I have installed and used Ubuntu, and now I want to try the GNOME desktop environment.
I don't know where to start. Could you give me some guidance?
Thanks!
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Installing Gnome-Shell
Open a terminal and first of all fetch the latest package informations via
sudo apt update
Then install gnome-shell via the following command
sudo apt install ubuntu-gnome-desktop
If that finished, logout and back in the login-dialog (most likely lightdm) choose your session type and relogin to a new session - this time using Gnome.
You'll find some documentation for the gnome project here.
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1The package is called `ubuntu-gnome-desktop` on 16.04 LTS. – Videonauth Jun 03 '16 at 22:21
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@Videonauth: fixed it – dufte Jun 03 '16 at 22:25
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Please mark the thread as solved then & enjoy Gnome. Have fun ;) – dufte Jun 03 '16 at 22:36
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No, there is no such button at least on 16.04, which is what the original poster is using. – NoBugs Aug 07 '18 at 07:58
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@dufte I have installed `gnome-shell` by following the above, but how do I update it? – Kasun Siyambalapitiya Aug 20 '18 at 11:48
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@KasunSiyambalapitiya - updates are handled like for any other package installed via apt. So running ´sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade´ should result in installing all available updates for your situation. – dufte Aug 21 '18 at 10:01
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@NoBugs are you talking about the selection in LightDM? – dufte Aug 21 '18 at 10:01
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@dufte There was no selector that I saw in standard Ubuntu login screen. – NoBugs Aug 23 '18 at 03:27
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@NoBugs The screenshot above shows the selection in LightDM which is afaik the default in 16.04 – dufte Aug 29 '18 at 08:13
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Go to the terminal and type this command:
sudo apt-get install ubuntu-gnome-desktop
Logoff, then select the Gnome Desktop at the login screen.
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