pure installation

[azray]

A while back I installed KDE over my gnome installation using the metafile in the repository. I would like to go all KDE and am not sure how. Currently I am using the gutsy version. Probably not enough information. Somewhere in my cloudy recollections I remember setting the desktop to KDE somehow but I don't recall how I did it. I am currently in the gnome desktop. Any help is appreciated.

[Snowhog]

Re: pure installation

In Adept Manger, you can find the -desktop packages (edubuntu-desktop, edubutu-desktop-kde, kubuntu-desktop, ubuntu-desktop, and xubuntu-desktop). As you originally installed Ubuntu, you would have had the ubuntu-desktop package installed. Check Adept Manger to see if you also have the kubuntu-desktop package installed.

These packages are not 'meta-packages.' Read the descriptions. While I don't have direct experience, I believe that uninstalling the ubuntu-desktop and installing the kubuntu-desktop would accomplish what you want. However, as I said, I don't have the experience in doing so. I would, if I were you, wait or search for confirmation on this.

Converting an existing Gnome/Ubuntu installation to a KDE/Kubuntu one is doable.

[Fintan]

Re: pure installation

well you can do

sudo apt-get kubuntu-desktop

and then get rid of the gnome stuff you don't need / want but this can lead to complications (dependencies, etc)

On the other hand if you have a separate /home partition (which is always a good idea, even better is to have a separate /home and /Data Partition) then just install your favorate flavor of Kubuntu where you ubuntu is and set up a new user.

If you need help with partitioning just ask.

Once you are all set you can then delete your ubuntu user

[Rog131]

Re: pure installation

Earlier:

Topic: Going from Ubuntu to Kubuntu
http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/inde...opic=3086675.0

[Funnyname]

Re: pure installation

well you can do

sudo apt-get kubuntu-desktop

If you need help with partitioning just ask.

Can I request some partitioning advice. It seems I will have to do a reload of XP and Kubuntu on my laptop after my latest stunt.

Once I load XP and shrink it's partition. How do I go about in the Kubuntu install disk to partition so I have a separate /home directory from the kubuntu install. So if I have to reload my /home and files remain.

Is there a good install instruction available online for this?

[Rog131]

Re: pure installation

Create a separate home partition in Ubuntu
http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/separatehome

Introduction
This guide is for creating a separate /home partition if you already installed Ubuntu without a /home partition (i.e., /home is just a folder inside your / partition). If you have not yet installed Ubuntu but want to create a /home partition before installing (a very good idea, by the way), use this guide. If you want to know more about partition planning, read this.

FAQ: How to Partition
http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/inde...opic=3090704.0

[dibl]

Re: pure installation

Can I request some partitioning advice. It seems I will have to do a reload of XP and Kubuntu on my laptop after my latest stunt.

Once I load XP and shrink it's partition....

If you're starting from scratch, why not do the partitioning first, and skip the "shrinking the partition" phase?

Assuming you want to share data between Windows XP and Linux, make (a) a sufficient partition for Windows, (b) a big partition for your data, (c) a partition for Kubuntu of about 5 or 6GB, and (d) a swap partition of about 1.5X your RAM. That's 4 partitions, which is the maximum number of primary partitions on a hard drive.

I recommend GParted Live CD to do the partitioning, obtainable as a download from here.

Once the partitions are made, install Win XP in the one you made for it, aka "C:\", plus format the one for your data as NTFS, aka "D:\", then boot your Kubuntu installation CD and install Kubuntu on the 6GB partition with its swap space on the swap partition. Then install ntfs-3g so you can read and write to the NTFS data partition. Searching this forum should reveal the minor edits that might be needed in your /etc/fstab file to automatically mount the non-Linux partitions, and then once they are mounted you can create symbolic links in your /home/Funnyname directory for your data directories.

[Funnyname]

Re: pure installation

Thanks for all the help. Issue is dibl is the Lenovo loads XP on the entire disk, so I have to load XP-shrink-then partition for Kubuntu.

I will consider the best option after I do my backup. As a side note - this is just what I was telling a friend who asked about Linux recently. The great help and advise that is available just by asking. I hope one of these days to be as knowledgeable and be able to give back to the community. Thank again.