KDE Plasma Desktop 5.12, a new long-term support release, was released a day ago. Here’s how to install it in (K)Ubuntu 17.10 via PPA.
Plasma 5.12 is the second LTS release from the Plasma 5 team. It features:
- Many improvements to the Discover in stability and user interface.
- Add support for interactive previews in the notification system
- Much more usable Wayland support
- Global Menus have returned in Plasma 5.12.
- Folder View is now the default desktop layout.
- Media controls have been added to the lock screen.
- New System Settings interface
- And many other changes, see release note for details.
How to Install Plasma 5.12 in Ubuntu 17.10:
Kubuntu backports PPA has made the packages for (K)ubuntu 17.10.
1. Open terminal via Ctrl+Alt+T or by searching for “Terminal” from start menu. When it opens, run command to add the PPA:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:kubuntu-ppa/backports
Type in your password when it prompts and hit Enter.
2. Then upgrade your system to get the latest Plasma Desktop via either Update Manager or command:
sudo apt update && sudo apt full-upgrade
After the upgrade process has completed, and assuming everything went well, reboot your computer.
For non-Kubuntu user, you may first install the kubuntu-desktop
package either from Ubuntu Software or by running below command before doing the upgrade.
sudo apt update && sudo apt install kubuntu-desktop
How to Uninstall:
To undo the changes and restore to the stock version of Plasma Desktop in your main Ubuntu repository, purge the PPA via command:
sudo apt install ppa-purge && sudo ppa-purge ppa:kubuntu-ppa/backports
I have done the above steps, but when I get to “sudo apt install kubuntu-desktop” I get
E: unable to locate package kubuntu-desktop
doing “apt search tu-desktop” results in qtubuntu-desktop and ubuntu-desktop’
do I need to add another repo and what would that be
This is great. I’m installing as we speak. Is there a good resource for KDE Plasma customizations. I know there are just so many. I would love to find a site that really delves into the many options. Thanks!
Install package plasma-desktop