{"id":48946,"date":"2025-05-21T13:32:54","date_gmt":"2025-05-21T13:32:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=48946"},"modified":"2025-05-21T13:32:54","modified_gmt":"2025-05-21T13:32:54","slug":"install-plasma-desktop-6-4-kubuntu-25-04","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2025\/05\/install-plasma-desktop-6-4-kubuntu-25-04\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Install Plasma Desktop 6.4 (Beta) in (K)Ubuntu 25.04"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/kde-logo.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-36930\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/kde-logo-250x250.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/kde-logo-250x250.png 250w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/kde-logo-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/kde-logo-600x600.png 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/kde-logo-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/kde-logo.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Want to try out the Plasma 6.4 desktop in Ubuntu? Here&#8217;s how to do the job in (K)Ubuntu 25.04 and\/or (K)KUbuntu 25.10.<\/p>\n<p>Plasma 6.4 is the next feature version that will be released on 17 June. KDE announced the first beta of this release in last week. And, KUbuntu developer team has made it into PPA for testing purpose.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/plasma-64.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-48947\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/plasma-64-700x394.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"610\" height=\"343\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/plasma-64-700x394.webp 700w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/plasma-64-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/plasma-64-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/plasma-64-1536x864.webp 1536w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/plasma-64-1320x743.webp 1320w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/plasma-64.webp 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>KDE Plasma 6.4 is a big release. It <b>updated the built-in screenshot tool (aka Spectacle) with new design<\/b>. Similar to <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/flameshot-org\/flameshot\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Flameshot<\/a>, when taking screenshot with &#8220;rectangular region&#8221; option, it now has on screen editing options to add text, arrow, and other annotations before saving.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/spectacle-selection.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-48948\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/spectacle-selection-700x394.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"610\" height=\"343\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/spectacle-selection-700x394.webp 700w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/spectacle-selection-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/spectacle-selection-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/spectacle-selection-1536x864.webp 1536w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/spectacle-selection-1320x743.webp 1320w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/spectacle-selection.webp 1598w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It also added <b>new Animations setting panel<\/b>, allowing to configure global animation speed, choose animations for window close, minimize, maximize, etc actions, and fading effects for login, logout, and popups.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/plasma-animation.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-48949\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/plasma-animation-700x505.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"610\" height=\"440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/plasma-animation-700x505.webp 700w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/plasma-animation-300x216.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/plasma-animation-768x554.webp 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/plasma-animation.webp 1038w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The new desktop also features KWin-X11 module, splitting off the X11\/Xorg specific code into its own package separate from KWin, and Aurorae theme engine for KWin window decorations. And, it added new context menu option for the app icons on task bar, allowing to hide title-bar and frame of selected app window.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/plasma-notitlebar-option.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-48950\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/plasma-notitlebar-option-700x398.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"610\" height=\"347\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/plasma-notitlebar-option-700x398.webp 700w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/plasma-notitlebar-option-300x170.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/plasma-notitlebar-option.webp 725w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Previously, when drag&#8217;n&#8217;dropping items in Dolphin, it always pops-up a menu asking what you want to do (move, copy, or link). In the new release, there&#8217;s new option in <code>General Behavior<\/code> setting page, allowing to set this behavior to &#8220;move&#8221;, so it just works like most other desktop environments (e.g., GNOME, MATE, Xfce) do. Though, user can press and hold <code>Shift<\/code> key when dragging to view that &#8220;what to do&#8221; pop-up.<\/p>\n<p>Other changes in KDE Plasma 6.4 include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Monitor how much CPU, memory usage for background services in system monitor.<\/li>\n<li>Color code support in KRunner.<\/li>\n<li>Highlight newly installed applications in start menu.<\/li>\n<li>Custom tile layout in per virtual-desktop basis.<\/li>\n<li>Ability to disable system tray icons for apps without internal settings.<\/li>\n<li>And more, see the official <a href=\"https:\/\/kde.org\/announcements\/plasma\/6\/6.3.90\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">release note<\/a> for details.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>How to Install Plasma 6.4 Beta in (K)Ubuntu 25.04<\/h3>\n<p>For KUbuntu 25.04 and KUbuntu 25.10 Dev releases, the developer team has made the new desktop packages into this <a href=\"https:\/\/launchpad.net\/~kubuntu-ppa\/+archive\/ubuntu\/beta\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">official beta PPA<\/a> for all supported platforms, including <code>amd64<\/code>, <code>arm64\/armhf<\/code>, <code>ppc64el<\/code>, <code>riscv64<\/code>, and <code>s390x<\/code>.<\/p>\n<p><b>NOTE: The PPA is only for testing purpose!! While the stable version will probably made into the <a href=\"https:\/\/launchpad.net\/~kubuntu-ppa\/+archive\/ubuntu\/backports\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">backports PPA<\/a>.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>First, press <code>Ctrl+Alt+T<\/code> on keyboard to open up konsole terminal emulator. When it opens, run command to add the PPA:<\/p>\n<pre>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:kubuntu-ppa\/beta<\/pre>\n<p><i>Type user password when it asks for sudo authentication and hit Enter to continue.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/kubuntu-beta-ppa.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-48951\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/kubuntu-beta-ppa-700x462.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"610\" height=\"403\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/kubuntu-beta-ppa-700x462.webp 700w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/kubuntu-beta-ppa-300x198.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/kubuntu-beta-ppa.webp 753w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>After added PPA and refreshed cache (it should be done automatically), run the command below to update your desktop environment.<\/p>\n<pre>sudo apt full-upgrade<\/pre>\n<p>In case you want to try out Plasma 6.4 on Ubuntu 25.04 or other flavors, use the command below instead:<\/p>\n<pre>sudo apt install kubuntu-desktop<\/pre>\n<p>Finally, restart your computer. Search and launch &#8220;About this system&#8221; to verify your desktop edition.<\/p>\n<h3>How to Restore<\/h3>\n<p>To revert back to the Plasma stable desktop environment, open konsole (Ctrl+Alt+T) and run command to install ppa-purge tool:<\/p>\n<pre>sudo apt install ppa-purge<\/pre>\n<p>Then, use the ppa-purge tool to purge that beta PPA and downgrade all the installed packages:<\/p>\n<pre>sudo ppa-purge ppa:kubuntu-ppa\/beta<\/pre>\n<p>Finally, restart your computer to apply changes.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Want to try out the Plasma 6.4 desktop in Ubuntu? Here&#8217;s how to do the job in (K)Ubuntu 25.04 and\/or (K)KUbuntu 25.10. Plasma 6.4 is the next feature version that will be released on 17 June. KDE announced the first beta of this release in last week. 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