Packages for the release of Amarok 2.8 are available for Kubuntu 12.04 LTS, 13.04 and our Saucy development release. You can get them from the Kubuntu Backports PPA for 12.04 LTS, 12.10 and 13.04.
Bugs in the packaging should be reported to kubuntu-ppa on Launchpad. Bugs in the software to KDE.
To update, use the Software Repository Guide to add the following repository to your software sources list:
13.04, 12.10 and 12.04 LTS:
ppa:kubuntu-ppa/backports
Or, from your konsole:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:kubuntu-ppa/backports
Thanks to Howard and Philip for their work on these packages