HOWTO: Bluecurve on Ubuntu

[JConnell]

Do you love Ubuntu but just can't live without your redhat/fedora bluecurve theme? Well here are some simple steps to bring back the blue!


1) Download the bluecurvedebian tarball:

http://themes.freshmeat.net/redir/bl...-padrao.tar.gz

2) Unpack the tarball:

Right-click -> Extract Here

3) Install libgdk-pixbuf2:

yourname@ubuntu:~ $ sudo apt-get install libgdk-pixbuf2

4) Install the redhat-artwork .deb:

yourname@ubuntu:~ $ sudo dpkg -i redhat-artwork_0.96-2_i386.deb

5) Change your theme selection:

Computer->Desktop Preferences->Theme

[fjleal]

You should fight bad habits, you know?...

Thanks for the link.

[dishkuvek]

Here is just another way of doing the same thing...

add these lines to /etc/apt/sources.list:

deb http://home.planet.nl/~autar022/ ./
deb-src http://home.planet.nl/~autar022/ ./

and then at the prompt:

$ sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install redhat-artwork

Note that "redhat-artwork" is a meta-package, if you do not want to install gtk1 packages, you can install the packages individually...

$ sudo apt-get install gtk2-engines-bluecurve gdm-bluecurve  icons-bluecurve  metacity-bluecurve

[khad]

The easiest way to get Bluecurve in my opinion is directly from the Fedora project Web site. You also get the latest version of it.

Download the "redhat-artwork" RPM from:

http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pu...6/Fedora/RPMS/

As of this writing, the current RPM is 0.120-1.2:

http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pu...0-1.2.i386.rpm

In the directory you downloaded the RPM, run this command:

sudo alien -i redhat-artwork*

That's all there is to it. Run one command and a single file you download, and it is the latest version directly from the Fedora project.

[LongTooth]

By God! I did it. Easy as pie. Looks like my FC2. But not to worry. I'm sticking with Ubuntu.

[cllow]

hi khad (and anyone who can help),

I try your method. Everything OK, till i rebooted. My system hangs(stops at the screen with a X mouse cursor) when it tries to startup the X-server. And when I moved my mouse of tried to change to any session using Ctrl-Alt-F2, this message appears:

There already appears to be an X server running on display :0.
Should I try another display number? If you answer no, I will
attempt to start the server on :0 again. (You can change
console by pressing Ctrl-Alt plus a function key, such as Ctrl-Alt-F7
to go to console 7. X servers usually run on console 7 and higher.)

Anyway to fix this? Thanks.

[cllow]

Think it's not the Bluecurve thingy that messed up my system. It might be the Firefox installation that I apt-get from the hoary repository

[Deusiah]

Khad thank you ever so much! Your method worked flawlessly and I am now admiring my new Bluecurve themed Ubuntu box

[jdong]

Originally Posted by cllow Think it's not the Bluecurve thingy that messed up my system. It might be the Firefox installation that I apt-get from the hoary repository

If you're talking about installing Hoary packages on Warty, that's a big no-no!
Check out http://backports.ubuntuforums.org for a sensible solution.

[mirtux]

Originally Posted by khad The easiest way to get Bluecurve in my opinion is directly from the Fedora project Web site. You also get the latest version of it. Download the "redhat-artwork" RPM from: http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pu...6/Fedora/RPMS/ As of this writing, the current RPM is 0.120-1.2: http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pu...0-1.2.i386.rpm In the directory you downloaded the RPM, run this command: sudo alien -i redhat-artwork* That's all there is to it. Run one command and a single file you download, and it is the latest version directly from the Fedora project.

Hi,
i've tried the way i've said and it's ok with GNOME, but it's not working with KDE i.d. it does not give me any Bluecurve style neither Window Decoration. The only thing available is color palette. I've tried with different versions of redhat-artwork but nothing changes.

Any ideas, thanks,
MC