How to get GNOME version from the command line

Get Gnome version from terminal

$: gnome-shell --version

Alternative ways to get version, works on older versions of Gnome.

$: gnome-about --version

This will show something like:
GNOME gnome-about 2.32.0

This can also be done using the command below.

$: gnome-session --version

Above command does not work on Fedora 22 Workstation.

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Install minimal GNOME shell on Debian Stretch

#: apt install gdm3 xserver-xorg-legacy

This will install just the GNOME shell, pretty lean and mean (for GNOME standard :)

Note:

• This is a pre-release of Debian Strech
• Need to add xserver-xorg-legacy otherwise it will not work, might be related to this bug.

Logout GNOME from command line

$: gnome-session-quit

Reference(s):
http://askubuntu.com/questions/15795/how-can-you-log-out-via-the-terminal