I recently acquired VMWare Fusion which so far I have installed Kubuntu Gutsy, gOS 2 Rocket Beta, and Ubuntu 8.04 Alpha 3. I have also installed VMWare Tools on Kubuntu. I have enjoyed using KDE3 surprisingly, aside from the fact that firefox looks like it came out of Windows 95.
So I have decided to install KDE4 on it. This is after reading a review that Ron and Robert from Full Circle Magazine wrote for Issue #9. Check it out at http://fullcirclemagazine.org. This post is Part 1 of a Three Part Series on my KDE 4 experiences. The first part goes over the installation of KDE 4 on a Kubuntu Gutsy Computer.
Installation
Installation is fairly simple, but you need to do some crunching in the terminal. The instructions can be found at http://kubuntu.org/announcements/kde-4.0.php
You need to:
*Remove any previous KDE4 packages. I obviously don't have any, but if you do, all you need to run is apt-get remove kdelibs5 kde4base-data kde4libs-data
*Run sudo kate /etc/apt/sources.list. You can use any text editor that you like, but all you need to do is append deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/kubuntu-members-kde4/ubuntu gutsy main to the end of the text file. Save it and close it.
*Run sudo apt-get update.
*Run sudo apt-get install kde4-core. Type y at every prompt and let apt run. You will download about 100MB of KDE 4 files. Go get a cup of coffee because it will take some time for it to complete.
*Once it is done, you should be able to see KDE4 apps in your KDE3 Kicker. You can also log out, select KDE4 as your session by clicking on the context menu picture on the login screen, selecting Session and Choosing KDE4. Then type your username and password and you should log into a KDE4 session.
Congratulations, you have installed KDE4. You can also go back into KDE 3 if you so desire. It will take some time for KDE4 to be fully integrated into Kubuntu, but if you have the patience and are comfortable with using the terminal, then you can get your hands on it sooner than later.
Comments
I installed Kubuntu in a VMWare Fusion Virtual Machine. It works pretty well to be honest...
I was never a fan of KDE, but the release of KDE4 really makes me think that I should try it out. Good thing I don't have to wait until the release of Kubuntu 8.04 LTS Hardy Heron. Thanks for your tip. I might try it someday. :)
Don't forget you could always use a virtual computer if you don't want to risk your daily computer. I use VMs all the time for BETA software. I will never use KDE, it lacks the grace of GNOME. And yes, I have tried it, once.. and only once.
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