Here is a work in progress with some of the steps and little tricks to get and use KDE 4.0 in Gutsy
INSTALLATION
The directions listed on Kubuntu.org are accurate and should be followed.
The packages for KDE4 are getting to the PPA repository quicker than they are reaching Gutsy's Backports repo. If you are getting any errors about broken packages, you will need to either (temporarily) disable the backports repo in your /etc/apt/sources.list, or wait a while till that repo catches up.
If you are browsing Adept for kde4 packages, be wary of those with a version number containing '3.94'. Those are some of the older versions that have not been 'caught up' yet afaik. I think they cause conflicts and won't install anyway
KDE4 runs alongside KDE3, with its own ~/.kde4 directory so that settings and configs for that are separate from the KDE3 things. KDE# apps will be listed in the KDE4 kmenu, and vice versa, so you will be able to use Amarok, for example, in KDE4 even though there is no version for it out currently.
LOGGING IN
USING/CONFIGURING
A basic guide can be found here which gives a nice overview of a few things.
Taskbar
The taskbar cannot be resized or much else at this time.
To add a Widget to it, you need to right-click on the desktop, select Add Widget to open the dialog, and drag the desired applet to your taskbar directly from the widgets dialog. You cannot drag from the desktop to the taskbar, or reposition items yet.
You can go back to a 'normal' kmenu if you wish. There are 2 Widgets for this called Application Launchers. The Traditional is the one you will want in this case.
ADMIN
I have seen some reports of problems with Admin privileges in applications needing that, you may have to run them from the command-line:
for example'
If your shiny, new kde4 needs to be reset to its defaults, simply log back into kde3 and delete your ~/.kde4 directory
INSTALLATION
The directions listed on Kubuntu.org are accurate and should be followed.
The packages for KDE4 are getting to the PPA repository quicker than they are reaching Gutsy's Backports repo. If you are getting any errors about broken packages, you will need to either (temporarily) disable the backports repo in your /etc/apt/sources.list, or wait a while till that repo catches up.
If you are browsing Adept for kde4 packages, be wary of those with a version number containing '3.94'. Those are some of the older versions that have not been 'caught up' yet afaik. I think they cause conflicts and won't install anyway
KDE4 runs alongside KDE3, with its own ~/.kde4 directory so that settings and configs for that are separate from the KDE3 things. KDE# apps will be listed in the KDE4 kmenu, and vice versa, so you will be able to use Amarok, for example, in KDE4 even though there is no version for it out currently.
LOGGING IN
USING/CONFIGURING
A basic guide can be found here which gives a nice overview of a few things.
Taskbar
The taskbar cannot be resized or much else at this time.
To add a Widget to it, you need to right-click on the desktop, select Add Widget to open the dialog, and drag the desired applet to your taskbar directly from the widgets dialog. You cannot drag from the desktop to the taskbar, or reposition items yet.
You can go back to a 'normal' kmenu if you wish. There are 2 Widgets for this called Application Launchers. The Traditional is the one you will want in this case.
ADMIN
I have seen some reports of problems with Admin privileges in applications needing that, you may have to run them from the command-line:
Code:
kdesudo adept_manager
If your shiny, new kde4 needs to be reset to its defaults, simply log back into kde3 and delete your ~/.kde4 directory
), you have to run it as 'kdesudo adept_manager', may have to use a terminal
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