My last post outlined how to upgrade your Ubuntu desktop from 8.04 LTS to 8.10.  This post addresses those fans of the bling that is KDE.

To upgrade your Kubuntu 8.04 system to 8.10 follow these few steps:

Use the shortcut key “Alt+F2″.  Within the resulting dialog box enter:

kdesu "adept_manager"

You should then see a prompt for “Version Upgrade”.  Select this and follow the prompts.

Both Kubuntu and Ubuntu desktops should be pretty seamless to upgrade using these steps.

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6 Responses to “Network Upgrade for Kubuntu Desktops (8.04 LTS -> 8.10)”

  1. ScottK on October 22nd, 2008 1:23 pm

    I think it’s worth a mention that KDE4 in Intrepid is still lacking some features of KDE3 and so it’s really worth it for Kubuntu upgraders to take Intrepid for a spin on the Live CD first and make sure what they need it to do is supported.

  2. ScottK on October 22nd, 2008 7:39 pm

    Also, kdesudo instead of kdesu.

  3. lingenfr on November 3rd, 2008 7:11 pm

    Actually no, kdesudo is not used until 8.10. It is still kdesu in 8.04

  4. Bill on December 16th, 2008 5:45 pm

    OK, so how come I don’t see the “Version Upgrade” button?

  5. John Wenger on December 23rd, 2008 10:17 pm

    I don’t see a prompt for “Version Upgrade” either.

    And what about updating /etc/apt/sources.list? Does the “adept_manager” also do this? And if not, then there should be an instruction to do this, right?

  6. John Wenger on December 23rd, 2008 10:23 pm

    Here is a possible answer:

    https://help.ubuntu.com/community/IntrepidUpgrades/Kubuntu

    Note that this instruction is different than the tutorial re are commenting on, namely kdesudo “adept_manager –dist-upgrade-devel”

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