KDE 4 RC 2

The second release candidate of KDE 4 has been released and packages are available for Kubuntu 7.10.

If you want to test KDE 4 without installing packages download the live CD (466MB). md5sum This CD includes a preview of the Konqueror Webkit engine.

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They install to /usr/lib/kde4 and can be installed alongside your existing KDE 3. Instructions:

• Remove previous KDE 4 packages, they are not compatible (apt-get remove kdelibs5 kde4base-data kde4libs-data)

• Add deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/kubuntu-members-kde4/ubuntu gutsy main to your /etc/apt/sources.list

• Install all available updates (important to do this before continuing)

• Install kdebase-workspace kdebase-runtime kdebase-kde4, note that PPAs aren't authenticated so you will likely get a warning when installing
• KDE 4 apps should appear in your KDE 3 K-menu or you can run a full session by selecting "KDE 4" from your login manager.

• To avoid having to start a second X server for a full session install xserver-xephyr and run Xephyr :1 & export DISPLAY=:1; xterm and run startkde in the Xerphyr xterm.

Packages are also being uploaded to hardy and gutsy-backports.

Thanks to stdin for his help with these packages.