I realized that if you only had an ubuntu disk and wanted to upgrade to kubuntu, you can just install plain old ubuntu and then:
sudo apt-get install kubuntu-desktop Also if you're running the gnome desktop in ubuntu, (not sure about KDE) you can do: Applications->Add/Remove... That's a menu item I overlooked for months, possibly because it made too much sense. --R On Sat, 2007-04-14 at 21:45 -0400, ChasJTurner wrote: > Re: My question after last week's meeting about Adept broken, but > Aptitude worked on Kubuntu 6.10, I started from scratch, first with > Kubuntu 7.04 amd64, and I got repeated disk read errors just trying to > run the live CD. I then tried the i386 iso (this is on my Fujitsu laptop > with Turion64, and the install worked perfectly (of course, with passing > the acpi=off param during the boot to live running, which then appears > to pass that to the install, and Adept now works! And so does Aptitude, > just like before. Just for grins and giggles, I went ahead and did a > sudo apt-get install synaptic (I don't remember the exact magic > incantation, but my confuser told me what to do when I tried to run > Synaptic from a term), and that's it. I am converted! While Synaptic > isn't quite as easy (for me, at least) as YaST or smart, it rocks!!!! > Adept and Aptitude suck, blow, and spew by comparison. Oh, by the way, > Feisty sure does boot fast on this laptop (32 bit install). I don't know > whether my problems with Adept not working vs Aptitude, which did work > were because of the 64 bit install vs a 32 bit install, or a borked > library in the 64 bit install, or a borked encryption key, but who > cares? My laptop is now running ggggggggggreeeeaaaaaaaaaaaatttttt. > (Apologies to Tony the Tiger). So, for now, if someone is running an > Amd 64 laptop(not sure about desktop or server motherboards) and prefers > KDE, I would recommend installing the i386 version, and installing > Synaptic the very first thing. Just my $0.02 USD, and worth every penny > someone might pay for it. > ct > > _______________________________________________ > Fwlug mailing list > [email protected] > http://fortwaynelug.org/mailman/listinfo/fwlug_fortwaynelug.org _______________________________________________ Fwlug mailing list [email protected] http://fortwaynelug.org/mailman/listinfo/fwlug_fortwaynelug.org
