Ubuntu – How to upgrade gnome-terminal on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

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I would like to upgrade gnome-terminal to the latest version. Is that possible on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS?

I am using version 3.6.2 of gnome-terminal.

I have tried:

sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade gnome-terminal

and it says gnome-terminal is already the newest version.

Best Answer

You have two ways to upgrade your terminal from 3.6.2 (stable) to the latest 3.12.3 and read step by step do not run apt-upgrade unless you done installing.

1st solution with Gnome3/staging PPA

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:gnome3-team/gnome3-staging

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install --reinstall gnome-terminal

2nd solution with this PPA:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:towolf/transparent-gnome-terminal

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install --reinstall gnome-terminal

Though this PPA may require Gnome3/staging PPA to be installed also, this 2nd PPA contains different fixes and patches on RGB schema and transparency, opacity etc.

Notice!

After you add PPAs like Gnome3/staging beware of upgrading as you can even damage your system this is the latest bleeding edge updates and they don't guarantee the stability, so after you install gnome-terminal it's better to purge them e.g.:

sudo ppa-purge ppa:gnome3-team/gnome3-staging

sudo apt-get update

(PPA-purge has to be installed 1stly sudo apt-get install ppa-purge)

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