Alternative "Kubuntu" Installation
There are sevaral ways to get the KDE desktop /1/:
- kde-plasma-desktop
- kde-standard /2/
- kde-full
- kubuntu-desktop
- kubuntu-full /3/
- etc...
The Kubuntu and the KDE installations are metapackages /4/. There is an option to use the metapackages depends and recommends /5/ information to pick the wanted packages to the own desktop.
The "Recommends" is installing the
- web browser
- mail app
- chat app
- office suite
- media players
- picture viewer
- package manager
- webcam support
- additional plasma widgets
- additional fonts
- etc...
The Core
Using the MinimalCD /6,7/ to install the (K)ubuntu 12.10 alpha2.
Installing the core system but not picking the desktop.
After the reboot the Quantanal cli is welcoming.
The Desktop
The Kubuntu desktop is depending:
Piping it to the file
Same thing with the recommended packages:
Editing the recommended packages - dropping some packages - changing some packages- concatenating the Depends.txt and Recommends.txt to the my-desktop.txt.
Using the package list, my-desktop.txt, to install /8/ my own desktop:
After the reboot, cleaning the KDE menu, the kubuntu defaullt settings is having the Kubuntu desktop favorites.
Links
1. https://help.ubuntu.com/community/InstallingKDE
2. http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?ke...ll§ion=all
3. http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?ke...ll§ion=all
4. https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MetaPackages
5. http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-pol...tionships.html
6. https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation
7. https://help.ubuntu.com/community/In...ion/MinimalCD/
8. http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=40160
- kde-plasma-desktop
- kde-standard /2/
- kde-full
- kubuntu-desktop
- kubuntu-full /3/
- etc...
The Kubuntu and the KDE installations are metapackages /4/. There is an option to use the metapackages depends and recommends /5/ information to pick the wanted packages to the own desktop.
The "Recommends" is installing the
- web browser
- mail app
- chat app
- office suite
- media players
- picture viewer
- package manager
- webcam support
- additional plasma widgets
- additional fonts
- etc...
The Core
Using the MinimalCD /6,7/ to install the (K)ubuntu 12.10 alpha2.
Installing the core system but not picking the desktop.
After the reboot the Quantanal cli is welcoming.
The Desktop
The Kubuntu desktop is depending:
Code:
apt-cache show kubuntu-desktop | grep Depends: | tr -d , | cut -d ' ' -f1 --complement
Code:
apt-cache show kubuntu-desktop | grep Depends: | tr -d , | cut -d ' ' -f1 --complement > Depends.txt
Code:
apt-cache show kubuntu-desktop | grep Recommends: | tr -d , | cut -d ' ' -f1 --complement
Using the package list, my-desktop.txt, to install /8/ my own desktop:
Code:
sudo apt-get install $(< my-desktop.txt)
...
0 upgraded, 864 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 445 MB of archives.
After this operation, 1,407 MB of additional disk space will be used.
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0 upgraded, 864 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 445 MB of archives.
After this operation, 1,407 MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]?
Links
1. https://help.ubuntu.com/community/InstallingKDE
2. http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?ke...ll§ion=all
3. http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?ke...ll§ion=all
4. https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MetaPackages
5. http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-pol...tionships.html
6. https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation
7. https://help.ubuntu.com/community/In...ion/MinimalCD/
8. http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=40160
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