issues with Kubuntu LTS

Thu Feb 26 23:41:45 UTC 2026

Thanks for the feedback. I went and bought a couple of new USB drives,
downloaded a fresh copy of the LTS, and I'm replying to you from my new
machine. :-)

Now to get Element installed!

All the best,

Valorie

On Wed, Feb 25, 2026 at 3:54 PM Aaron Rainbolt <arraybolt3 at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Wed, Feb 25, 2026 at 5:43 PM Valorie Zimmerman
> <valorie.zimmerman at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > I tried for kub desktop because it did not seem to be there. No kubuntu
> applications, theming, etc. Nothing but Ubuntu. I don't like the gnome
> tools; I want OUR tools. -v
>
> If you used the image from
> https://cdimage.ubuntu.com/kubuntu/releases/24.04.4/release/, you
> might have accidentally picked a minimal installation, which would
> result in all the applications and theming being missing. You would
> still have a KDE desktop, but that would be about it.
>
> If you *didn't* use the image from the above link, you should probably
> grab that image and reinstall using it.
>
> --
> Aaron
>
> > On Wed, Feb 25, 2026 at 3:36 PM Mike Mikowski <mike.mikowski at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi Valerie:
> >>
> >> I don't think you want to keep going if it's already installed and you
> logged into Gnome. There are just too many dependencies and services that
> conflict with KDE that are enabled on package installation. That's not a
> dig at Gnome - the problem goes both ways - but I've never had a good
> experience while trying to use Gnome desktop and then switch over to KDE.
> Besides the services, there are the config files in your home directory
> which can conflict. And nobody is getting paid to ensure you can switch
> smoothly between the two.
> >>
> >> I suggest you instead reinstall so that you can ensure you have KDE
> dependencies out of the box. You might need a completely different ISO for
> that
> >>
> >> Good luck!
> >>
> >>
> >> On Wed, Feb 25, 2026, 18:25 Aaron Rainbolt <arraybolt3 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> On Wed, Feb 25, 2026 at 5:18 PM Valorie Zimmerman
> >>> <valorie.zimmerman at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>> >
> >>> > Hi all, today I got a new travel laptop; my main computer has died,
> and the older (very old) travel machine is on it's last legs too.
> >>> >
> >>> > Nice shiny new Lenovo now. Installed kubuntu LTS from a thumbdrive;
> no issues until I started it up -- in ubuntu. When attempting to install
> Kubuntu desktop, I got all kinds of errors. It's been so long since I
> encountered errors like this, I don't know where to start.
> >>> >
> >>> > I've been unable as yet to get Element up and working; perhaps I can
> ask for more specific help in matrix once that's done. One step at a time;
> I have email working, at least.
> >>> >
> >>> > kubuntu-desktop errors
> >>> > sudo apt install kubuntu-desktop
> >>>
> >>> I'm curious, why do you need to explicitly install `kubuntu-desktop`?
> >>> That should be preinstalled if you installed from a Kubuntu LTS image.
> >>> (Did you install Ubuntu Desktop, and are trying to install the
> >>> kubuntu-desktop package on top of it?)
> >>>
> >>> At any rate, if you haven't done a `sudo apt update` yet, that would
> >>> be what I would try first. I've run into weird failures caused by my
> >>> package database being out of date. If that doesn't work, we may need
> >>> more info about how you got here to know where to go next.
> >>>
> >>> --
> >>> Aaron
> >>>
> >>> > Reading package lists... Done
> >>> > Building dependency tree... Done
> >>> > 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:
> >>> >
> >>> > The following packages have unmet dependencies:
> >>> >  kubuntu-desktop : Depends: software-properties-qt but it is not
> installable
> >>> >                    Recommends: dolphin but it is not installable
> >>> >                    Recommends: dolphin-plugins but it is not
> installable
> >>> >                    Recommends: ffmpegthumbs but it is not installable
> >>> >                    Recommends: haruna but it is not installable
> >>> >                    Recommends: kdenetwork-filesharing but it is not
> installable
> >>> >                    Recommends: kimageformat-plugins but it is not
> installable
> >>> >                    Recommends: libkf5baloowidgets-bin but it is not
> installable
> >>> >                    Recommends: libreoffice-kf5 but it is not
> installable
> >>> >                    Recommends: libreoffice-plasma but it is not
> installable
> >>> >                    Recommends: neochat but it is not installable
> >>> >                    Recommends: okular but it is not installable
> >>> >                    Recommends: vim
> >>> >  kubuntu-settings-desktop : Depends: software-properties-qt but it
> is not installable
> >>> >  ubuntu-release-upgrader-qt : Depends: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core
> (= 1:24.04.16) but 1:24.04.27 is to be installed
> >>> > E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
> >>> >
> >>> > Where should I begin?
> >>> >
> >>> > Thanks,
> >>> >
> >>> > Valorie, formerly known as "Linux Grandma"
> >>> >
> >>> >
> >>> >
> >>> > she/her. "Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see
> yourself running with them." - Marcus Aurelius
> >>> >
> >>> >
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