How to Install KDE (K Desktop Environment) on Debian Wheezy

Posted on May 9, 2013 by Geekster — 4 Comments ↓

Hello Linux Geeksters.

In this article, I will show you how to install KDE (K Desktop Environment) on Debian Wheezy.

If you do not like Gnome on your Debian Wheezy, you can install KDE. It is in the default repositories, so all you have to do to install it is:

$ sudo apt-get install kde-standard

The kde-standard package will install all the packages associated with KDE.

If install KDE over GNOME, you will get an configuration screen, like the one in the picture. Choose kdm for KDE:

This is it. Reboot and choose KDE Plasma Workspace at the startup menu.

Related Posts

Tagged with: , , , ,
Posted in The Linux and Unix Articles!
4 comments on “How to Install KDE (K Desktop Environment) on Debian Wheezy”
  1. The Debian Noob says:
    May 23, 2013 at 8:04 am

    Hi,
    I would like to know what is the difference between installing the following in a Debian 6.0.7 machine (64 bit).
    a) Kde-standard
    b) Kde-desktop
    c) kde-full

    Reply
  2. s1c says:
    June 3, 2013 at 12:02 pm

    The difference between them lies in the amount of applications that they have installed at start.
    kde-desktop < kde-standard < kde-full

    Reply
  3. bodycode says:
    August 14, 2013 at 9:23 pm

    Perfect!

    Reply
  4. Anand says:
    June 2, 2014 at 11:10 am

    Good Tutorial but if you need the gui way:
    Use Synaptic Package Manager and there is an option to choose
    KDESTANDARD to install.

    Reply

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

*

Article Series
Subscribe

  

Subscribe to get the latest Linux news and how to guides directly on your e-mail!