how to manually install

[hangdawg]

hi im new to kubuntu but have installed ubuntu before theres not much information about how to install manually im mean swap first then what forward slash or what its seems to install differently than ubuntu using this guide http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhnLk3gviWY like does it use ext 3 or 4 and after creating swap file the what / or /root ?? then / home ?? thanks for any help

[sithlord48]

hi,the installer is basicly the same as the ubuntu installer. you will want to make 3 partitions one for / (called root) its type will be ext4 (as its default option) and then another for swap its type will be "swap area" the last partition would be your /home partition (/home is its mount point) for that use also the ext4 filesystem. now the next question is usually what sizes should i make these. for / i use no more then 20GB as i find much more then that is wasted space. for the swap partition you can use any amount you want space for all your ram's contents if you plan to hybernate and if you don't plan to hybernate the machine then 2GB will be plunty of swap space. the remaining space use for you /home as this is the partition that users will store their files and settings on. i hope that helps to make it a bit clearer.

[hangdawg]

thanks sithlord48 so first partition make / with ext 4 then make the swap area at ext 4 then make /home is that right i thought the swap would be better for the first partition then root and then finally /home ive got 50 gb free space on the beginning of a second disc with 4 gbs of ram thanks

[james147]

i thought the swap would be better for the first partition

You can optimised the location of swap if you want... but in actuality it makes little difference (you shouldn't even need to use it much, epically with 4 gigs of ram).

As for the other partitions, it is largely up to how you want it to be partitioned, you can install everything into one partition, or as many as you like.

Most people go for the system sithlord48 suggested (and I generally recommend as well):
10-20gig for / as ext4
no more then 2gig for swap (unless you generally use more ram then that and wish to hibernate)
then the rest of the disk for /home

If you have only 50gig total space to play with, you may just want to combine the / and /home partition to better make use of the space.

[hangdawg]

thanks to both of you finally got it installed only 1 problem the software center moen crashes as soon as i open it

[james147]

thanks to both of you finally got it installed only 1 problem the software center moen crashes as soon as i open it

That seems to be a common issue, a workabout for now is to use alternative package manager (such as apt-get or apper).

[hangdawg]

hi yeah i tried sudo apt-get update and then sudo apt-get dist-upgrade but still crashes so i installed synaptic then started googling a way to remove muon but havent come across a way yet

[sithlord48]

don't bother removing muon. just use synaptic instead.