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I installed gnome on Ubuntu 16.04. I used the package ubuntu-gnome-desktop

My question : Is there any safe way to update gnome to 3.22? Also did i installed gnome correctly? Right now i am using Gnome-Shell 3.18.5

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  • The answer primarily depends on what you mean by "safe way"? – mikewhatever Sep 28 '16 at 17:23
  • i mean a way that wont 't break my ubuntu installation. – Dergon Sep 28 '16 at 17:35
  • I have quite a bit of experience with trying to install GNOME on other flavours, and let's just say that whenever I tried to just install GNOME rather than do a fresh install of Ubuntu GNOME, it all ended in disaster. So no, I would not say that you did it the "safe way". The safest way to do it would be to put Ubuntu GNOME on a LiveUSB and do a fresh install of it or get it running in a VM. –  Sep 28 '16 at 21:47
  • I installed gnome from the ubuntu repository. Everything went fine. I even updated gnome from 3.18 to 3.20. – Dergon Sep 29 '16 at 15:46

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There is no official way to update gnome to the latest release without using ppa's. However, they generally work very well. This website should give you the instructions you need:

http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2016/05/install-gnome-3-20-ubuntu-16-04-lts

We’ll use the Terminal to add the two GNOME 3 PPAs:

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

Next, refresh your software sources:

sudo apt update

Finally upgrade (if you already have GNOME-Shell installed) using:

sudo apt dist-upgrade

Or install GNOME (if you don’t already use it):

sudo apt install gnome gnome-shell
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  • Thank you i will try it. Did i installed gnome correctly using the ubuntu-gnome-desktop package? – Dergon Sep 28 '16 at 17:31
  • Yep, and the ppa's will add the newer packages. You can choose how "bleeding-edge" you're willing to go. I generally find most of them very stable. – labarna Sep 28 '16 at 17:35
  • If something goes wrong can i reverse? and how? – Dergon Sep 28 '16 at 17:44
  • @UnstoppableGR Install ppa-purge. Then use it against the Gnome PPA you added before: sudo ppa-purge ppa:(...) . It removes the PPA and reverses any changes made. The end result is the downgrade to the stardard packages before adding the PPA. –  Sep 28 '16 at 18:02
  • Actually i just updated to gnome 3.20 and everything went fine. But when i first logged in i was getting a message System program problem detected i ran sudo rm /var/crash/* in the terminal, i restarted and i dont get the message anymore. I didnt get any log why i got this message just a report problem button. – Dergon Sep 28 '16 at 18:11
  • You will get some errors messages like that, but they're mostly safe to ignore. – labarna Sep 28 '16 at 21:41