There's got to be some simple way I'm missing, but for the life of me I can't find it. How do I check my version of GNOME-Shell?
2 Answers
Just type
gnome-shell --version
into a terminal.
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2I tired it, but it didn't work. Got an error >> gnome-shell: error: no such option: --version– VinayNov 15, 2010 at 11:25
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4@VinayChalluru: type
gnome-shell -h
. This should give you the available options and allow you to copy and paste--version
to make sure you've got everything right (the hyphens can be especially tricky). Apr 14, 2015 at 2:14
The gnome-shell man page doesn't show --version as an option. Assuming you have installed it from the ubuntu repositories then you can look up the version in the repository. To just show the version:
apt-cache show gnome-shell | grep Version
On Ubuntu Maverick (10.10) I get
Version: 2.31.5-2ubuntu2
Note that this works whether or not the package is installed. You can also look up all packaged versions of gnome-shell on all ubuntu versions on http://packages.ubuntu.com/
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Yep:
Version: 3.12.2-0ubuntu0~trusty2
Version: 3.10.4-0ubuntu5.2
Version: 3.10.4-0ubuntu5
– TimJul 23, 2014 at 13:31 -
rather than
apt-cache
, a better tool for this specific task (querying the state of installed vs available packages) would bedpkg
, e.g., use$ dpkg -l gnome-shell
and verify the output is prefixed byii
or run:$ dpkg -l gnome-shell | grep '^ii'
See also askubuntu.com/questions/1124914/…– michaelJul 21, 2023 at 4:10
gnome-shell
one is running, for those specific tasks & troubleshooting that require this information, one often also needs to know if they're running wayland or not (which does not depend on the version of gnome-shell, but rather needs to be checked separately) askubuntu.com/questions/904940/…