Q. How do I install KDE version 4.2 under Ubuntu Linux using binary method?
A. Some Linux/UNIX OS vendors have kindly provided binary packages of KDE 4.2 Beta 1.
You can easily install KDE 4.2 under Ubuntu Linux by visiting launchpad.net and downloading latest packages.
Install KDE 4.2 under Ubuntu Linux 8.10
Open terminal.
Type the following command to become a root user:
$ sudo bash
Type the following command to update /etc/apt/sources.list file under Ubuntu Intrepid version 8.10, enter:
# echo 'deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/project-neon/ubuntu intrepid main' >> /etc/apt/sources.list
A note about Ubuntu Hardy Linux
Add following line to your /etc/apt/sources.list file:
# echo 'deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/project-neon/ubuntu hardy main' >>/etc/apt/sources.list
Now Install KDE 4.2
Type the following command:
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install kde-nightly
Reboot the system or just logout and login into new KDE 4.2. Choose KDE Nightly (Neon) from the session menu and log in again .
Fig.01: Kde Desktop v4.2 in action
References:
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Nice post i have ubuntu and i’ve try to install this. Thankyou
I’m not getting why you want poeple to “sudo bash” first when “sudo echo ‘deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/project-neon/ubuntu intrepid main’ >> /etc/apt/sources.list” will do the same thing without leaving a root shell open
This installs nightly-builds witch is sometimes unuseable.
Using this way, this would be more stable
http://www.kubuntu.org/node/58
Have fun with it.
@sysop:
Because “sudo echo ” will give super user perms to the command echo.It will not open the fd with superuser perms for append.Is the nickname just for fun?
FYI, if you “don’t want an open root shell” you could do for example:
echo ‘something’ | sudo tee -a /your/file/path/here
hi,
i have tried to install it under ubuntu hardy and it seems the packages list is empty, Any clue?
Unfortunately I chose to stick with Hardy for its “long term support”…
I didn’t realize that it only applies to Ubuntu and not Kubuntu
hello
Like bettle in previous comment I have add repo- for hardy 8.04, but it seems emtpy, any other repo- to try?
thanks :)
refering to the kubuntu website kde 4.2 is not available for ubuntu hardy. you have to use intrepid or jaunty. i use intrepid myself….
I get the following;
W: GPG error: http://ppa.launchpad.net intrepid Release: The following signatures couldn’t be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY 778978B00F7992B0
Doesn’t work on Hardy as stated above.
Anybody knows how to install KDE 4.2 on (K)ubuntu Hardy?
@Toni:
Installing the repository’s public key as root will help.
# gpg –recv-keys 778978B00F7992B0
# gpg –armor –export 778978B00F7992B0 | apt-key add –
@Root
toni@~:~$ sudo gpg –recv-keys 778978B00F7992B0
gpg: WARNING: unsafe ownership on configuration file `/home/toni/.gnupg/gpg.conf’
usage: gpg [options] [filename]
toni@~:~$ sudo gpg –armor –export 778978B00F7992B0 | apt-key add –
gpg: WARNING: unsafe ownership on configuration file `/home/toni/.gnupg/gpg.conf’
usage: gpg [options] [filename]
gpg: no valid OpenPGP data found.
Sorry for the potential irration, but I am at a loss as to what to do from here. Is my OpenPGP package hosed?
Thanks.
-Toni
@Sysop
The safest, leanest, best way to accomplish this is:
sudo sh -c ‘echo deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/project-neon/ubuntu intrepid main >> /etc/apt/sources.list’
or like Ilias mentioned is another way of many ways.
sudo bash is just as bad as ‘sudo su -‘.
@Sysop, dude, ummm, omg… Same thoughts as Ilias…
Toni, as your regular user, run:
gpg –keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com –recv 778978B00F7992B0
then
gpg –export –armor 778978B00F7992B0 | sudo apt-key add –
and it should work
after that run
sudo apt-get update
and you shouldnt get any errors
sorry. i keep forgetting to put everything in. the reason your command fails toni, is because the /home/toni/.gnupg/gpg.conf file is owned by toni and not root. when you sudo that command it runs it as root, which does not own the file. That is why you run the gpg commands as your regular user then pipe the second using sudo for the apt-update
I solved my problems with Ubuntu by running the following commands sequentially. The first command did the trick for me.
sudo su –
gpg –keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com –recv 778978B00F7992B0
gpg –export –armor 778978B00F7992B0 | sudo apt-key add –
sudo apt-get install kde-nightly
Hi,
I compiled kde 4.2 for Hardy (but no backport from intrepid, its a new additonal kde that will be completely installed into /opt/kde4) and I tried to make a debian package:
http://regenduft.de/article.pl?title=KDE_4.2_for_K-Ubuntu_Hardy_8.04
Any help with making a real repository is appreciated.
KDE 4.2 is not available for Hardy in porject Neon!
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Friends,
I tryied to install amarok in ubuntu 9.10
I am unable to install the amarok player…
please help me to install…
mysystem configuration is
Processor : Intel Pentium IV – 3Ghz
Mother Board : intel desktop board D865GSA
RAM : 512 MB (DDR2)
rahman@rahman-desktop:~/Desktop$ cd amarok-2.2.1
rahman@rahman-desktop:~/Desktop/amarok-2.2.1$ mkdir amarok-2.2.1-build
rahman@rahman-desktop:~/Desktop/amarok-2.2.1$ cmake .. -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=`kde4-config –prefix`
The program ‘kde4-config’ is currently not installed. You can install it by typing:
sudo apt-get install kdelibs-bin
kde4-config: command not found
The program ‘cmake’ is currently not installed. You can install it by typing:
sudo apt-get install cmake
cmake: command not found
rahman@rahman-desktop:~/Desktop/amarok-2.2.1$ kde4-config
The program ‘kde4-config’ is currently not installed. You can install it by typing:
sudo apt-get install kdelibs-bin
kde4-config: command not found
rahman@rahman-desktop:~/Desktop/amarok-2.2.1$ sudo apt-get install kdelibs-bin
Reading package lists… Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information… Done
E: Couldn’t find package kdelibs-bin
rahman@rahman-desktop:~/Desktop/amarok-2.2.1$
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If you know the procedure to install…
Pls mail me to the Address : rahman.ssar@gmail.com
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Regards,
S.A.Rahman
gpg –keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com –recv-keys 778978B00F7992B0 && gpg –export -a 778978B00F7992B0 | sudo apt-key add –
and done. this will fix the PGP key error .. maybe just an epic fail.