How to Install Plasma 5.11 in Kubuntu 17.10

Last updated: November 2, 2017

KDE Plasma 5.10

KUbuntu 17.10 users can now upgrade the Plasma desktop to the latest 5.11.2 release through Kubuntu Backports PPA.

Plasma 5.11 was released a few weeks ago with following new features:

  • Revamped System Settings app
  • New “Vault” allows to lock and encrypt sets of documents.
  • Improvements to notifications,task manager, folder view.

Install Plasma 5.11.2 in KUbuntu 17.10 via PPA:

The second bug-fix release for the Plasma 5.11 is now available in Backports PPA for Ubuntu 17.10.

1. Open terminal via Ctrl+Alt+T or by searching for “Terminal” from app launcher. When it opens, run command to add the PPA:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:kubuntu-ppa/backports

Input your password (no visual feedback while typing) when it prompts and hit Enter.

2. Then upgrade your system via your update manager or run command:

sudo apt update && sudo apt full-upgrade

For other Ubuntu 17.10 flavors that want to install Plasma Desktop 5.11, run following command in terminal to install KDE desktop environment:

sudo apt update && sudo apt install kubuntu-desktop

How to Restore:

It can be restored to the stock Plasma Desktop 5.10.5 in Kubuntu 17.10 by purging the PPA via command:

sudo apt install ppa-purge && sudo ppa-purge ppa:kubuntu-ppa/backports

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3 responses to How to Install Plasma 5.11 in Kubuntu 17.10

  1. Thanx, it helped me a lot.

  2. Thank You. I really needed this

  3. Matías de la Fuente April 22, 2018 at 2:33 pm

    Thanks! Really helpful! Just what i was looking for. Greetings.