Which method should I choose to install GNOME?

14.04 unity gnome

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Solution 1

There is a better and simple way available to install gnome-desktop using tasksel. Tasksel is a debian tool to install multiple related packages as a coordinated task. You will get many such tasks like lamp-server etc which can be installed in just one click.

Here's how to do that for gnome-desktop:

sudo apt-get install tasksel
sudo apt-get update

(Updating cache is necessary because you may get an error like this if you don't: tasksel: aptitude failed (100)

Then

sudo tasksel

Select the Task Ubuntu GNOME desktop using spacebar and click OK.

Ubuntu GNOME desktop will get installed.

One more thing: you may get the error tasksel: aptitude failed (100) again(it is a bug in tasksel for a long time) so just restart the system.

You will get the desktop environment selection menu on login panel:
1. GNOME Default
2. GNOME Classic
3. Ubuntu

Select the one you want, Enjoy.

hope this helps :)

Solution 2

Even I had this problem. So here is the solution for it. First use this command to update your repository

sudo apt-get update

after this, upgrade your repository with this command

sudo apt-get upgrade

now try to install gnome using the following commands

sudo apt-get install gnome-shell  
sudo apt-get install ubuntu-gnome-desktop

Solution 3

For me your 2nd method works great with

sudo apt-get install gnome-shell

But I also made a reboot after the dist upgrade. Try it!

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:gnome3-team/gnome3-staging
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:gnome3-team/gnome3
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
sudo reboot
sudo apt-get install gnome-shell

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Apurva

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Updated on September 18, 2022

Comments

Apurva over 1 year

Note : My question itself answers how to install GNOME

I want to install Gnome desktop in my 64-bit Ubuntu 14.04 I just googled and I found two ways to install GNOME. I also read other answers on Ask Ubuntu and googled but can't find what is difference between this both!

1st method to install is :

sudo apt-get install gnome-shell
sudo apt-get install ubuntu-gnome-desktop

2nd method

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

If I try installing using first way, it shows following errors:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
gnome-shell : Depends: gnome-settings-daemon (>= 3.4.0) but it is not
                       going to be installed
              Recommends: gnome-control-center but it is not going to be installed
ubuntu-gnome-desktop : Depends: gdm but it is not going to be installed
                       Depends: gnome-control-center but it is not going to be installed
                       Depends: gnome-session but it is not going to be installed
                       Depends: gnome-settings-daemon but it is not going to be installed
                       Depends: gnome-shell-extensions but it is not going to be installed
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

And If I try installing 2nd way, after entering sudo apt-get dist-upgrade command it tells me that 299Mb space will be used and I just aborted it pressing n.

What is right way to install Gnome desktop in Ubuntu 14.04.

And one more thing, as there are two methods available to install Gnome, which is best? Up to I know using 1st method I can switch to Gnome desktop by logging out from Unity and choosing GNOME.

What would happen if I install Gnome using 2nd method? Will it remove Unity from my computer or I will be able to use both Unity by logging out?

Fabby about 8 years

Patently untrue: There's Ubuntu Gnome, Ubuntu Mate, there's the Cinnamon desktop (if you really want Ubuntu to look like Linux Mint), etc...
gov almost 8 years

Please do not mislead other Ubuntu users: it works very well with other than the default desktop and window managers -- I am using it with XFCE and is very stable and smooth.
Cristiana Nicolae almost 8 years

This works fine on my Ubuntu 16.04.
dat tutbrus about 7 years

A brilliant app! But can tasksel uninstall DEs?
csgeek about 7 years

Is this gnome 2.x? It doesn't look like gnome 3 at all.
csgeek about 7 years

That's not really accurate. Unity is definitely a first class citizen, but I wouldn't go so far as to say that nothing else works.