How to install KDE Plasma 5.11 on Ubuntu 16.04 (Kubuntu 16.04)?
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Add Kubuntu Backports repo:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:kubuntu-ppa/backports
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Get key for Neon package archive:
wget -q -O - http://archive.neon.kde.org/public.key | sudo apt-key add -
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Add repo:
sudo /usr/bin/add-apt-repository -y -u 'deb http://archive.neon.kde.org/release xenial main'
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Install new packages:
sudo apt update && sudo apt dist-upgrade
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Te Ri
Updated on September 18, 2022Comments
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Te Ri over 1 year
How to install KDE Plasma 5.11 on Ubuntu 16.04 (Kubuntu 16.04)?
It seems to be not possible to be done simply from repositories like highlighted in this question: How to force only newer KDE packages to be installed?
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Admin about 6 yearsI guess you have tested this and it works. Could you mark this as definitive? Any ideas on Plasma 5.12?