[SOLVED] installing kde 4 but don't want kde apps all over the place

**abh83** · November 4th, 2008

I am currently running ubuntu 8.10.

I am planning on installing the kde4 desktop environment. However, is it possible to have the kde applications sorted into one place instead of having them mixed up along with my gnome apps?

And/Or is it possible to only install essential kde apps and not the 100s of useless apps that come along with it?

I think I remember reading a guide on this but I can't seem to find it.

Thx in advance!

**benerivo** · November 4th, 2008

You can't keep them separate unless you edit your main menus after installation, but you can install just a base kde4 system with

Code:

sudo apt-get install kde-core

**abh83** · November 4th, 2008

does the base kde4 system contain the eyecandy pre-installed with it? Supposedly the new kde4 desktop environment has integrated widgets with the its file manager... or something along these lines!

**benerivo** · November 4th, 2008

It has the base set of plasmoids, which is what i think people refer to as the kde4 eye-candy. The theme/style/colour is almost identical to the full kubuntu-desktop installation.

**abh83** · November 5th, 2008

thx exactly what i was looking for!

**nahian** · November 6th, 2008

after installing kde-4 if I dont like it how can I un-install it?

**mfox** · November 6th, 2008

sudo apt-get remove kde-core

**mfox** · November 6th, 2008

Originally Posted by abh83

does the base kde4 system contain the eyecandy pre-installed with it? Supposedly the new kde4 desktop environment has integrated widgets with the its file manager... or something along these lines!

If KDE4 is like KDE3, when you add just the kde-core to Ubuntu, openOffice application windows will be missing some icons. I can't remember the name of the file, but there is an OO file with kde in its name that will fetch you those icons and make the windows look right.