sevenflo
February 5th, 2010, 06:11 AM
Hey guys,
Every now and then I run into an issue trying to install a theme, and I usually give up. But I really want to use this theme. I have installed themes before, but occasionally, I get "xxxx is not a valid theme."
I've read a lot of threads in forums and none have solved my issue.
I'm running a fresh copy of Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty) - gnome.
What I've done:
1. Tried to drag the fresh downloaded file into the Appearance window.
2. Tried to drag the inner tar file into the Appearance window.
3. I copied both tar files above into ~/.themes and /usr/share/themes/
4. I tried putting the GTK folder and the metacity-1 folder in the above two folders individually - and together.
5. I tried tarring the the metacity-1 folder and putting it in the above two locations.
What am I doing wrong? I'm very comfortable with the terminal should I need to use it. However I don't understand GTK / Metacity. Which am I running? etc..
Any input would be great. Thanks!
This is the theme I'm trying to install, Elfin2: http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php/Elfin2?content=66121
Every now and then I run into an issue trying to install a theme, and I usually give up. But I really want to use this theme. I have installed themes before, but occasionally, I get "xxxx is not a valid theme."
I've read a lot of threads in forums and none have solved my issue.
I'm running a fresh copy of Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty) - gnome.
What I've done:
1. Tried to drag the fresh downloaded file into the Appearance window.
2. Tried to drag the inner tar file into the Appearance window.
3. I copied both tar files above into ~/.themes and /usr/share/themes/
4. I tried putting the GTK folder and the metacity-1 folder in the above two folders individually - and together.
5. I tried tarring the the metacity-1 folder and putting it in the above two locations.
What am I doing wrong? I'm very comfortable with the terminal should I need to use it. However I don't understand GTK / Metacity. Which am I running? etc..
Any input would be great. Thanks!
This is the theme I'm trying to install, Elfin2: http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php/Elfin2?content=66121