Converting Ubuntu to Kubuntu or the other way round

I haven't posted in a while which can be attributed to a load of things including various conventions / chemistry competitions / spider bite. I have been fiddling around with KDE a bit and here is some stuff I put together on how to convert different flavors of Ubuntu.

There are two main situations where someone might have one flavor of Ubuntu and want to get another.

Situation 1 - Have Ubuntu install and you want Kubuntu

1. Open terminal and type "sudo apt-get kubuntu-desktop" (with out the inverted commas.

2. After that has finished which might take a while depending on your internet connection exit console and log out or press "ctrl + alt + backspace".

3. From there goto the options down the bottom right of the screen - goto sessions and select "KDE" and then login.

4. Goto the K menu and goto "system tools" and then Konsole. Type in sudo apt-get remove ubuntu-desktop.

5. After that has finished you can restart and you will have Kubuntu.



Situation 2 - Have Kubuntu install and you want Ubuntu

1. Open terminal and type "sudo apt-get ubuntu-desktop" (with out the inverted commas.

2. After that has finished which might take a while depending on your internet connection exit console and log out or press "ctrl + alt + backspace".

3. From there goto the options down the bottom right of the screen - goto sessions and select "gnome" and then login.

4. Goto the applications menu and goto accessories and then Terminal. Type in sudo apt-get remove kubuntu-desktop.

5. After that has finished you can restart and you will have Ubuntu.

What about xubuntu? - Probably works in a similar way I just haven't tried it.

Can I have Kubuntu and Ubuntu? - yes. Applications for both will work in both too its just some applications are designed to work better with a certain desktop. (Eg. I find Beryl works best with Gnome - which s the desktop supplied with Ubuntu)