On 17 april 2014, jonathan riddell has announced the release of kubuntu 14. I go to terminal and type in software center and this is the results i get. Weve covered all three indepth in our visual guide. Kubuntu muon software centre crashes on opening nerd. My neon problems, including software center, printers, bluetooth, palm detection, etc all mirrored problems i had in 14. Package management in kubuntu is among the best among all linux distributions.
Now, to add to the drama, starting and ending with precise pangolin, the company decided it will no longer officially support kubuntu from its own resources, and it will become a community distro, like the other flavors. Slimjet browser not in software center ubuntu slow boot up after upgrade from 14. Do not crash muon software center if we try to navigate to an application page before. Surely kubuntu need to improve the design of kde plasma, instead of simply redistributing the same. Once your system is made aware of the internetbased locations for these repositories, many more software programs are made available for installation. Kubuntu muon software centre crashes on opening ive recently installed kubuntu 11. There are several ways to manage applications in kubuntu. Ubuntu software center crashes whenever it is launched after. Just opening a link in a new tab caused it to crash. Version 2 of our web browser adds a bunch of new features. Installing additional software on windows can be done in two ways.
Its default view shows all the main categories, after selecting what you want, it will show either the corresponding packages or subcategories. I have changed to the main server when this issue started. The software is now discover instead of muon, and it didnt work since right after installation. Muon update manager, muon software center and muon package manager. Our muon update tool has had a lot of improvements. If the upgrade notes do not appear, you may be affected by bug 1633692.
Muon software center crashes at launch its kind of a mystery. Apper looks like its just like muon software center which is part of kubuntu 12. Included is is the new version of the muon suite for app install and upgrades. Mostly when working with widgets, software updates, and discover. However, after a few tests, it was determined that if. I recommend muon because it is a great piece of software. Over the past few weeks, the fate of ubuntus software center has received a lot of press. After taking at least 3 minutes to load, discover does not show even one program.
The muon software center now warns you when removing an application will remove other packages. Software sources are edited through kickersettingssoftware sources. The muon software center is an easy to use way to install or remove new applications without having to worry about package management. A changelog viewer allows you to examine what is new. Discover, the kde software center app, is improving nicely omg.
I could still move the mouse around, but nothing else worked. All reported crashes have been fixed, leaving zero crash reports open in the bug tracker. If you want to install the ubuntu software center under kubuntu without the gnome recommended packages tacked on run this in your terminal. Installing additional software on windows vs ubuntu. Aimed towards the average user, anyone can use the muon software center to search for applications to meet their needs or wants the muon updater is a system update gui. The package name has been added to the version string on the application details page. Plasma discover is a kde software center app that makes it easy to. It introduces support for installing plasma widgets found in kdes knewstuff framework from within software center and muon discover. Now we will see the commands for uninstalling the muon from ubuntu 12. Any time i try to run the ubuntu software center it immediately crashes.
Theres a kde bug report, too but i believe the kde team is of the. I have been installing a fresh kubuntu and was installing some software like firefox when suddenly my muon software center started crashing. The muon software center, muon package manager, and muon update manager worked the same as they did in kubuntu, which is to say they all worked well in contrast to the eponymous software manager which crashed in linux mint. A convenient way to add or remove applications is with a package manager. Kubuntu software center could be great, if programmed in qml. Kubuntu is the second child in the line of canonical kings, hence it gets less attention compared to the royal heir and favorite son, ubuntu. Everything worked sort of fine except of few restarts needed to get both displays working per try, but since yesterday, the second display doesnt want to load at all. Usually i have one external monitor, which i connect to my laptop. I cant install updates with muon update manager kde. Most debian users are familiar with synaptic 1, which has reliably served as a gtkbased, frontend package manager for years. Packages for the development version of kubuntu 12. It seems to affect a lot of users, though cant be confirmed very well, so. The muon software center is an easy to use way to install or remove. Then do either of run the software sources from the programs menu dash, or sudo software propertiesgtk or sudo software sources selectcheckmark some repos.
Chromium now takes at least 3 times as long to start. For ubuntu, if you do this it should generate a new fresh sources. If the constant freezing and crashing wasnt enough, the interface sucks. I installed kde neon on a kubuntu that had been running well.
We look at how the interface and the conceptual foundation for muon have changed radically. The new look for muon package administration 27 2015. The muon software center is designed for easeofuse, so that anybody can search for and install applications without being bothered about packages. It uses plasma active and the new uis designed for tablets. Interestingly enough, synaptic package manager is also included, and that worked well too. The muon software center now warns you when removing an. The kubuntu isos contain software from the main and restricted components. I realized that muon software center also doesnt work. I was under the impression that it was no longer maintained after the split from discover and would require major work to get it working again. This can be fixed by installing the package ubuntureleaseupgraderqt via discovermuon or another package manager or alternatively by installing in konsole or other. The release upgrade tool will be downloaded and started.
Yep, the applicationcentric muon gui ive been hinting about for the past few blogs will in fact be included in the 1. A powerful, yet intuitive interface fast, accurate package search using. It unfortunately is still miles away from the ubuntu software center. Muon suite to be kubuntus software center slashdot. If and when it crashes, please copy the output from the session and paste the. By default kubuntu comes with a great package manager called muon discover. Im trying the ubuntu software center in kubuntu and it seems to be working well. This was my third attempt at installing a linux os that i wanted to operate using wake on lan and remote desktop rdp from my windows 7 laptop, so i was determined it would be third time lucky and i wouldnt have to.
Muon software center crashes at launch ubuntu forums. Solved initialization error muon package manager kubuntu. Finally and with grand introduction, the muon software center. Muon software ltd develop virtual instrument plugins for use with music recording software such as steinberg cubase or apple logic studio. Updates are split up into three sections for easier browsing.
When i start muon software center, it will crash immediately after launch. Heres in more detail what happened at the last crash. Though muon software center is similar to software center and. Both windows and linux come with some necessary software preinstalled like a media player, a web browser, etc. Kde telepathy is available from muon software center. And it is made in qt forgot sudo aptget install muon or sudo apt install muon also works. Muon is the package manager for kubuntu, an alternative to the apt package manager. The new thing is called muon discover, and it comes with fancy screenshots and recommendations. Lubuntu was originally touted as being lighter, less resource hungry and more energyefficient, but now aims to be a functional yet modular distribution focused on getting out of the way and letting users use their. Below you will find several methods for installing new packages software. Kubuntu as second language join date mar 2009 location ohio, usa posts 1,183 threads 53 local date apr 23rd 2020 local time.
Installing additional software is a quite different procedure on both. Kubuntu active is a new ubuntu flavour for tablets. I have tried reinstalling konsole using the muon software center, but i get the same error message afterwards. It was pointed out that a recent build of muon was actually installed and was working on a system.
During update installation, a progress bar shows download and installation progress. The muon software center is basically like the ubuntu software center but built for kde, though it looks like the older interface that shipped with version 11. Im going to wait to try neon again when they update to the 18. As can be seen in the previous screenshot muons software center is incredibly straight forward, clutter free. An alternative is to install synaptic and use it to both install software and to add or enable repositories. What is changing, however, will be the ability to submit new applications or updates to existing applications.
Kubuntu should not use kde only software or should it. Ill stay on kubuntu and, if it crashes a lot or its very laggy mint kde didnt crash never i can switch to mint kde. For uninstalling this package you can easily use the apt command and remove the package from linux operating system. The other brother of mint is lmde, which comes in cinnamonmate and xfce flavours.
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