The latest 5.10.2 bugfix update for the Plasma 5.10 desktop is now available in our backports PPA for Zesty Zapus 17.04.

Included with the update is KDE Frameworks 5.35

Kdevelop has also been updated to the latest version 5.1.1

Our backports for Xenial Xerus 16.04 also receive updated Plasma and Frameworks, plus some requested KDE applications.

Kubuntu 16.04 – Xenial Xerus

• Plasma Desktop 5.8.7 LTS bugfix update
• KDE Frameworks 5.35
• Digikam 5.5.0
• Kdevelop 5.1.1
• Krita 3.1.4
• Konversation 1.7.2
• Krusader 2.6

To update, use the Software Repository Guide to add the following repository to your software sources list:

ppa:kubuntu-ppa/backports

or if it is already added, the updates should become available via your preferred update method.

The PPA can be added manually in the Konsole terminal with the command:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:kubuntu-ppa/backports

and packages then updated with

sudo apt update
sudo apt full-upgrade

Upgrade notes:

~ The Kubuntu backports PPA already contains significant version upgrades of Plasma, applications, Frameworks (and Qt for 16.04), so please be aware that enabling the backports PPA for the 1st time and doing a full upgrade will result in a substantial amount of upgraded packages in addition to the versions in this announcement.  The PPA will also continue to receive bugfix and other stable updates when they become available.

~ While we believe that these packages represent a beneficial and stable update, please bear in mind that they have not been tested as comprehensively as those in the main ubuntu archive, and are supported only on a limited and informal basis. Should any issues occur, please provide feedback on our mailing list [1], IRC [2], file a bug against our PPA packages [3], or optionally contact us via social media.

1. Kubuntu-devel mailing list: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-devel
2. Kubuntu IRC channels: #kubuntu & #kubuntu-devel on irc.freenode.net
3. Kubuntu ppa bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/kubuntu-ppa

These are beta packages for beta software, expect bugs.

Bugs in packaging should be reported to kubuntu-ppa on Launchpad. Bugs in the software to KDE.

Users of 10.10 can install it from the Kubuntu Beta PPA. This will also install KDE Platform 4.6 Beta.
To update, use the Software Repository Guide to add the following repository to your software sources list:

Thanks to yofel for packaging this release.

Bugs in packaging should be reported to kubuntu-ppa on Launchpad. Bugs in the software to KDE.

Users of 10.10 can install it from the Kubuntu Backports PPA.
To update, use the Software Repository Guide to add the following repository to your software sources list:

Bugs in packaging should be reported to kubuntu-ppa on Launchpad. Bugs in the software to KDE.

Users of 10.10 can install it from the Kubuntu Beta PPA which will also install KDE Platform 4.6 Beta.
To update, use the Software Repository Guide to add the following repository to your software sources list:

Bugs in packaging should be reported to kubuntu-ppa on Launchpad. Bugs in the software to KDE.

Users of 10.10 can install it from the Kubuntu Backports PPA.
To update, use the Software Repository Guide to add the following repository to your software sources list:

Bugs in packaging should be reported to kubuntu-ppa on Launchpad. Bugs in the software to KDE.

Users of 10.10 can install it from the Kubuntu Backports PPA.
To update, use the Software Repository Guide to add the following repository to your software sources list:

Bugs in packaging should be reported to kubuntu-ppa on Launchpad. Bugs in the software to KDE.

Users of 10.10 Release Candidate can install it from the Kubuntu Beta Backports PPA.
To update, use the Software Repository Guide to add the following repository to your software sources list:

There are no packages planned for Kubuntu 10.04 LTS, we recommend updating to 10.10 if you want to try the newest software, either upgrade to the release candidate or wait for the final release on Sunday.

Thanks to Jonathan and Rohan for helping to package this release.

Enable “Unsupported Updates” in your software repositories and install “kdevelop”.

Amarok 2.3.1 Beta is available for Kubuntu 9.10 while Amarok, KOffice 2.2 Beta and KDevelop 3.10.2 are available for Kubuntu 10.04.

To update, use the Software Repository Guide to add the following repository to your software sources list:
ppa:kubuntu-ppa/beta

Users of our latest development release, Lucid, can get packages from our Beta PPA.

To update, use the Software Repository Guide to add the following repository to your software sources list:
ppa:kubuntu-ppa/beta

then install kdevelop