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No. You can just do
sudo apt install kde-minimal
orsudo apt install kde-full
. If you see a popup asking you to select SDDM or GDM, select GDM for GNOME to still have the screen lock function.Then log out, click your user, click on the ⚙️ and select Plasma. Now just log in and you can do this again if you want to go back to GNOME.
Ah very nice, I appreciate the explainer, thank you.
Hey just a heads up. Installing gnome and kde side by side can result in a lot of weirdness like fonts messing up. It would be better to save your home partition and move to kubuntu or another kde specific platform.