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I recently updated my Ubuntu to 15.04 and now I'm back to Unity shell. The gnome-shell I had became buggy after the update, so I had to revert back. How do I get a Gnome shell (again) without switching to Ubuntu Gnome? I really can't afford to do a reformat right now.

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Install the GNOME Shell 3.14 with this command:

sudo apt-get install gnome-shell

And for GNOME 3.16 or future GNOME versions

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:gnome3-team/gnome3-staging
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:gnome3-team/gnome3
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install gnome-shell
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  • Does it really look like Unity (for now)? It still has the side dock and all. Also, when I lock my screen, the lock screen still looks like from Ubuntu. Startup lock screen, however, looks like Gnome. Is it still unfinished?
    – ton
    May 4, 2015 at 9:22
  • I also keep getting an error on installing "linux-image-extra-3.19.0-16-generic 3.19.0-16.16"
    – ton
    May 4, 2015 at 9:23
  • This has nothing to do with GNOME. This is a kernel update.
    – A.B.
    May 4, 2015 at 9:24
  • when installing gnome, choose gdm instead of lightdm when you are asked.. this will give you a more complete look
    – superhero
    May 7, 2015 at 0:08
  • As I have said, it still looks like Ubuntu. Is it really like this?
    – ton
    May 7, 2015 at 3:08

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