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Installing Kubuntu from a USB stick

titruffe_1045 Posted messages 24 Status Member -  
mamiemando Posted messages 33228 Registration date   Status Moderator Last intervention   -

Hello,

I have a USB installation key for Ubuntu 22.04.

- Can I install Kubuntu with it? If so, what do I need to do specifically?

- Can I update my Kubuntu 21.04?


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    Super.Mario Posted messages 583 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   251
     

    Hello

    No, it is not possible to perform an Upgrade or Installation of Kubuntu from Ubuntu, although both are "variants" of Linux.

    You must either upgrade directly from your Kubuntu v21 to v22, only LTS to LTS...

    Instructions for LTS Upgrade on this site

    For non-LTS versions, I'm not sure.
    Have you done:
    sudo apt update && sudo apt full-upgrade
    sudo do-release-upgrade

    For a USB stick with the latest version available for free on Kubuntu

    See you later

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  2. mamiemando Posted messages 33228 Registration date   Status Moderator Last intervention   7 940
     

    Hello,

    Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Xubuntu, and Lubuntu are all variants of the same distribution (Ubuntu). The proof is that all three use exactly the same APT repositories.

    The only difference lies in the packages installed at the end of the installation (gnome for Ubuntu, KDE for Kubuntu, etc.), mainly the graphical interface.

    You don't need a USB key if you are just migrating. You would only need an installation key if you wanted to reinstall.

    Note that nothing prevents you from installing multiple graphical environments simultaneously (you can perfectly have KDE, Gnome, and Cinnamon installed at the same time if you wish).

    There is nothing stopping you from (re)installing a recent version of Ubuntu and then subsequently installing the kubuntu-desktop package to have a KDE environment. If you don't need Gnome, you can remove ubuntu-desktop and all residual gnome dependencies that you don't need. In any case, it would be more natural, in the case of reinstallation, to use the correct variant of Ubuntu directly.

    As for the migration itself, I redirect you to your other discussion thread. The method I present there is the one used under Debian, and therefore applies regardless of the distribution (Debian, Ubuntu, Mint) and therefore a fortiori of the version of Ubuntu (whether it is LTS or not).

    Good luck

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