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I am using Ubuntu 14.04. I like default unity desktop environment, but now I want to try Kubuntu. So please tell me a way to do that.

I should have options for choosing which desktop environment to start at log in screen as i do not want to replace unity with KDE. So please help me... Thanks in advance!!!!

Maythux
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Krishna
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    This has been asked and answered many times. sudo apt-get install kubuntu-desktop. no ppa are required. – Panther Jun 20 '15 at 14:33
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    Why do you so eagerly to use a PPA? You can install both KDE and Gnome Shell without a PPA. – xangua Jun 20 '15 at 14:46
  • when i try sudo apt-get install kubuntu-desktop it shows Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree
    Reading state information... Done Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable distribution that some required packages have not yet been created or been moved out of Incoming. The following information may help to resolve the situation:     – Krishna Jun 20 '15 at 18:31
  • The following packages have unmet dependencies: kubuntu-desktop : Depends: software-properties-kde but it is not going to be installed Recommends: apturl-kde but it is not going to be installed Recommends: libreoffice-base but it is not going to be installed Recommends: libreoffice-kde but it is not going to be installed Recommends: muon-discover but it is not going to be installed Recommends: muon-notifier but it is not going to be installed – Krishna Jun 20 '15 at 18:31
  • Recommends: usb-creator-kde but it is not going to be installed E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages. – Krishna Jun 20 '15 at 18:31
  • @Krishna - see the link I gave you already. you are having this problem as you are using ppa rather then the standard repos and testing ppa at that. This is why the answer you were following received down votes. I am sorry you followed bad advice. – Panther Jun 20 '15 at 22:44

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for Kubuntu:

sudo apt-get install kubuntu-desktop

EDIT: for gnome3

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:gnome3-team/gnome3-staging
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade 
sudo apt-get install gnome-shell ubuntu-gnome-desktop
Maythux
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  • I got problem on second step. It shows W: Failed to fetch http://ppa.launchpad.net/kubuntu-ppa/next-backports/ubuntu/dists/trusty/main/binary-i386/Packages 404 Not Found – Krishna Jun 20 '15 at 13:52
  • list down the errors you have – Maythux Jun 20 '15 at 13:52
  • W: Failed to fetch http://ppa.launchpad.net/kubuntu-ppa/next-backports/ubuntu/dists/trusty/main/binary-i386/Packages 404 Not Found – Krishna Jun 20 '15 at 13:53
  • It seesms link is dropped so remove it and use this instead sudo apt-add-repository ppa:neon/kf5 – Maythux Jun 20 '15 at 13:55
  • ok. I am trying... – Krishna Jun 20 '15 at 13:56
  • Now it shows Cannot add PPA: 'ppa:neon/kf5'. Please check that the PPA name or format is correct. – Krishna Jun 20 '15 at 13:58
  • Please give me GNOME 3 PPA repository link instead – Krishna Jun 20 '15 at 14:01
  • ok wait a second – Maythux Jun 20 '15 at 14:02
  • sudo add-apt-repository ppa:gnome3-team/gnome3-staging – Maythux Jun 20 '15 at 14:04
  • what should be last step... sudo apt-get install kubuntu-plasma5-desktop plasma-workspace-wallpapers replace with – Krishna Jun 20 '15 at 14:08
  • NO sudo apt-get install gnome-shell – Maythux Jun 20 '15 at 14:14
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    You can install kde without using a ppa at all - sudo apt-get install kubuntu desktoop – Panther Jun 20 '15 at 14:32
  • @bodhi.zazen thanks but i think you have typo sudo apt-get install kubuntu-desktop – Maythux Jun 20 '15 at 14:37
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    I'm downvoting this answer because of recomending a PPA without motive or reason and also because making not mention that installing and upgrading Gnome from this source would monstly posible break Unity desktop. – xangua Jun 20 '15 at 14:55
  • after applying sudo apt-get dist-upgrade , it broke unity and i was unable to log in to ubuntu. after that somehow i manage to install unity again... – Krishna Jun 20 '15 at 18:25
  • then when i try sudo apt-get install gnome-shell ubuntu-gnome-desktop it shows – Krishna Jun 20 '15 at 18:25
  • Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree
    Reading state information... Done Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable distribution that some required packages have not yet been created or been moved out of Incoming. The following information may help to resolve the situation:Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree     – Krishna Jun 20 '15 at 18:26
  • Reading state information... Done Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable distribution that some required packages have not yet been created or been moved out of Incoming. The following information may help to resolve the situation: – Krishna Jun 20 '15 at 18:28
  • The following packages have unmet dependencies: gnome-shell : Depends: gnome-settings-daemon (>= 3.4.0) but it is not going to be installed – Krishna Jun 20 '15 at 18:28
  • Recommends: gnome-control-center but it is not going to be installed ubuntu-gnome-desktop : Depends: gdm but it is not going to be installed Depends: gnome-control-center but it is not going to be installed Depends: gnome-session but it is not going to be installed Depends: gnome-settings-daemon but it is not going to be installed Depends: gnome-shell-extensions but it is not going to be installed E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages. – Krishna Jun 20 '15 at 18:28