Please teach me how to install this theme?

[nemomarlin]

hi,

Can someone teach me how to install this theme? It's harder to install then the average theme. I am unable to extract it to theme folder. I love this theme. So please help me. thanks!

http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php/Orange+door+hinge?content=77212

[Armor Nick]

Let's see, I think I used this theme a long time ago...
You should extract the archive and then put it under ~/.themes or /usr/share/themes
If I'm wrong, correct me as I'm currently not using Linux so I can't check it.

[pastalavista]

Extract the folder and archive it again as a tar.gz file, then drag the tar.gz into the System>Preferrences>Appearance>Theme window.

[nemomarlin]

I tried both methods but it didn't work. I think I need to run ubuntu as root? How do I do that?

[ellalan]

Download the theme to your desktop,right click and select "extract here",
then system->preferences-> Appearance and select Themes tab,now drag the extracted folder in to themes. HTH.

[nemomarlin]

Thanks. It worked beautifully.
But it says the theme will not look as intended because GTK+ theme engine is not installed.

Also how do I install the emerald window border that goes with the theme? Do I change some compiz settings?
http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php/Orange+door+hinge?content=77207

[mcduck]

Thanks. It worked beautifully.
But it says the theme will not look as intended because GTK+ theme engine is not installed.

Also how do I install the emerald window border that goes with the theme? Do I change some compiz settings?
http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php/Orange+door+hinge?content=77207

don't worry about the error, it's just a bug in the theme manager itself. (when it tells you that it's missing a GTK+ engine ", that's a bug. When it tells you that it's missing a GTK+ engine "nameoftheengine" it's a proper warning and you need to install the engine that's missing for the theme to work correctly).

For the emerald theme, you need to install the Emerald Theme Manager, and probably Emerald itself since it's not likely that you have it installed if you haven't got the theme manager for it.. When you have both installed change the command for windo manager in Compiz settings to "/usr/bin/emerald", and use the Emerald Theme manager to install & enable your theme.

[nemomarlin]

thanks guys, there's just one last thing to do. I need to change the font to AvantGarde LT Medium. But it is not available as default. What do I do?

[mcduck]

Find the font somewhere, then put it into ~/.fonts (create the directory if it doesn't exist) or /usr/share/fonts (for system-wide installation).

After that, go to System/Preferences/Appearance and set the font on the Fonts-tab. If you are not able to see the font there log out and back again, programs sometimes need this before detecting new installed fonts.

[nemomarlin]

I am having difficulty finding the font(that's free for download). What kind file is font folder? I mean the suffix like .doc, .jpg..

[balaknair]

For the font ttf
http://www.4shared.com/file/80527999/920a5bc8/ITC_Avant_Garde_Gothic_LT_Medium.html
http://www.4shared.com/file/54523219/b6ae98b4/Avant_Garde_Medium_BT.html

Couldn't find a link for AvantGarde LT Medium, not one that's free anyway. It seems it's not a free font, so I'd suggest using something else(check out the 'liberation' fonts, available in the Ubuntu repositories, looks fantastic).

A font file will have a suffix like .ttf or .otf and to install it just copy it into the /home/username/.fonts/ folder. If you want to enable it for all users on the computer, copy it into /usr/share/fonts/

[nemomarlin]

Cool I had to log in as root to install the font but it worked thanks.

[balaknair]

The folder in your home directory is a hidden folder(to see hidden files and folders, open your home folder, and press ctrl+h ---> the hidden files and folders will have a . before their names, like .fonts or .icons, just find the one you want, double click to open, and copy the file(xxxx.ttf) into it).

Alternatively, you can install it to /usr/share/fonts/ so that it is installed for all users. Open Nautilus file browser with admin privileges(alt-F2--> gksudo nautilus /usr/share/fonts/truetype), and paste the ttf file there).


You might need to log out and log in again to see the font in your list of available fonts.

[mcduck]

Cool I had to log in as root to install the font but it worked thanks.

You never have to log in as root in Ubuntu. Use sudo instead.

In this case you could have ran "gksudo nautilus" to open the file manager with root permissions, and then use that to move the font file into /usr/share/fonts.

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RootSudo

[nemomarlin]

You never have to log in as root in Ubuntu. Use sudo instead.

In this case you could have ran "gksudo nautilus" to open the file manager with root permissions, and then use that to move the font file into /usr/share/fonts.

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RootSudo

Thank you so much for that piece of information!