{"id":43087,"date":"2022-09-06T13:45:57","date_gmt":"2022-09-06T13:45:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=43087"},"modified":"2023-11-16T08:35:11","modified_gmt":"2023-11-16T08:35:11","slug":"install-lxqt-1-10-lubuntu-22-04","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2022\/09\/install-lxqt-1-10-lubuntu-22-04\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Install LXQt (1.4.0 Updated) in (L)Ubuntu 22.04 via PPA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/lubuntu-logo.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-43088\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/lubuntu-logo-250x250.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/lubuntu-logo-250x250.webp 250w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/lubuntu-logo-300x300.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/lubuntu-logo-600x600.webp 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/lubuntu-logo-768x768.webp 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/lubuntu-logo.webp 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This simple tutorial shows how to install the latest LXQt desktop 1.4.0 in (L)Ubuntu 22.04 via its official PPA.<\/p>\n<p>The light LXQt desktop environment released 1.4.0 for few weeks ago. While, LUbuntu 22.04 ships with 0.17 version by default, you can now upgrade to the latest through PPA.<\/p>\n<p>Changes in LXQt 1.4.0 include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>use <code class=\"language-plaintext highlighter-rouge\">lxqt-menu-data<\/code>\u00a0to replace <code class=\"language-plaintext highlighter-rouge\">lxmenu-data<\/code>\u00a0anywhere needed.<\/li>\n<li>The file manager now allow users to add terminal commands.<\/li>\n<li>QTerminal supports audible bell as an option<\/li>\n<li>Image viewer has a minimal support for color spaces now.<\/li>\n<li>Add option to the custom command plugin for showing the output as an image.<\/li>\n<li>Update the DBus activation environment<\/li>\n<li>See more at the <a href=\"https:\/\/lxqt-project.org\/release\/2023\/11\/05\/release-lxqt-1-4-0\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">releases page<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/lubuntu2204-lxqt140.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-44717\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/lubuntu2204-lxqt140-600x353.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"353\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/lubuntu2204-lxqt140-600x353.webp 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/lubuntu2204-lxqt140-300x177.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/lubuntu2204-lxqt140-768x452.webp 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/lubuntu2204-lxqt140-1320x777.webp 1320w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/lubuntu2204-lxqt140.webp 1430w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Install LXQt 1.4.0 via PPA:<\/h3>\n<p>LUbuntu <a href=\"https:\/\/lubuntu.me\/jammy-backports-22-04-1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">announced<\/a> the <a href=\"https:\/\/launchpad.net\/~lubuntu-dev\/+archive\/ubuntu\/backports\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">official backports PPA<\/a> last year, to provide the latest LXQt desktop stack. It now contains the new LXQt 1.4.0 packages for (L)Ubuntu 22.04 LTS.<\/p>\n<p><b>1. Add LUbuntu backports PPA<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Open terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T), and run the command below in terminal to add the official PPA instead:<\/p>\n<pre>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:lubuntu-dev\/backports<\/pre>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/lubuntu-backports-ppa.webp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-43090\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/lubuntu-backports-ppa-600x435.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"435\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/lubuntu-backports-ppa-600x435.webp 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/lubuntu-backports-ppa-300x218.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/lubuntu-backports-ppa-768x557.webp 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/lubuntu-backports-ppa.webp 804w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>2. Update LXQt Desktop:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Finally, use the command below to update LXQt to v1.4.0:<\/p>\n<pre>sudo apt full-upgrade<\/pre>\n<p>NOTE: <code>apt full-upgrade<\/code> is required rather than <code>apt upgrade<\/code>, or some core libraries will be kept back.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/lubuntu-update.webp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-43091\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/lubuntu-update-600x488.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"488\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/lubuntu-update-600x488.webp 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/lubuntu-update-300x244.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/lubuntu-update-768x624.webp 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/lubuntu-update.webp 823w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>For non-LUbuntu but Ubuntu 22.04 based systems, user can use the command below to install LXQt 1.4.0:<\/p>\n<pre>sudo apt install lubuntu-desktop<\/pre>\n<p><i>In case you want to restore your system later, it&#8217;s better to written down what packages it&#8217;s going to install via terminal output<\/i><\/p>\n<h3>Uninstall LXQt 1.4.0 in LUbuntu 22.04<\/h3>\n<p>To restore your LUbuntu desktop, run the command below in terminal to install ppa-purge and use the tool to purge the PPA repository:<\/p>\n<pre>sudo apt install ppa-purge &amp;&amp; sudo ppa-purge ppa:lubuntu-dev\/backports<\/pre>\n<p>Finally, restart your system.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This simple tutorial shows how to install the latest LXQt desktop 1.4.0 in (L)Ubuntu 22.04 via its official PPA. 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