HOWTO: install new icon-themes?

[wulle]

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

thx
wulle

[ubuntu-geek]

To install a new icon theme:

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:

mkdir -p /home/username/.icons

[wulle]

to ubuntugeek,

thank's a lot for your quick answer.
kind regards
wulle

[mattyh]

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.

[kamstrup]

... 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.

[panickedthumb]

Originally Posted by kamstrup 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?

[gabbman]

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.

[bslgw]

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

thx

[a.stefanou]

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...

Originally Posted by a.stefanou 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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