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kubuntu 4.3 over ubuntu LTS 8.04

Asked by Ramy Al-AShram

I m running ubuntu LTS 8.04 and i want to install kubuntu desktop 4.3 Version.
i know i could run sudo apt-get install kubuntu-desktop but this will install kubuntu-desktop version 3.0v and then make upgrade, but i don't want to go through this procedure, i want to install version 4.3 directly,
does any one have an idea?

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

you can either find a hardy repo for kde 4.3 or upgrade to jaunty as it hasn't been backported to anything earlier (as far as I know)

http://ppa.launchpad.net/kubuntu-ppa/backports/ubuntu

if you upgrade to jaunt you can add

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/kubuntu-ppa/backports/ubuntu jaunty main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/kubuntu-ppa/backports/ubuntu jaunty main

to /etc/apt/sources.lst and upgrade to 4.3 but DO NOT add this to a hardy system as it may break it.

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Nicola Rosati (supernaicol) said : 		#2

First of all, activate all the repositories: backports, suggested, updates, ecc.
In hardy, you can install the meta-package kubuntu-kde4-desktop, but it installs only kde 4.0.x, not the last stable 4.2, nevertheless the 4.3 that hasn't been released yet (only the release candidate).
If you want to install the latest STABLE release of kde4 (at the moment 4.2, in a bunch of days hopefully 4.3) you can add this hardy ppa repository:

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/kubuntu-members-kde4/ppa/ubuntu hardy main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/kubuntu-members-kde4/ppa/ubuntu hardy main

and, after you authenticate the repository with the gpg key, you can install and enjoy a fresh kde 4.2.2 installation.
Bye

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