howto install a Gnome theme ?

[pieter hollenberg]

Ubuntu ships with a few gnome themes.

so I would like to install some more.

via synaptic I installed a package with gnome themes, but I cannot find them

how do I install a new Gnome theme ?

[arctic]

click on computer→desktop preferences. there you will find a theme manager. in there, all your themes are stored and changed.
you can add more themes by downloading them at e.g. www.gnome-look.org. there you will get the tar.gz files for the themes. simply drag and drop them into the theme selector window and they get automatically installed.

have fun

[Buffalo Soldier]

I wonder why have I been doing it the hard way. Uncompressing each .gz files into ~/.themes

[cdhotfire]

Originally Posted by Buffalo Soldier I wonder why have I been doing it the hard way. Uncompressing each .gz files into ~/.themes

i have been doing it this way 2.

[pieter hollenberg]

thanx

now I understand the theme manager better

including the theme-details

now every user can mix different themes with different theme details !

cool

[arctic]

Originally Posted by cdhotfire i have been doing it this way 2.

[maxM]

I might just be stupid, but this doesn't work on my computer. I'm using Dapper Drake, and every time I drag the tar-gz file into the "theme-utility" I get the message "The file format is invalid".
What to do?