KDE 4.2 Beta 2 has been released and packages are available for Kubuntu 8.10 “Intrepid” and 9.04 “Jaunty”. Read more for details.







Notes

This is a beta quality release and may yet prove to be unstable at times. This release will allow you to follow closely with what is going on in the KDE 4.2 development branch. Some of your plasmoids from KDE 4.1 may be incompatible with KDE 4.2 (and will be removed during the upgrade). The MSN plugin is now available for Kopete in the Intrepid packages.

For more information about the release itself, please see the Release Announcement

Jaunty

Packages for the development Jaunty release are available. If you use Jaunty you will be able to upgrade as normal.

8.10 (Intrepid)

Packages for (K)Ubuntu 8.10 can be installed by following the instructions below. If you installed KDE 4.1 beta1 you can merely update your existing installation.

Instructions

The updated packages for Kubuntu 8.10 are located in the Kubuntu Experimental Software Personal Package Archive (PPA) repository. To update to KDE 4.1.85 (4.2 beta 2), please follow these instructions:

Remove the koffice-data-kde4 package if you have it installed. The current koffice2 packages in the kubuntu-members-kde4 PPA are incompatible with the KDE 4.2 packages since they try to install icons to the same locations. Follow the Kubuntu Repository Guide to enable Recommended Updates and add the following to your ‘Third-Party Software’ tab: deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/kubuntu-experimental/ubuntu intrepid main You can now update any existing KDE 4 installation to the most recent version using the Adept Updater tool in your system tray. Now log out and press Alt + E to restart X. When you log in you will have KDE 4.2 Beta 2. Enjoy.

Bugs

There probably will be many bugs with this release and it is recommended that you do not file bug reports against the packages in this release. If you come across any issue which may be packaging related, it is recommended that you join the Kubuntu IRC channel (#kubuntu on irc.freenode.net) and query those in the channel for assistance.

Thanks to Richard “Arby” Birnie, Harald “apachelogger” Sitter, Guillaume “smarter” Martres, Jonathan Thomas (aka JontheEchidna), Roderick “rgreening” Greening, Scott “ScottK” Kitterman and Steve Stalcup (aka vorian) for preparing and uploading these packages.

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More information is available in the Kubuntu Wiki