KDE 4.1.1 Released

KDE 4.1.1 has been released and packages are available for Kubuntu 8.04,
the Hardy Heron. These packages install to /usr/lib/kde4 and can be
installed along side your existing KDE 3 installation.

KDE 4.1.1

Instructions

The updated packages for Kubuntu 8.04 are located in the Kubuntu Member’s KDE 4 Personal Package Archive (PPA) repositories. To update to KDE 4.1.1, please follow these instructions:

  1. Follow the Kubuntu Repository Guide to enable Recommended Updates (backports) and add the following to your ‘Third-Party Software’ tab:

    deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/kubuntu-members-kde4/ubuntu hardy main
  2. You can now update any existing KDE 4 installation to the most recent version using the Adept Updater tool in your system tray.
    Please follow the Adept How to and install the package called “kubuntu-kde4-desktop”, if you are still running KDE 3 and want to install KDE 4 along your current desktop,
  3. Now you should be able to select your new KDE 4 desktop as session in your login manager. In KDM for example: Click the Session Type option and select KDE 4, then proceed with the usual login steps.

kdeplasma-addons contains new Plasma fun.

Thanks to Harald, Jon, Steve, Guillaume for preparing these packages.
Special thanks to Scott for doing a late night shift to get emergency uploads into Kubuntu Intrepid Alpha 5.

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More information is available in the Kubuntu Wiki

On September 3, 2008, Category News, Tags ,,

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