How to install Gnome 3.10 on Debian

Question

I am using Debian Testing (Sid) and i want to install Gnome 3.10. How can i do it? Is there a repository I can add in order to upgrade? I have searched a lot and the only thing I have found is the Ubuntu repositories but I don't think that's safe.

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:gnome3-team/gnome3-next
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:gnome3-team/gnome3-staging
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

Solution

No, it is not safe, Ubuntu repositories are not compatible with Debian. While they might work, it is really not a good idea to mix them.

At the moment, the newest version of gnome available in the Debian repos is 3.8.

If you really want to try the new Gnome out, you will either have to wait until a .deb is released (keep your eye on the experimental and unstable repositories) or, if you just can't wait, you will need to compile and install it from source. The easiest way to do that would be to use JHBuild and build the package yourself. See here for instructions.