[SOLVED] How do I upgrade KDE to version 4?

[josephellengar]

I am using Ubuntu Hardy Heron with an AMD64 build. I want to do the upgrade because I heard that KDE 4 automounts flash drives to the desktop. I am currently using KDE 3.5. Thanks!

[aysiu]

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install kubuntu-kde4-desktop should do it.

I don't think you need KDE 4 to have Flash drives automount on the desktop, though. That should be configurable through KDE 3

[Chris_Foster]

Just a note:

You said you wanted to upgrade, the above code will install kde4 and still keep kde3.5.
You can change between desktop versions by clicking the session manager button at the login window. The login manager (called kdm) automatically goes to the previously used desktop type, so you will have to select kde4 from that menu, or it will log you back into kde3.5

[G-Dub]

I am wondering the same thing.

I tried this:



sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install kubuntu-kde4-desktop should do it.

I don't think you need KDE 4 to have Flash drives automount on the desktop, though. That should be configurable through KDE 3

This is what i got:


[sudo] password for garrett:
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garrett@garrett-desktop:~$ sudo apt-get update
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Err cdrom://Kubuntu 8.04 _Hardy Heron_ - Release i386 (20080423) hardy/restricted Packages
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W: Failed to fetch http://ppa.launchpad.net/kubuntu-members-kde4/ubuntu/dists/hardy/to/binary-i386/Packages.gz 404 Not Found

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[JacobSteelsmith]

Can you post the output of

$ sudo cat /etc/apt/sources.list

It looks like some of the entries in your apt sources list are not right.

[G-Dub]

i was actually able to figure it out. I had already done the first part

sudo apt-get update Through through adept manager.

all i needed to do was the second part


sudo apt-get install kubuntu-kde4-desktop

and it worked! i feel retarded now. thanks for your help anyway!