How to upgrade to the latest GNOME version?

Solution 1:

Warning: this version is in development.

You can install the latest version of GNOME with two PPAs:

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

Update the repositories:

sudo apt-get update

Upgrade your system (avoid using upgrade, it can cause problems to the PPAs you just added):

sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

Or if you want to reinstall GNOME

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

To revert the upgrade install ppa-purge

sudo apt-get install ppa-purge

and run the following commands, in this order:

sudo ppa-purge ppa:gnome3-team/gnome3-staging
sudo ppa-purge ppa:gnome3-team/gnome3