Some time ago, the Kubuntu team, has released a new packed version of the KDE 4 desktop environment. The new KDE version brings a lot of new features, in particular, from a ‘visual’ point of view. If you have a Kubuntu 7.10 distribution already installed on yours system, you can try to install the new KDE without the needs to compile the source code. Let’s see how to do it!

First, edit the file: /etc/apt/sources.list using the following console command:

sudo kate /ect/apt/sources.list

At this point, the system will ask you your administration password. Insert it and then add the following line:

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/kubuntu-members-kde4/ubuntu gutsy main

save the file and close the editor (in this case, kate). From the console, type the following command to update the packets list:

sudo apt-get update

From the console, type this command to install the new KDE 4:

sudo apt-get install kde4-core kde-l10n-it

The kde-l10n-it install the italian language. Se ne avete bisogno, è possibile installare pacchetti per altre linguqe. Volendo si possono installare anche altri pacchetti addizionali (opzionali), attraverso il seguente comando:

sudo apt-get install kdegraphics-kde4 kdemultimedia-kde4 kdenetwork-kde4 kdepim-kde4 kdeutils-kde4

Now press ctrl+alt+backspace to restart the x-server.

On the login screen, select KDE4 as desktop environment and then enter your password to login and see the new KDE.