{"id":15187,"date":"2017-05-17T16:25:25","date_gmt":"2017-05-17T10:55:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/?p=15187"},"modified":"2017-05-17T16:25:25","modified_gmt":"2017-05-17T10:55:25","slug":"how-to-install-kde-on-ubuntu-16-04-and-ubuntu-16-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/how-to-install-kde-on-ubuntu-16-04-and-ubuntu-16-10\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Install KDE on Ubuntu 16.04 and Ubuntu 16.10"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ubuntu is a very popular Linux distro, an accomplishment that can be licensed to the way that it is exceedingly neighborly, even for people who\u2019re just getting started on Linux. The default interface that Ubuntu accompanies, looks a great deal like a cross between the macOS dock, and the Windows Modern UI.\u00a0 Which is why, a lot of people might want to replace the default Ubuntu desktop environment, with something more to their taste. This is where KDE comes in.<\/p>\n[ad type=\u201dsquare\u201d]\n

K Desktop Environment is a totally extraordinary desktop condition for Ubuntu, and it brings a much more familiar, and friendly interface to Linux. In this way, in the event that you need to change your default Ubuntu desktop condition, here is how you can install KDE (Plasma 5.8) on Ubuntu 16.04 and Ubuntu 16.10:<\/p>\n

Install KDE on Ubuntu\u00a016.04 \u201cXenial\u00a0Xerus\u201d:<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n

With KDE on your Ubuntu system, you will still be able to use the default\u00a0Gnome\u00a0desktop environment, if you want to. To install KDE on Ubuntu 16.04, just follow the steps below:<\/p>\n

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  1. Launch the Terminal, and\u00a0add the repository using \u201csudo\u00a0add-apt-repository ppa:kubuntu-ppa\/backports<\/strong>\u201c. \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\"How<\/li>\n
  2. Once you\u2019ve done that, you\u00a0should run \u201csudo apt-get update<\/strong>\u201c. \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\"How<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n[ad type=\u201dbanner\u201d]\n

    3.Then, simply use \u201csudo apt-get install kubuntu-desktop<\/strong>\u201d in the Terminal, to begin installing KDE on your Ubuntu system. \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\"How<\/p>\n

    4.You will\u00a0also have to\u00a0choose the\u00a0display manager<\/strong>. First press Enter, and then choose the default display manager that you want. KDE will give you two choices \u201clightdm<\/strong>\u201c, and \u201cssdm<\/strong>\u201c. You can choose any of them.<\/p>\n

    \"How<\/p>\n

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    1. The installation will then continue. Once it completes, justlog out<\/strong>of your account, and while logging back in, you can\u00a0select the desktop environment<\/strong>\u00a0that you want to use.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      \"How<\/p>\n[ad type=\u201dbanner\u201d]\n

      That\u2019s all you need to do, to get\u00a0the KDE desktop environment on your Ubuntu 16.04 system.<\/p>\n

      Install KDE on Ubuntu 16.10 \u201cYakkety Yak\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n

      Installing the KDE desktop environment on Ubuntu 16.10 \u201cYakkety Yak\u201d, is easier than it is on Ubuntu 16.04, because you don\u2019t even need to add the repository to your Ubuntu software sources. Just follow the steps below to install KDE on Ubuntu 16.10:<\/p>\n

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      1. Launch Terminal, and\u00a0run the command \u201csudo apt update<\/strong> \u201c.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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        \"How<\/p>\n

        2. Then, run \u201csudo apt install kubuntu-desktop<\/strong>\u201c.<\/p>\n

        \"How<\/p>\n[ad type=\u201dbanner\u201d]\n

        The rest of the installation proceeds in the same way as it does on Ubuntu 16.04. You will have to choose a display manager, and you can choose any of the two options that you\u2019ll get. Once the installation completes, you can log out of your account, and choose the desktop environment while logging back in.<\/p>\n

        Uninstall KDE on Ubuntu 16.04 and 16.10:<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n

        If for some reason, you want to remove KDE from your Ubuntu system, you can simply follow the steps below:<\/p>\n

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        1. Launch Terminal, and type \u201csudo apt purge kubuntu-desktop<\/strong>\u201c. Hit enter, and enter your password. \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\"How<\/li>\n
        2. Next, type \u201csudo apt autoremove<\/strong>\u201c. \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \"How<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

          If you\u2019re running Ubuntu 16.10, this is all you need to do. However,\u00a0on Ubuntu 16.04<\/strong>, you have to remove the repository from the list of sources, as well. To do that, just do the following:<\/p>\n

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          1. Launch Terminal, and type \u201csudo add-apt-repository \u2013remove ppa:kubuntu-ppa\/backports<\/strong>\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

            \"How<\/p>\n[ad type=\u201dbanner\u201d]\n

            This will remove the repository you added to install KDE on\u00a0Ubuntu 16.04.\u00a0You will now have successfully\u00a0removed\u00a0KDE from your Ubuntu 16.04, or Ubuntu 16.10 system.<\/p>\n

            Use KDE as an Alternative Desktop Environment for Ubuntu<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n

            There are\u00a0other desktop environments for Ubuntu, as well. However, KDE can be\u00a0installed very easily, and it works well. Also,\u00a0for long time\u00a0Windows users, who have just made the switch to Linux, KDE will look very familiar.\u00a0And, since you can easily choose the desktop environment you want to use, while logging in, installing other desktop environments is completely safe. If anything goes wrong, you can always uninstall the new desktop environment, and carry on with the default Ubuntu desktop environment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

            How to Install KDE on Ubuntu 16.04 and Ubuntu 16.10 – PC – The default interface that Ubuntu accompanies, looks a great deal like a cross between the macOS<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20059,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5739],"tags":[45411,45389,45388,45436,45384,45407,45394,45418,45412,45387,45396,45428,45414,45386,45405,45429,45435,45413,45409,45431,45395,45437,45433,45404,45397,45401,45427,45406,45393,45434,45432,45383,45421,45390,45381,45408,45402,45430,45410,45391,45382,45403,45398,45399,45417,45426,45423,45419,45422,45400,45425,45415,45420,45392,45385,45416,45424],"class_list":["post-15187","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pc","tag-16-04","tag-16-04-ubuntu","tag-chrome-ubuntu-16-04","tag-desktop-environment-ubuntu","tag-download-ubuntu-16-04","tag-fedora-kde","tag-gnome-linux","tag-gnome-ubuntu-15-10","tag-gnome-ubuntu-16-04","tag-google-chrome-install-ubuntu-16-04","tag-how-to-install-kde-on-ubuntu-16-04-and-ubuntu-16-10","tag-install-gnome","tag-install-gnome-ubuntu-14-04","tag-install-google-chrome-ubuntu-16-04","tag-install-kde-ubuntu","tag-install-kde-ubuntu-16-04","tag-install-theme-ubuntu","tag-install-unity-ubuntu","tag-kde-desktop","tag-kde-install-ubuntu","tag-kde-linux","tag-kde-plasma-5-ubuntu","tag-kde-plasma-ubuntu","tag-kde-ubuntu","tag-kubuntu","tag-kubuntu-16-04","tag-kubuntu-desktop","tag-linux-kde","tag-linux-ubuntu-16-04","tag-linux-ubuntu-gnome","tag-ubuntu-14-04-kde","tag-ubuntu-16","tag-ubuntu-16-lts","tag-ubuntu-16-04","tag-ubuntu-16-04-download","tag-ubuntu-16-04-features","tag-ubuntu-16-04-gnome","tag-ubuntu-16-04-install-kde","tag-ubuntu-16-04-kde","tag-ubuntu-16-04-lts","tag-ubuntu-16-04-server-install-gui","tag-ubuntu-desktop-environments","tag-ubuntu-gnome","tag-ubuntu-gnome-16-04","tag-ubuntu-gnome-16-04-lts","tag-ubuntu-gnome-desktop","tag-ubuntu-gnome-download","tag-ubuntu-gnome-install","tag-ubuntu-install-gnome","tag-ubuntu-kde","tag-ubuntu-kde-desktop","tag-ubuntu-kde-install","tag-ubuntu-kubuntu","tag-ubuntu-linux-16-04","tag-ubuntu-lts","tag-ubuntu-lts-16-04","tag-ubuntu-plasma"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15187","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15187"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15187\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20059"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15187"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15187"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15187"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}