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fosslinux
Asked: 2015-08-11 19:29:35 +0800 CST

GNOME is gone. How to fix?

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I have had this issue for a few weeks. I use Ubuntu 14.04. I love GNOME and decided to upgrade to 3.12.

Then I later decided to downgrade to 3.10, using ppa-purge. I ran sudo apt-get dist-upgrade and rebooted. Now I cannot find GNOME in my desktop selection menu.

How can I fix this?

14.04

2 Answers

  1. You have to reinstall GNOME to available version,

    sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install gnome-shell

sudo apt-get install ubuntu-gnome-desktop

    Remember to choose LightDM when prompted for it during the installation. Use Tab to move between the choices and Enter to confirm your selection.

    Once installed, log out of the system and click on the Ubuntu icon besides the login field. Choose GNOME from the drop down:

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  2. Best Answer

    You should install the GNOME desktop again. ppa-purge removed the GNOME packages and if there is no equivalent packages in the repositories, it downgrades nothing.

    Therefore

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