[SOLVED] Remove Gnome Shell: Restore Unity
I have Ubuntu 13.04 and was trying out Gnome Shell. I have decided to go back to Unity. The problem is; the Appearance setting is gone, all the dialogs are Gnome3 dialogs, Nautilus is the Gnome version.
How can I remove Gnome Shell and get back to pure Unity?
Re: Remove Gnome Shell: Restore Unity
Code:
#sudo apt-get install unity
that will install unity
Re: Remove Gnome Shell: Restore Unity
Thank you for the reply:
"Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
unity is already the newest version."
Unity runs, but all the settings and themes are Gnome3 settings and themes. And there is no Appearance setting in System Settings so I can't change background, icons, themes, etc.
Re: Remove Gnome Shell: Restore Unity
Re: Remove Gnome Shell: Restore Unity
Quote:
Originally Posted by
mooreted
It appears that link only works for those with google accounts. Do you know about the 'gear' icon to the right of your log-in name that selects different desktops? i'd go to the software center or Synaptic and uninstall gnome-shell. Look at what is being uninstalled before clicking 'go'.
Re: Remove Gnome Shell: Restore Unity
Sorry, forgot to make the link public. Should work now.
I removed Gnome Shell but no change.
Something kind of strange: When I look at Settings/Details it says I'm running 13.04 but when I boot it says I'm running 12.10.
Re: Remove Gnome Shell: Restore Unity
unity --replace should replace your current DE with Unity.
EDIT:
What does lsb_release -a and cat /etc/*-release says?
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The realase commands show as Ubuntu 12.10.
unity --replace throws about a hundred errors at me.
Might have to re-install one of these days.
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have just checked my System Settings here , and the Appearance icon is gone too; very bad, need to report that bug.
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Oh, so, it's not just me. I thought I broke something.