How to install KDE on Ubuntu 11.04

 Do you need tutorial install KDE on Ubuntu 11.04? This is a great tutorial for you.
Now you can install KDE on Ubuntu 11.04 with this tutorial.


KDE is a Desktop Environment and is a cross platform used as a default Desktop Environment for many Operating system like openSUSE.The KDE Community team is dedicated to creating a free and user-friendly computing experience by offering an advanced graphical desktop which has a wide variety of applications for communication, work, education and entertainment and a platform to easily build new applications.

Ubuntu 11.04(Natty Narwhal) releases with Unity as its default Desktop environment which is ok.Previous version of Ubuntu uses GNOME as its default desktop environment.If you are dynamic in nature, you may be thinking of using different Desktop environment in your Ubuntu 11.04.And if you are KDE fan you may be thinking of using Ubuntu 11.04 with KDE Desktop.And its good news you can use KDE for Ubuntu 11.04,means you can install KDE in your Ubuntu 11.04.So in this post  i am going to tell you how to install KDE Desktop for Ubuntu 11.04.

How to install KDE Desktop for Ubuntu 11.04

1.Open Synaptic Package Manager by going to Ubuntu(logo) Main Menu and searching for Synaptic Package Manager.
2.In the quick search box, search for “kde standard” and mark it by left clicking.It will mark all the relevant packages related to KDE.


3.Click on “Apply” which will download all the packages and start the installation process.The installation will take 400-600 MB of space.
3.Wait for 10-20 minutes so the downloading and installation process completes.
4.Now logout the Unity desktop and at the login prompt choose the KDE Desktop.Provide Username and password and click on login to enjoy using KDE Desktop with Ubuntu 11.04.
#If you are command prompt user and wants to install KDE Desktop from Terminal,use following commands

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:kubuntu-ppa/backports
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install kubuntu-desktop

Use the above command one by one and when ever require give password to proceed. Enjoy  and explorer it!!

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