Ubuntu 18.04 no tweak tool

Question

I am trying to install myself the gnome tweak tool but it is never found!

Thanks for any help :)

Console:

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Package gnome-tweak-tool is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source

E: Package 'gnome-tweak-tool' has no installation candidate

Also Console:Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done E: Unable to locate package gnome-tweaks — DaedraEYE, Jun 29 '18 at 21:07
have you done `sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade` and then try `sudo apt-get install gnome-tweak-tool` — PRATAP, Jun 29 '18 at 21:10
@PRATAP I highly thank you, it worked .... not entirely used to this environment yet :) — DaedraEYE, Jun 29 '18 at 21:14
Alternatively, you can install the tweak tool and many other good app via Ubuntu Store. Love the store, cheers. — Bernard Wei, Jun 29 '18 at 21:18
@BernardWei didn't find it in there, but maybe I'm just blind — DaedraEYE, Jun 29 '18 at 21:22
@DaedraEYE That's strange, how about typing "gnome tweaks" in the store, it should find it. — Bernard Wei, Jun 29 '18 at 21:39
@BernardWei when I was searching for "tweak" in the ubuntu software store I got 2 completely random programs and nothing else — DaedraEYE, Jun 29 '18 at 21:49
@DaedraEYE I posted a screenshot from my search in an answer as I can't post it here. It's weird that you get something so different but this is probably off topic and for another question altogether. May be you have not included some respositories. — Bernard Wei, Jun 29 '18 at 22:47
Could you please post an answer based upon PRTAP's comments that helped you solve the problem? — WinEunuuchs2Unix, Jul 18 '19 at 14:47
This answer from @Dylan helped me as well: https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/190232/gnome-tweak-tool-not-found — TheScrappyDev, Mar 15 '20 at 03:12

score 9 · Answer 1 · 2018-06-29T22:09:09.660

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That's because Ubuntu 18.04 ships by default with GNOME 3.28, in which they renamed the gnome-tweak-tool to gnome-tweaks. And in the Activities Overview can be found by searching for Tweaks.

If it's not installed then you should be able to install it with:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install gnome-tweaks

This is due to Canonical packaging it up like this in order not to confuse users too much with the naming change.

edited Jun 29 '18 at 22:09

answered Jun 29 '18 at 21:14

you can actually search for both and get the same result – DaedraEYE Jun 29 '18 at 21:23
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That's because Ubuntu is being nice to you. You won't get that sort of treatment on Arch or Fedora. Or one that delivers a pure GNOME experience that is. – Jun 29 '18 at 21:25
that may be right, but my current experience is only windows and ubuntu 18.04 dsktp – DaedraEYE Jun 29 '18 at 21:30
I am using an 16.04 and I had the reverse problem beacuse these day's people are talking about it the other way around so thank you for clarifying. Your answer was my question – EHM Oct 01 '20 at 19:30

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 21 '19 at 14:43

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Since @WinEunuuchs2Unix asked, here's the answer based on @PRATAP help:

sudo apt update;
sudo apt upgrade -y;
sudo apt install gnome-tweaks;

The upgrade part is very important because otherwise the changes from update won't get installed.

answered Jul 21 '19 at 14:43

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jun 29 '18 at 22:49

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Installing Gnome Tweaks from Ubuntu Store; from the store, search for tweaks. See attached screenshot.

answered Jun 29 '18 at 22:49

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I only have the first two in your list – parisa Aug 01 '18 at 01:32

Ubuntu 18.04 no tweak tool

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