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Install KDE on Linux Mint 18.3 Cinnamon, MATE or Xfce

Post by xenopeek » Wed Apr 04, 2018 2:52 pm

If you want to install KDE on top of an existing Linux Mint 18.3 Cinnamon, MATE or Xfce installation you should install these two packages:
mint-meta-kde
plasma-desktop

Mind that KDE has its own suite of default programs for common tasks like file manager, text editor, calculator and so on. By installing KDE on top of an existing Linux Mint installation you’ll thus end up with two file managers, two text editors and two calculators in your menu.

In general if you want to try KDE I would instead suggest to download the Linux Mint 18.3 KDE ISO and boot your computer from that to give it a spin. Or load the ISO in VirtualBox so you can try it without affecting your current Linux Mint installation.

If you want to switch to KDE, seeing as it’s not trivial to remove installed desktop environments, I would suggest to do a clean install.

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Re: Install KDE on Linux Mint 18.3 Cinnamon, MATE or Xfce

Post by tovian » Sat Apr 07, 2018 7:58 am

If I understand this. there are (will be) no scripts to run. Instead, we would install Mate or Xfce then install these two packages through Synaptic. Correct?

Is one (Mate or Xfce) better than the other as a base?

Will this change — or will there be multiple versions of these packages — when Mint-19 is issued?

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Re: Install KDE on Linux Mint 18.3 Cinnamon, MATE or Xfce

Post by xenopeek » Sat Apr 07, 2018 12:10 pm

I’ll revisit this for Linux Mint 19. For Linux Mint 18.3 we do of course still have a KDE ISO you can use. The above tutorial is intended for people that want to add KDE to their existing Linux Mint 18.3 Cinnamon, MATE or Xfce installation.

If the purpose is to be able to use multiple desktop environments at the same time, like KDE and MATE, or KDE and Xfce, it doesn’t really matter which you choose. MATE or Xfce both will work fine.

If you intend to install MATE or Xfce and then replace it with KDE, I’d suggest Xfce. That one is easier to uninstall (just removing xfce4* packages goes a long way to removing Xfce while for MATE it is much more complex).

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Linux Mint – Установка рабочего окружения KDE

Linux Mint один из самых популярных дистрибутивов Linux, весьма прост в использовании, поставляется с рабочими окружениями Cinnamon – флагманское окружение, разрабатывается создателями самого дистрибутива. XFCE, обладает весьма скромными системными требованиями и не плохими возможностями по кастомизации и, Mate, которое развивается с оглядкой на GNOME 2. Ранее была редакция с рабочим окружением KDE, но, по какой-то причине разработка Linux Mint с KDE была прекращена.

В данной статье мы установим рабочее окружение KDE в Linux Mint, используя Backports PPA репозиторий от Kubuntu.

Установку KDE в Linux Mint вы осуществляете на свой страх и риск, так как не известно как поведет данное рабочее окружение в Linux Mint. Возможны некоторые глюки и не стабильная работы. Все таки не зря разработчики отказались от KDE, видимо, на это были какие-то основания. Хотя, сама KDE за последнее время стала более стабильная чем была раньше.

В общем, прежде чем устанавливать KDE в Linux Mint, подумайте, а лучше проведите несколько тестов, как вариант на виртуальной машине созданной с помощью VirtualBox или KVM .

Устанавливаем KDE в Linux Mint

Что бы установить KDE в Linux Mint, необходимо добавить PPA репозиторий, можно конечно установить и из репозиториев самого Linux Mint, но в репозитории Backports будут более свежие пакеты. В общем, тут на усмотрение пользователя, если хотите, можете устанавливать KDE из родных репозиториев, а можете подключить Backports. Для подключения репозиторий выполняем команду:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:kubuntu-ppa/backports

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Install KDE on Linux Mint 19 Cinnamon, MATE or Xfce

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Install KDE on Linux Mint 19 Cinnamon, MATE or Xfce

Post by MaoMao2 » Mon Jul 16, 2018 5:28 am

Hi all,
I read the 3D:
viewtopic.php?f=42&t=267121&p=1495291#p1495291
about KDE and Linux Mint 18.3 (but 18.3 have KDE now) and and I searched here and in the web and no founded much.

I like Linux Mint because is wonderful and i use it only in USB Live Persistent (without hard disk — in HDD i have Windows only for some games), in the past ive tested Chinnamon and because my programs work in KDE no in chinnamon, because the chinnamon don’t see my USB wifi and KDE yes and much other.
now i use only KDE ^_^
Now the 90% of my programs work in KDE and Mint 19 don’t have KDE, OK.. my question is for to have a Linux Mint FULL KDE, this procedure is correct??
(founded in internet https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDC6Xew8sL4)
OR i need of add some comands or to do other for to have Linux Mint 19 FULL KDE??

1. sudo add-apt-repository ppa:kubuntu-ppa/ppa 2. sudo apt update 3. sudo apt install kubuntu-desktop + Extra founded in ur Chinnamon info relases (ty for ur work ^_^): Issues with KDE apps If you're experiencing issues with KDE apps (Okular, Gwenview, KStars..etc) run the following command: apt install kdelibs-bin kdelibs5-data kdelibs5-plugins (idk if this will be installed with "sudo apt install kubuntu-desktop", for this added also this info. :P 

1) Look also the video (my 2nd link) and tell me if this procedure for u work or tell me what i need of to do.
2) IF work, is better start with Chinnamon, with Mate or KDE?
TYVM ALL. ^_^

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Re: Install KDE on Linux Mint 19 Cinnamon, MATE or Xfce

Post by Kilo » Fri Jul 20, 2018 9:44 pm

It did work, but not all of the KDE applications were installed. The only KDE program I saw was the KDE System Settings. Things like KDE Connect, Kate, and others do not install with that command. Hopefully this will help. At the current time using Kubuntu is the best option if you want KDE.

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Re: Install KDE on Linux Mint 19 Cinnamon, MATE or Xfce

Post by MtnDewManiac » Sat Jul 21, 2018 4:52 am

Kilo wrote: ⤴ Fri Jul 20, 2018 9:44 pm Hi,

It did work, but not all of the KDE applications were installed. The only KDE program I saw was the KDE System Settings. Things like KDE Connect, Kate, and others do not install with that command. Hopefully this will help. At the current time using Kubuntu is the best option if you want KDE.

I am currently running Mint 17.3, so this may not be the same with the new version, BUT:

I just ran Synaptic Package Manager, typed «kate» into its search box, and then right-clicked that entry in the list that appeared and switched to that entry’s properties’ «Dependencies» tab. I then adjusted the little drop-down selector to show «Dependents» instead of «Dependencies,» and had a look at the list.

I see kubuntu-full, kubuntu-desktop, and kde-standard. These meta-packages each pull in various Qt/KDE applications when you choose to install one of them. Checking their list of dependencies will show you which specific apps those are (some of the entries might be meta-packages of their own, I suppose — which would have to be checked for dependencies of their own).

One of these meta-packages might be a viable option for someone who does not wish to bother with the. monumental task (lol) of typing the names of their favorite KDE apps into Synaptic Package Monitor, double-clicking each, and then clicking on the «Apply» button.

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