How To Install Latest Version of KDE Connect via PPA in Ubuntu and Linux Mint

If you use a Ubuntu-based Linux distribution that uses the KDE desktop environment, chances are you use KDE Connect. If you don't, you are really missing out. Anyway, there are plenty of tutorials floating around explain how to install the KDE counterpart of KDE connect, but they all use Ubuntu's repository which has an outdated version that is incompatible with certain features such as the remote trackpad. There has been no PPA or repository that has provided the latest version of KDE connect, that is, not until now.

Here's how to install the latest version of KDE Connect. Remember, this is just the KDE side of KDE Connect. You also need to have the KDE Connect Android app installed.


Type the following commands into your favorite terminal emulator:

1.     sudo add-apt-repository ppa:vikoadi/ppa
2.     sudo apt-get update
3.     sudo apt-get install kdeconnect

If you already have it installed, then these commands will upgrade it for you.


This PPA also hosts the indicator-kdeconnect package, which is an optional taskbar indicator plugin that easily allows you to manage your connected devices. For some features (such as battery percentage reporting) it is required. Once adding the PPA to your system, you can install it by running the command sudo apt-get install indicator-kdeconnect.