but nothing happened!!!
Same as Moaz I follow the steps and it comes back with nothing to upgrade. do i need to install an older version first?
Same as the others — followed the instructions and no errors, but KDE is not available as an option when I boot.
I suspect that you first need to install KDE 4.2 from Synaptic, then run this process again.
Did the upgrade … is anyone else having a problem with wallpaper not showing? I just have a checkerboard pattern across my whole desktop. If this is any hint — I have desktop effects off (weak 3D in an old video card) — when I switch them on, I briefly see my old wallpaper before it flashes to the checkerboard – then again when I turn desktop effects off. I recall I got rid of the plasma desktop folder plasmoid, or somesuch, back when I put 4.3 in place — only “non-standard” thing I can think of that I did wrt/ KDE.
Any thoughts?
Let’s make it easier…
install “kubuntu-desktop” from Synaptic Package Manager ….. 🙂