What's the difference between KDE packages?
I've checked the packages that apt-get install
would install for each of these. These aren't complete lists, but only list the differences from my Unity (ie., without any KDE programs) setup.
plasma-netbook
and plasma-desktop
differ only by whether they install the netbook or the desktop interface. kde-workspace
is identical to plasma-desktop
.
kde-plasma-desktop
will install a few KDE programs: Dolphin, Konqueror, kde-baseapps
, konsole
, kwrite
, and kde-passwd
.
kde-standard
installs a bunch of stuff on top of kde-desktop
: Akregator, Ark, Dragonplayer, gnupg, Kaddressbook, Kate, KDE wallpapers, Kmail, etc.
kubuntu-desktop
installs even more than kde-standard
. kubuntu-desktop
is the package you would download from the Ubuntu website if you wanted Kubuntu, but if you only want the Plasma interface, not any of the default programs, plasma-desktop
might be sufficient.
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TreefrogInc almost 2 years
So I'm going to install KDE in Precise. I found that there wasn't an entry for Plasma Desktop (only KDE apps) in the software center, so I fired up Synaptic to look for the packages.
However, now I'm finding way too many of these. There's
kde-standard
,kde-workspace
,plasma-desktop
,plasma-netbook
,kde-plasma-desktop
...I went and looked online, but with differing instructions, too. I think the most common were between "install
kubuntu-desktop
" and "add thekubuntu-ppa/backports
repo" (which is probably not the one I want).My question is... what's with all these different packages? Is there any difference between them? Which one should I install?
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TreefrogInc about 12 yearsExcellent. I just might install
kde-plasma-desktop
considering that some of the GNOME programs don't exactly look "in place" in KDE. -
Sparhawk over 11 yearsGreat explanation, but I'm a bit unsure as to where kde-desktop fits in the hierarchy. Also, which additional packages specifically does kubuntu-desktop install (or could you give some examples)?
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pconley over 11 yearsThis thread is 18 months old and three releases out of date. Run
apt-cache depends
to see what packages would be installed by any of the metapackages above. -
xji over 8 yearsThere isn't any mentioning of
kde-full
. What does that package offer in addition. Or is it actually the equivalent ofkubuntu-desktop
currently? -
pconley over 8 yearsThe easiest way to check what would be installed is to run
apt-cache depends
orapt-get install
(and decline the installation). kde-full is a superset of kde-standard, and kubuntu-full is a superset of kubuntu-desktop, but kubuntu-desktop really is separate from kde-standard - I think kubuntu-desktop includes a bunch of ubuntu-specific packages, and excludes various others.