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Saturday, October 5, 2013

How To Install GNOME 3 on ubuntu 13.10 Saucy Salamander

a)
Install/Switch to gdm
#sudo apt-get install gdm
* Select gdm

b)
Add the GNOME3 Next PPA

#sudo add-apt-repository ppa:gnome3-team/gnome3-next

c)
Add GNOME3 Staging PPA

#sudo add-apt-repository ppa:gnome3-team/gnome3-staging

d)
Upgrade to GNOME 3.10

#sudo apt-get update
#sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

* Please read the output before pressing "y" to make sure that no important packages are removed



e)
Install gnome-shell

#sudo apt-get install gnome-shell
* Gnome 3.10 doesn't work properly with unity

f)
Install Gnome Apps

#sudo apt-get install gnome-documents gnome-contacts epiphany-browser gnome-boxes gnome-shell-extensions gnome-tweak-tool bijiben gnome-clocks

g)
Remove Ubuntu overlay scrollbars

#sudo apt-get remove overlay-scrollbar

h)
Reboot

#sudo reboot

2 comments:

  1. That breaks Unity anyhow so why not just install Ubuntu GNOME 13.10?

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  2. I just removed unity by using sudo apt-ger remove unity then installed gnome 3 from ppa works great !!

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