How to install KDE 4.2 on your ubuntu intrepid box

January 27 KDE Team announced KDE 4.2.0 to end users.After the fail of KDE 4.1.X now 4.2.X has a compelling offering for the majority of end users.


STEP 1 : FOR USERS WHO HAVE 4.2 BETA/RC INSTALLED :

This step is only for the ones who have kde 4.2 Beta or RC installed.

$sudo apt-get update
$sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

STEP 2 : FIRST TIME INSTALLER'S

If you are installing KDE 4.2 first time, BE SURE YOU REMOVED koffice-data-kde4 package (sudo apt-get remove koffice-data-kde4).Now edit your sources.list and

$sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list

add kubuntu experimental repository to your sources (add the line below and save it)

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/kubuntu-experimental/ubuntu intrepid main

Sign your key with this command :

gpg --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys 493B3065 && gpg --export -a 493B3065 | sudo apt-key add -


Then update and install KDE 4.2 :

$sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install kubuntu-desktop

Now you can reboot and enjoy the KDE 4.2 Stable