Install KDE on Gnome Install - Felicia

[travelinrob]

I currentlly have the Main Mint 6 edition installed on my laptop. I have been trying for about 2 hours to figure out how to get the new mint KDE installed alongside my current Gnome, so I can choose between either desktop at login. I would rather not have to install the KDE version and then install mintdesktop-main because I like the way my Gnome is setup already. I read about allowing ppa in the package manager, but I couldn't figure it out. Does anyone understand how to allow a repository with the Mint KDE desktop or a command I can use?

Thanks in advance,
Rob

[Husse]

First of all - the only way to get Mint KDE CE is to install it
You can install KDE

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apt install kdebase

but that will get you KDE 4.1 which is buggy and the road to KDE 4.2 is long and winding

[travelinrob]

So, if I do the reverse and install KDE CE, then I could install mintdesktop-gnome and have both? Will mintdesktop-kde (4.2) never be in the repositories?

[Husse]

You see KDE 4.2 is still only available in PPA repositories (which means more or less beta or even alpha)
You could install KDE and then the gnome package (and I don't know what it's called ) and then the metapackage for main

[abushcrafter]

What About kde3?

[Husse]

What About kde3?

The OP has Mint 6 which means that the KDE in his/her repositories is KDE4

[abushcrafter]

thanks muchly.

[locutus]

You see KDE 4.2 is still only available in PPA repositories (which means more or less beta or even alpha)
You could install KDE and then the gnome package (and I don't know what it's called ) and then the metapackage for main

How is that, exactly? Felicia-KDE used 4.2, but 4.2 is _not_ in the repositories?

I've been using the PPA repos for months and have never had any problems, but maybe that's just dumb luck.

[locutus]

...Also, since M6-KDE was just recently released will M7-KDE be skipped or is Boo working on that already?

[emorrp1]

The Gloria KDE CE is indeed being worked on, there are at least a few of the mint packages in the repos already!

[Husse]

The reason Feleica KDE was so late is KDE 4 and the work that had to be done to iron out the worst
So Gloria KDE should come much sooner after main

[locutus]

The reason Feleica KDE was so late is KDE 4 and the work that had to be done to iron out the worst

Oh I definitely understand M6's delay. I was merely suggesting that since it was so recent maybe you could skip M7; it's not the Main version after all.

[GuiH]

Just download the old Felicia KDE installer or wait for the Glori@!

[Husse]

Don't worry - Boo has already been working on Gloria KDE for a while

[GuiH]

Don't worry - Boo has already been working on Gloria KDE for a while

Please, don't skip this compilation: M7 KDE x64. Many people preffers KDE, and uses an 64 bit processor.
As we know Ubuntu and Kubuntu; our priority is make four common versions:

• Gloria Mint 64
  Gloria Mint 32
  Gloria Mint 64 KDE
  Gloria Mint 32 KDE

Unfortunately, I never saw nobody using Xfce

[emorrp1]

Hey! there's loads of people use the XFCE CE!

[GuiH]

Hey! there's loads of people use the XFCE CE!

where I live, I not see it!

[wlake]

Yeah WildSioux,
I did the same thing.

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[wlake]

Hey WildSioux,
I have the desktop theme as Tragedy, Style Oxygen; Colors Peace; Windows Ozone and Icons LinuxMint. I haven't as yet uninstalled any Gnome stuff. The only question I have (besides not knowing what exactly to remove) is whether I want to keep up with Gnome and KDE updates since I rarely switch to Gnome. I wonder though if some of the Gnome applications might come in handy

[warriorpoet]

Just finished setting up my Gloria desktop with KDE 4.2.3. I'm not changing it

Y'all will just have post a repository when you're done so's I can benefit later on...

Thanks for all the hard work, boo!