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I recently installed Ubuntu 14.04 on my computer and now I want to change my desktop environment to Gnome 3. I have seen many methods to install Gnome 3 but now I am confused which method should I follow. Please tell me if I can install Gnome 3 with just these commands without any other commands like adding repositories etc.

sudo apt-get install gnome-shell

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sudo apt-get install ubuntu-gnome-desktop
madneon
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Using Wily's (15.10) repositories, running the following:

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

installs GNOME Shell 3.16.4.

I'm not certain if it's the same on 14.04, however. Give it a try. To find out the version of gnome-shell you're running, you can do the following:

gnome-shell --version
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Most convenient way is actually installing prepared Ubuntu Gnome distribution.

madneon
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As the internal workings of Ubuntu are very much intertwined with Unity, it is quite hard to separate them and install the GNOME DE, so it is better to just do a fresh install of Ubuntu GNOME. Just running the commands you provided is likely just to cause problems especially if you try to then remove Unity to fully replace it.

To create a LiveUSB/LiveCD/LiveDVD follow these instructions in order to then boot from it and install it, and get the latest Ubuntu GNOME ISOs here (you will find links at the bottom of the page to the latest ISO downloads).