Ubuntu – How to install KDE Plasma 5.11 on Ubuntu 16.04 (Kubuntu 16.04)

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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?

Best Answer

  1. Add Kubuntu Backports repo:

    sudo add-apt-repository ppa:kubuntu-ppa/backports

  2. Get key for Neon package archive:

    wget -q -O - http://archive.neon.kde.org/public.key | sudo apt-key add -

  3. Add repo:

    sudo /usr/bin/add-apt-repository -y -u 'deb http://archive.neon.kde.org/release xenial main'

  4. Install new packages:

    sudo apt update && sudo apt dist-upgrade

    4a. You might encounter this problem so follow the workaround provided in the article.

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