How to Install gnome-shell in ubuntu
There is a 14 weeks old snapshot of gnome-shell in the karmic repositories.
You can try it by simoky installing the gnome-shell packaged vis asynaptic or with the command:
sudo apt-get install gnome-shell
But If you want an updated version, you can do the following:
1-Install the unofficial gnome-shell ppa repository: ppa:vperetokin/unofficial-gnome-shell
You can do that with the command:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:vperetokin/unofficial-gnome-shell
2-Update your sources, and then your packages either via synaptic or with the commands:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
3-Install gnome-shell package:
sudo apt-get install gnome-shell
OK, it’s installed, now in orden to use it:
1-Compiz (Desktop Efects) should be disabled firts, so dissabke it from the Menu:
System>Preferences>Appearances
Then go to the Visual Efects tab and select None.
2-You can now start it at any time with the command:
gnome-shell replace &
