How to upgrade to GNOME 3.30 on Ubuntu 18.04.1

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According to The Best New Features in GNOME 3.30 :

It will be available to download as source code from the GNOME Gitlab page, and be available to try via a live USB image.

Although many Linux distributions come with GNOME by default few distribute major new releases right away, instead choosing to ship the update as part of a new release.

Rolling release distros are the exception of course, so Arch, Manjaro and others will likely make this update available soon.

Please note the second paragraph.

There's also a detailed answer to an earlier question of similar nature here: How to get Gnome 3.14 on ubuntu 14.04.

Edit: and now GNOME 3.30 is available via Flatpak.

Edit on 20181121: I couldn't find it in https://flathub.org/apps/category/All

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Updated on September 18, 2022

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Stone Garden over 1 year

I am a new Linux user and I heard about the new GNOME 3.30. Can someone help me with the steps to upgrade my GNOME?

I have GNOME 3.28, Kernel 4.18.7

Note: I don't wish to upgrade to 18.10
- mikewhatever over 5 years
  
  At the moment, Gnome 3.30 is unavailable for 18.04, and it is unlikely to change, given its LTS status.
- DK Bose over 5 years
  
  You have Kernel 4.18.7. Most users of 18.04 have 4.15. I suggest you'd be better off with a rolling release distro so that you get the latest available versions. Ubuntu 18.04 doesn't cater to such needs.
- Stone Garden over 5 years
  
  Ohh! Yeah, I did a manual upgrade because i read that the latest kernel has many fixes. Thanks for the information. Regards!
- user535733 over 5 years
  
  Update 11/27/18: Ubuntu devs are working on 3.30 discourse.ubuntu.com/t/nautilus-3-30-status/8907 . It's not forgotten. There is NO commitment to backport 3.30 to earlier releases of Ubuntu.
- sunwarr10r over 5 years
  
  Correct, he writes: "...you will be able to get all of that work from this PPA14, which is available for disco only." 18.04 users will have to stay with the slow laggy gnome < 3.30
Stone Garden over 5 years

Emmm, Ok, then I just need to wait. Thanks for you reply!
Videonauth over 5 years

Arch is actually already on 3.30 :)
DK Bose over 5 years

Arch is Arch :)
thebunnyrules over 5 years

Thanks for the tip. I've been trying to install Gnome 3.30 via flathub website as per the suggestion of the article but it's nowhere to be found. Any ideas?
DK Bose over 5 years

I didn't see it at flathub.org/apps/category/All as well. Maybe they yanked it? Anyway, I'll edit my answer. Thanks! If you know how to partition your system, you could install Ubuntu 18.10 separately. That'll give you 3.30 optimized for Ubuntu at least for the life of 18.10 (nine months from the date of release).