How to Install and Uninstall kde-plasma-desktop Package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Last updated: January 23,2025

You can also install and uninstall the kde-plasma-desktop on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Ubuntu system

Kubuntu 22.04 LTS
Lubuntu 22.04 LTS
Xubuntu 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu MATE 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu Studio 22.04 LTS
Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS
Zorin OS 16 / Zorin OS 17
Ubuntu Budgie 22.04

1. Install "kde-plasma-desktop" package

This tutorial shows how to install kde-plasma-desktop on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "kde-plasma-desktop" package

This is a short guide on how to uninstall kde-plasma-desktop on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the kde-plasma-desktop package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Package: kde-plasma-desktop
Architecture: amd64
Version: 5:118ubuntu1
Priority: optional
Section: universe/metapackages
Source: meta-kde
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Qt/KDE Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 23
Depends: kde-baseapps (>= 4:21.08.0), plasma-desktop (>= 4:5.24.2), plasma-workspace (>= 4:5.24.2), udisks2, upower
Recommends: kwin-x11 (>= 4:5.24.2), sddm (>= 0.11), xserver-xorg
Suggests: kdeconnect
Filename: pool/universe/m/meta-kde/kde-plasma-desktop_118ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 1804
MD5sum: 12a32fa15eb5ad6d36418ffc4f58ac7e
SHA1: 27492d46e1fa900cb38ff8638ac27a7a05350323
SHA256: 046540a90d1f799a35962222ad75cdd87ffb67c7d17a01a833d3e17b87ee9668
SHA512: 89456699a4671a0caaefad788da049b382c9fa458cc71b8cbac34369f1efc617437565c7d8a8a34f62b84c4152c849bf0291d8da8fe9f3febe4a14a65919d7db
Homepage: https://www.kde.org
Description: KDE Plasma Desktop and minimal set of applications
Description-md5: dda525830e71382895be1bce7ba76f00