if you enter the command I gave u into the terminal from within Ubuntu, you will be prompt for your password, and once entered, it will install kde.
adding onto what tobi has said. debian is different to Ubuntu, similar in some respects, but different. this is what I mentioned earlier; because it's a meta-package, some distros will call it different things. although there are slight differences in what you will get, debians package equivalent to 'kubuntu-desktop' is 'kde-full'. to install kde in debian, you would open your terminal, and;
Code:
su
(enter your root password)
apt-get install kde-full
(the command aptitude can be used exactly as above in place of apt-get.)
kdm will be installed with the commands I've given you, and during the install process, you will be asked which display manager to use if you already have one installed such as gdm. if you don't know what a display manager is, don't stress, choosing one or the other wont harm your system at all. if you want to know what a display manager is, Google it.
these commands will install all dependencies required by the kde desktop. once the downloading and installing has done. you have to close the terminal logout and then from the logon screen you will have to login again but before doing so, change your 'session' to kde/plasma desktop. after major changes like this to my system, I always prefer to restart my computer before booting into the changed environment, but that's just me.