How do I install KDE or XFCE or LXDE to an Ubuntu 12.04 system with no internet connection?
Offline installation of LXDE, XFCE or KDE on Ubuntu 12.04
- You can install one of the supported variant desktop environments for Ubuntu 12.04 (LXDE, XFCE or KDE) by downloading the alternate CD for that variant -- Lubuntu, Xubuntu and Kubuntu respectively. Please be sure to get 32-bit or 64-bit depending on your existing installation!
Direct links to alternate CD ISOs:
- Kubuntu 12.04 (KDE): 32-bit | 64-bit
- Lubuntu 12.04 (LXDE): 32-bit | 64-bit
- Xubuntu 12.04 (XFCE): 32-bit | 64-bit
The Alternate CD is required because it actually contains the deb packages needed to install these onto a running system with
apt-get
versus the regular Desktop Live CDs which contain a compressed filesystem.
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Once you download the Alternate CD ISO (32-bit or 64-bit, depending on your Ubuntu installation), burn it to a CD-R. Insert the CD into the target system.
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Open a terminal with
Ctrl-Alt-T
, and typels /media
. You will see something in there likeKubuntu 12.04 LTS i386
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Then type
sudo apt-cdrom add /media/Kubuntu
(the first few letters), and press Tab to autocomplete the full name and press enter.apt
will scan the CD for packages. -
Now type
sudo apt-get update
, and thensudo apt-get install kubuntu-desktop
to install the full KDE desktop environment. (Orxubuntu-desktop
orlubuntu-desktop
, respectively, for XFCE or LXDE). -
If you have an internet connection on the machine, please disconnect the Ethernet cable (or disable networking/wireless), because even after you add the CD repositories,
apt-get
may still try to fetch the latest packages over the internet if it detects a connection!
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