how do I get back to Gnome classic?

"You can't use anymore Ubuntu Classic."

Unless you are using Ubuntu 11.04 or previous--these Ubuntu releases will always still have the classic interface, for as long as you keep using them. So while in Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot there is no Ubuntu Classic (but there is the gnome-shell fallback which is essentially the same), in Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhal you can still access Classic by selecting Ubuntu Classic as the session type on the login screen. If you're running Ubuntu 11.04 and you need help doing that, please feel free to post a reply.

eNry's answer presupposes that you are running Ubuntu 11.10, which is probably true, but in case you're running Ubuntu 11.04 or others who are running 11.04 come across this thread, the above information may help.

Thanks Enrico "eNry" Carafa, that solved my question.

Not sure what all to include but I am trying to get Gnome Desktop up and running and I am getting unmet dependency messages:

newbie@newbie-OptiPlex-GX270:~$ sudo apt-get install gnome-shell
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
gnome-shell is already the newest version.
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  libpanel-applet-4-0 alacarte gnome-applets python-gmenu gnome-panel
  gnome-applets-data gir1.2-panelapplet-4.0 gnome-panel-data
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
newbie@newbie-OptiPlex-GX270:~$ sudo apt-get install gnome-session-fallback
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 gnome-session-fallback : Depends: gnome-session-common (= 3.2.0-0ubuntu2) but 3.2.0-0ubuntu3 is to be installed
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

I am really new and any advice would be appreciated.
Thanks

Use this link to get back to gnome classic
http://www.liberiangeek.net/2011/08/return-to-ubuntu-classic-desktop-in-ubuntu-11-10

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> Subject: Re: [Question #174510]: how do I get back to Gnome classic?
> Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2011 21:05:52 +0000
>
> Your question #174510 on gnome-session in Ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-session/+question/174510
>
> Travis Gonzales posted a new comment:
> Not sure what all to include but I am trying to get Gnome Desktop up and
> running and I am getting unmet dependency messages:
>
> newbie@newbie-OptiPlex-GX270:~$ sudo apt-get install gnome-shell
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree
> Reading state information... Done
> gnome-shell is already the newest version.
> The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
> libpanel-applet-4-0 alacarte gnome-applets python-gmenu gnome-panel
> gnome-applets-data gir1.2-panelapplet-4.0 gnome-panel-data
> Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
> 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
> newbie@newbie-OptiPlex-GX270:~$ sudo apt-get install gnome-session-fallback
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree
> Reading state information... Done
> Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
> requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
> distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
> or been moved out of Incoming.
> The following information may help to resolve the situation:
>
> The following packages have unmet dependencies:
> gnome-session-fallback : Depends: gnome-session-common (= 3.2.0-0ubuntu2) but 3.2.0-0ubuntu3 is to be installed
> E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
>
> I am really new and any advice would be appreciated.
> Thanks
>
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> You received this question notification because you asked the question.

@rayjones
Thanks for the link -- that looks like a good guide, and the screenshots in it help to present the instructions very well. Unfortunately, that is the same procedure that has already been specified here, which Travis has attempted ("sudo apt-get install gnome-session-fallback"), so following that guide will not fix Travis Gonzales's problem. (By the way, there is one problem with that guide--when installing or upgrading packages from the Terminal, it is highly advisable to run "sudo apt-get update" first, as updating the local information about what packages are available at what versions and what their relationships, such as dependencies, are to each other is *not* done automatically when running commands like "sudo apt-get install ..." and "sudo apt-get upgrade".)

@Travis Gonzales
Try running "sudo apt-get update" in the Terminal, and then running "sudo apt-get install gnome-session fallback". You'll run these commands *without* the enclosing double-quotes, of course. If that still doesn't, work, then please follow the procedure at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/PackageManagerTroubleshootingProcedure and post a new question, including a description of your problem and all the text from the Terminal, both from those two commands I just specified, and from the commands run as part of that procedure. Please post a link to the new question here, and if you like you can post a link to this question in the new question too. Please also feel free to subscribe me to the new question. Please do *not* post the information (such as additional text from the Terminal) here in this question--if your problem persists past the very simple advice I have just given, then it should be worked on in a new question (where others who may be able to help will also be notified of its status).

If the simple advice above (about running "sudo apt-get update" first) solves your problem, please post here briefly to let us know, as this information may be helpful in convincing the authors of http://www.liberiangeek.net/2011/08/return-to-ubuntu-classic-desktop-in-ubuntu-11-10 to add that to their tutorial.