Install GNOME

If you're already running a software distribution, you can probably install the GNOME Desktop easily. This page will help you to install the latest stable version of GNOME supported by your system.

If you want to test the latest unstable GNOME versions, then see the start page, but that is much more difficult, and not recommended for everyday use.

If information here is incorrect or out-of-date then please email webmaster at gnome.org.

Linux Distributions

Distribution Version GNOME Version supported Installation method Further information
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 4.10 GNOME 2.8
Red Hat Enterprise Linux GNOME 2.8 Choose "GNOME Desktop Environment" when installing, or in "Add/Remove Applications".
Red Hat Desktop GNOME 2.2 Choose "GNOME Desktop Environment" when installing, or in "Add/Remove Applications".
Fedora Core Fedora Core 3 GNOME 2.8 Choose "GNOME Desktop Environment" when installing, or in "Add/Remove Applications".
Novell Novell Linux Desktop 9 GNOME 2.6 Choose "GNOME Desktop Environment" when installing, or in "Add/Remove Applications".
SUSE SUSE Linux 9.2 GNOME 2.6 Select GNOME during installation, and change your defaults.
Mandrake Mandrake Linux 10 GNOME 2.4
SUN Java Desktop System JDS 3 GNOME 2.6 Installed by default.
Debian Debian GNU/Linux Stable (Woody) GNOME 1.4 apt-get install gnome
Debian GNU/Linux Testing (Sarge) GNOME 2.8 apt-get install gnome
Gentoo Gentoo Linux Stable GNOME 2.8 emerge gnome
Slackware Slackware Linux 10 GNOME 2.8 Select GNOME packages when installing.


BSD systems

Distribution Version GNOME Version supported Installation method Further information
Free BSD 4.9, 4.10 GNOME 2.6 pkg_add -r gnome2 FreeBSD GNOME Project
Net BSD GNOME 2.4 Use pkgsrc. pkgsrc

Unix

Distribution Version GNOME Version supported Installation method Further information
SUN Solaris 9 GNOME 2.6 GNOME for Solaris

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