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mestizo19
December 5th, 2009, 07:43 PM
Hi...i am new user of Linux Ubuntu..and i want to tell me..how can i find and install some themes in my ubuntu???thanks....:D
aysiu
December 5th, 2009, 07:53 PM
Go to http://www.gnome-look.org

Find a GTK, Metacity, or icon theme.

Download it. Do not extract it or right-click it or enter any terminal commands.

Go to System > Preferences > Appearance

Take the .tar.gz file as is and drag it to the Appearance window
mestizo19
December 6th, 2009, 01:01 AM
I follow your instractions but when i drag the file into the "appearance window" it shows me this message: example:"Win7forG2" does not appear to be a valid theme." in every theme i drop into the window...!what i am doing wrong???plzzz help!!!
aysiu
December 6th, 2009, 04:14 AM
Can you link to the theme? It may not be a valid theme. It may be a theme pack or something else differently packaged.
mestizo19
December 6th, 2009, 09:59 AM
Well..maybe...but..can to tell me the steps to download a theme..?or...can you link me some nice valid themes???
MelDJ
December 6th, 2009, 11:06 AM
download the themes from here: http://gnome-look.org/?xcontentmode=100
then to install, check out this link How to install ANYTHING in Ubuntu! (http://amitech.50webs.com/installing/index.php.html#installing_a_package_manually)
mestizo19
December 6th, 2009, 11:32 AM
Nothing...nothing...nothing.....the same thing...
MelDJ
December 6th, 2009, 11:34 AM
did you download a theme? if so, can you please give me the link so that i can download and try installing it myself?
dzon65
December 6th, 2009, 11:46 AM
1)Do you have the gtk engine installed?
2)Themes sometimes come zipped or in rar.You'll have to extract them first to get to the tar package.Otherwise you won't be able to install them.
Bartender
December 6th, 2009, 03:52 PM
Is it possible the OP's using wubi, and would that make a difference?

Jeepers, aysiu, I was fumbling around with a couple of themes just yesterday. I extracted, and went down various false avenues until finally dragging and dropping the extracted folders into some part of the Appearances folders. It worked. I had no idea it was as deceptively simple as what you describe!
MelDJ
December 6th, 2009, 03:54 PM
Is it possible the OP's using wubi, and would that make a difference?

i don't think it would.
i think the package is not a tar.gz. but he/she refuses to give the link