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Old November 9th, 2004   #1
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HOWTO: install new icon-themes?

hello,
how can I install new iconthemes I downloaded from www.gnome-look.org?

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Old November 9th, 2004   #2
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Re: HOWTO: install new icon-themes?

To install a new icon theme:

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Download the Icon theme tarball..
cp tarball.tar.gz /home/username/.icons
cd /home/username/.icons
tar xfz tarball.tar.gz
Goto Computer > Desktop Preferences > Themes to change to the new Icon theme.
If you do not have a .icons directory you can create one:
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mkdir -p /home/username/.icons
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Old November 9th, 2004   #3
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Re: HOWTO: install new icon-themes?

to ubuntugeek,

thank's a lot for your quick answer.
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Old November 12th, 2004   #4
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Re: HOWTO: install new icon-themes?

For some odd reason, I have tried twice now to install new icon themes, and yet when I get to the point of trying to add them in through the themes manager, I click ok, and they never show up. This is very odd.
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Old November 12th, 2004   #5
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Re: HOWTO: install new icon-themes?

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... trying to add them in through the themes manager ...
The point was that you can't /add/ them through the themes manager (this is very odd indeed), but you have to extract the icon-theme into ~/.icons, and then select it (not install) from the theme manager (click the Details button or what it is called...).

Hope you get it to work. Cheers.
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Old November 12th, 2004   #6
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Re: HOWTO: install new icon-themes?

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The point was that you can't /add/ them through the themes manager (this is very odd indeed), but you have to extract the icon-theme into ~/.icons, and then select it (not install) from the theme manager (click the Details button or what it is called...).

Hope you get it to work. Cheers.
Yes, I've often wondered what the add dialog actually does, since you have to extract them manually. Is it if you extracted it somewhere else besides .icons?
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Old December 11th, 2004   #7
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Re: HOWTO: install new icon-themes?

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ndeed. All archives are extracted to .themes. The theme-dialog doesn't check if the package contains an icon, gtk or metacity theme.
So if I have it installed in ~.themes and ~.icons and I don't see the iconset in the themes managers, then something is wrong?

I am used to the kde way of seeing what I am selecting, so I may need a lesson in how to on this one.
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Old December 15th, 2004   #8
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Re: HOWTO: install new icon-themes?

I have copy same icon-theme to ".cion" but can not find anything into the theme manage .Who can tell me WHY????

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Old December 28th, 2004   #9
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Re: HOWTO: install new icon-themes?

click > computer> home then click file menu "View">show hidden files

........
now you can see your normal folders + hidden folders...
........
Folder:

.themes > there is all your custome themes that you create... or drag and drop your newst...

.icons > there is all your install icons... or again drag and drop your newst...

.xmms/skins> put your skins for your xmms music player...
...........


that's it...
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Old May 15th, 2007   #10
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Re: HOWTO: install new icon-themes?

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click > computer> home then click file menu "View">show hidden files

........
now you can see your normal folders + hidden folders...
........
Folder:

.themes > there is all your custome themes that you create... or drag and drop your newst...

.icons > there is all your install icons... or again drag and drop your newst...

.xmms/skins> put your skins for your xmms music player...
...........


=D> that's it...

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