How to Install KDE Plasma 5.6 in KUbuntu 16.04 via PPA

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <span style="color: red; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 26px;"><u>Install KDE Plasma 5.6 in KUbuntu 16.04 via PPA</u></span></span><br /> <div> <span style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><div> The Plasma Desktop 5.6 was finally made into <a href="https://launchpad.net/~kubuntu-ppa/+archive/ubuntu/backports">Kubuntu Backports PPA</a>, two months after its release date, available for upgrade in KUbuntu 16.04 LTS.</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihwPFTD6NtaBnxxsQyNLacRrxDd_JrAtONLo4Lerby5bap51YPH3kByWAVA3KMIzGf1ja__O0B3j3Yr7YNxGgzDzusOhMpl1CfL9bpmuP8eD5bs19mDyhHV5ZnJ7Rmx6J4TjAMYiovAyRq/s1600/kubuntu_logo_hackthesec.co.in.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihwPFTD6NtaBnxxsQyNLacRrxDd_JrAtONLo4Lerby5bap51YPH3kByWAVA3KMIzGf1ja__O0B3j3Yr7YNxGgzDzusOhMpl1CfL9bpmuP8eD5bs19mDyhHV5ZnJ7Rmx6J4TjAMYiovAyRq/s1600/kubuntu_logo_hackthesec.co.in.png" /></a></div> <div> While Ubuntu 16.04 comes with Plasma 5.5, you can now upgrade to the latest Plasma 5.6.4 by following the steps blew one by one.</div> </span></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBS_14baC_emJ1-mK4-4QQbJfAD8vkszU7t0P5QC54wvhD1nfe9Jlkuy6Ob7Ujhpmdekf_U0FWcctf0fRhJa3ejxpyY6dt_vKHfjWE1WSBExFW0ANU4hFo78pnFvJmT10VHpjUyYVwzhZ1/s1600/plasma-5.6_hackthesec.co.in.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBS_14baC_emJ1-mK4-4QQbJfAD8vkszU7t0P5QC54wvhD1nfe9Jlkuy6Ob7Ujhpmdekf_U0FWcctf0fRhJa3ejxpyY6dt_vKHfjWE1WSBExFW0ANU4hFo78pnFvJmT10VHpjUyYVwzhZ1/s1600/plasma-5.6_hackthesec.co.in.jpg" /></a></div> <div> <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 19.2px;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px;"><br /></span></span></div> <div> <span style="background-color: white;"><div style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px;"> Add Kubuntu Backports PPA.</div> <div style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px;"> If you have not yet added the PPA, open terminal emulator, paste the command below and hit run:</div> <div> <pre style="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: initial; background-color: #3c3c3c; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: initial; border-image-outset: initial; border-image-repeat: initial; border-image-slice: initial; border-image-source: initial; border-image-width: initial; border-radius: 4px; border: 1px solid rgb(229, 229, 229); margin-bottom: 20px; outline: 0px; overflow: auto; padding: 20px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: white; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 16.9px;">sudo add-apt-repository ppa:kubuntu-ppa/backports</span></span></pre> </div> </span></div> <div> <span style="background-color: white;"><div style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px;"> Then update your whole system via your update-manager.</div> <div style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px;"> Or run the commands below one by one in terminal:</div> <div> <pre style="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: initial; background-color: #3c3c3c; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: initial; border-image-outset: initial; border-image-repeat: initial; border-image-slice: initial; border-image-source: initial; border-image-width: initial; border-radius: 4px; border: 1px solid rgb(229, 229, 229); margin-bottom: 20px; outline: 0px; overflow: auto; padding: 20px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: white; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 16.9px;">sudo apt update sudo apt full-upgrade</span></span></pre> </div> </span></div> <div> <span style="color: red;"><b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 19.2px;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px;">Note : </span></span><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px;">To revert the changes, purge the Kubuntu Backports PPA via ppa-purge which also downgrade Plasma Desktop to the stock version in Ubuntu 16.04.</span></span></b></span></div> <div> <pre style="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: initial; background-color: #3c3c3c; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: initial; border-image-outset: initial; border-image-repeat: initial; border-image-slice: initial; border-image-source: initial; border-image-width: initial; border-radius: 4px; border: 1px solid rgb(229, 229, 229); margin-bottom: 20px; outline: 0px; overflow: auto; padding: 20px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: white; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 16.9px;">sudo apt install ppa-purge && sudo ppa-purge ppa:kubuntu-ppa/backports</span></span></pre> <pre style="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: initial; background-color: #3c3c3c; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: initial; border-image-outset: initial; border-image-repeat: initial; border-image-slice: initial; border-image-source: initial; border-image-width: initial; border-radius: 4px; border: 1px solid rgb(229, 229, 229); margin-bottom: 20px; outline: 0px; overflow: auto; padding: 20px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: white; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 16.9px;">www.hackthesec.co.in</span></span></pre> </div> </div>

How to Install KDE Plasma 5.6 in KUbuntu 16.04 via PPA

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