Plasma 5 Not Totally Installed

[NoWorries]

I have added the repository http://ppa.launchpad.net/kubuntu-ppa...ckports/ubuntu, but I do not get all the packages installed. It repeatedly lists packages to install and then a list to remove. When I do the removal, I then get packages installed and then I get the message to install and remove packages. I seem to be going round in circles and getting nowhere. The output that I get is:

:~$ sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  breeze breeze-cursor-theme breeze-icon-theme frameworkintegration kactivities kde-cli-tools kde-cli-tools-data kde-config-sddm kde-style-breeze kde-style-breeze-qt4
  kde-style-oxygen-qt5 kded5 khotkeys khotkeys-data kinit kio-extras ktexteditor-data ktexteditor-katepart kwin kwin-data kwin-style-breeze kwrited libjs-underscore
  libkdecorations2-5 libkdecorations2private5 libkf5activities5 libkf5baloo1 libkf5balooxapian1 libkf5dnssd-data libkf5dnssd5 libkf5emoticons-bin libkf5emoticons-data
  libkf5emoticons5 libkf5filemetadata-bin libkf5filemetadata-data libkf5filemetadata3 libkf5idletime5 libkf5jsembed-data libkf5jsembed5 libkf5plasmaquick5 libkf5pty-data libkf5pty5
  libkf5runner5 libkf5style5 libkf5su-bin libkf5su5 libkf5texteditor5 libkf5threadweaver5 libkf5waylandserver5 libkf5webkit5 libkf5xmlrpcclientprivate5 libkfontinst5 libkfontinstui5
  libkwin4-effect-builtins1 libkwineffects6 libkwinglutils6 libkwinxrenderutils6 libkworkspace5-5 liboxygenstyle5-5 liboxygenstyleconfig5-5 libplasma-geolocation-interface5
  libpoppler-qt5-1 libpowerdevilcore2 libpowerdevilui5 libqgsttools-p1 libqt5clucene5 libqt5concurrent5 libqt5designer5 libqt5designercomponents5 libqt5help5 libqt5multimedia5
  libqt5multimedia5-plugins libqt5multimediaquick-p5 libqt5multimediawidgets5 libqt5quickwidgets5 libtaskmanager5 libweather-ion7 milou oxygen-sounds plasma-framework powerdevil
  powerdevil-data qdbus-qt5 qml-module-org-kde-extensionplugin qml-module-org-kde-runnermodel qml-module-org-kde-solid qml-module-qtgraphicaleffects qml-module-qtmultimedia
  qml-module-qtquick-controls qml-module-qtquick-controls-styles-breeze qml-module-qtquick-dialogs qml-module-qtquick-layouts qml-module-qtquick-privatewidgets
  qml-module-qtquick-window2 qml-module-qtquick2 qtdeclarative5-kf5declarative qtdeclarative5-kf5solid qttools5-dev-tools sni-qt
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  breeze breeze-cursor-theme breeze-icon-theme kactivities kde-cli-tools kde-cli-tools-data kde-config-sddm kde-style-breeze kde-style-breeze-qt4 kde-style-oxygen-qt5 kded5 khotkeys
  khotkeys-data kio-extras kwin kwin-data kwin-style-breeze kwrited libkdecorations2-5 libkdecorations2private5 libkf5activities5 libkf5baloo1 libkf5balooxapian1 libkf5dnssd-data
  libkf5dnssd5 libkf5emoticons-bin libkf5emoticons-data libkf5emoticons5 libkf5filemetadata-bin libkf5filemetadata-data libkf5filemetadata3 libkf5idletime5 libkf5plasmaquick5
  libkf5pty-data libkf5pty5 libkf5runner5 libkf5style5 libkf5su-bin libkf5su5 libkf5threadweaver5 libkfontinst5 libkfontinstui5 libkwin4-effect-builtins1 libkwineffects6
  libkwinglutils6 libkwinxrenderutils6 libkworkspace5-5 liboxygenstyle5-5 liboxygenstyleconfig5-5 libpoppler-qt5-1 libpowerdevilcore2 libpowerdevilui5 libqgsttools-p1
  libqt5concurrent5 libqt5multimedia5 libqt5multimedia5-plugins libqt5multimediaquick-p5 libqt5multimediawidgets5 libqt5quickwidgets5 libtaskmanager5 oxygen-sounds plasma-framework
  powerdevil powerdevil-data qml-module-org-kde-extensionplugin qml-module-org-kde-runnermodel qml-module-org-kde-solid qml-module-qtmultimedia qml-module-qtquick-controls
  qml-module-qtquick-controls-styles-breeze qml-module-qtquick-layouts qml-module-qtquick-window2 qml-module-qtquick2 qtdeclarative5-kf5declarative sni-qt
The following packages have been kept back:
  plasma-desktop
0 upgraded, 75 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded.
Need to get 0 B/43.5 MB of archives.
After this operation, 108 MB of additional disk space will be used.
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Doing a sudo dpkg --configure -a gives no output or change.

I am wondering if there is still work in progress with Plasma 5 or is there something wrong with my system.

[ronw]

I'm running Vivid, so things may be different.

When 5.2 hit yesterday, there were conflicts. Ultimately, I had to remove libkwineffects5, libkwinglutils5, and libkwinxrenderutils5, and kwin, then reinstall kwin. There are *6 versions of those lib files now installed.

[NoWorries]

I did not have kwin installed, but when I did, it installed the other files that you listed except that they ended in a "6" and not "5". When I rebooted, my system failed to proceed past the login stage and just gave the Kubuntu blue screen. I then realized that kwin is the alternative boot manager to lightdm and I am not impressed with kwin.

So, instead of trying to resolve all the problems with Plasma 5, I decided to reinstall my system. Fortunately, I am on a fast network and it does not take overly long to do. After these experiences, I do not think I will try Plasma 5 on Utopic but will for Vivid.

[ronw]

kwin isn't a login manager like lightdm or sddm.

Description: KDE window manager
KWin (pronounced as one syllable "kwin") is the window manager for the KDE Plasma Desktop. It gives you complete control over
your windows, making sure they're not in the way but aid you in your task. It paints the window decoration, the bar on top of
every window with (configurable) buttons like close, maximize and minimize. It also handles placing of windows and switching
between them.

This package is part of the KDE base workspace module